000168257 001__ 168257 000168257 005__ 20260130124311.0 000168257 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.128285 000168257 0248_ $$2sideral$$a147751 000168257 037__ $$aART-2026-147751 000168257 041__ $$aeng 000168257 100__ $$aCardil, A. 000168257 245__ $$aProtected areas influence fire regimes globally 000168257 260__ $$c2026 000168257 5060_ $$aAccess copy available to the general public$$fUnrestricted 000168257 5203_ $$aProtected areas (PAs) aim to support global conservation efforts including the maintenance of fire regimes and mitigation of negative fire impacts. Analyzing data from over 20 million fires worldwide, we found that PAs, along with the various protection levels defined by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), significantly influenced burned area (BA) and fire regime attributes across continents and biomes in distinct ways, with varying impacts on fire size, spread, intensity, and duration. In most biomes, the proportion of BA within PAs was smaller than the proportion of PA itself, indicating that PAs were generally less impacted by wildfires. However, in tropical grasslands, tropical dry broadleaf forests and temperate conifer forests, the BA fraction inside PAs was larger. The strictest IUCN protection categories (Ia and Ib) were associated with the lowest BA, compared to National Parks (IUCN II) and other less restrictive protection categories. However, this pattern varied by biome, with mediterranean forests, temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, temperate grasslands and tropical coniferous forests showing increased fire proneness in the strictest IUCN categories and more intense fires. Insights from this research can guide targeted environmental policies to strengthen PA networks to maintain fire regimes. 000168257 536__ $$9info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/101037419/EU/Innovative technologies and socio-ecological-economic solutions for fire resilient territories in Europe./FIRE-RES$$9This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement No H2020 101037419-FIRE-RES$$9info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/860787/EU/PyroLife - training the next generation of integrated fire management experts/PyroLife$$9This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement No H2020 860787-PyroLife 000168257 540__ $$9info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess$$aby-nc$$uhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/deed.es 000168257 655_4 $$ainfo:eu-repo/semantics/article$$vinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 000168257 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-0477-0796$$aRodrigues, M.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000168257 700__ $$aAscoli, D. 000168257 700__ $$aOrtega, M. 000168257 700__ $$aQuiñones, T. 000168257 700__ $$aErdozain, M. 000168257 700__ $$aOliveras Menor, I. 000168257 700__ $$aSpadoni, G.L. 000168257 700__ $$aRamírez, J. 000168257 700__ $$aMolina, J.R. 000168257 700__ $$aMouillot, F. 000168257 700__ $$aSilva, C.A. 000168257 700__ $$aMohan, M. 000168257 700__ $$aMartínez-Bentué, C. 000168257 700__ $$ade-Miguel, S. 000168257 7102_ $$13006$$2010$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. Geograf. Ordenac.Territ.$$cÁrea Análisis Geográfico Regi. 000168257 773__ $$g398 (2026), 128285 [12 pp.]$$pJ. environ. manag.$$tJournal of environmental management$$x0301-4797 000168257 8564_ $$s7159026$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/168257/files/texto_completo.pdf$$yVersión publicada 000168257 8564_ $$s2393113$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/168257/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon$$xicon$$yVersión publicada 000168257 909CO $$ooai:zaguan.unizar.es:168257$$particulos$$pdriver 000168257 951__ $$a2026-01-30-12:20:54 000168257 980__ $$aARTICLE