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RECERCAT author Puig-Gironès, Roger author Palmero-Iniesta, Marina author Fernandes, Paulo M. author Oliveras Menor, Imma author Ascoli, Davide author Kelly, Luke author Charles-Dominique, Tristan author Regos, Adrian author Harrison, Sandy author Armenteras, Dolors author Brotons, Lluís author Miguel Magaña, Sergio de author Spadoni, Gian Luca author Carmenta, Rachel author Machado, Manoela author Cardil, Adrian 2025-10-27T19:08:49Z 2025-10-27T19:08:49Z 2025 http://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/468894 Novel fire regimes are emerging worldwide and pose substantial challenges to biodiversity conservation. Addressing these challenges and mitigating their impacts on biodiversity will require developing a wide range of fire management practices. In this paper, we leverage research across taxa, ecosystems and continents to highlight strategies for applying fire knowledge in biodiversity conservation. First, we define novel fire regimes and outline different fire management practices in contemporary landscapes from different parts of the world. Next, we synthesize recent research on fire use and biodiversity, and provide a decision-making framework for biodiversity conservation under novel fire regimes. We recommend that fire management strategies for preserving biodiversity should consider both social and ecological factors, iterative learning informed by effective monitoring, and developing and testing new management actions. An integrated approach to learning about fire and biodiversity will help to navigate the complexities of novel fire regimes and preserve biodiversity in a rapidly changing world.This article is part of the theme issue ‘Novel fire regimes under climate changes and human influences: impacts, ecosystem responses and feedbacks’.This work was supported by EU Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action awarded to FIRE-ADAPT project no. 101086416 and by EU Horizon2020 grant no. 101036926 to the TREEADS project. P.M.F. was supported by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (https://doi.org/10.54499/UIDB/04033/2020). Da.A. was supported by Agritech National Research Center, Next-Generation EU. A.R. is supported by theSpanish ‘Ramón y Cajal’ fellowship programme (RYC2022-036822-I). cc-by (c) Puig-Gironès et al., 2025 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Biodiversity conservation Decision-makingpractices Human-driven fire Integrated firemanagement Prescribed burning The use of fire to preserve biodiversityunder novel fire regimes info:eu-repo/semantics/article