Supplementary Information
All accessed June 2014
Terrestrial ecosystems of the world dataset contains biome boundaries (used in Figure 2 for
Mediterranean region)
Olson, D. M. et al. Terrestrial ecoregions of the world: a new map of life on Earth. BioScience 51,
933–938 (2001).
www.worldwildlife.org/publications/terrestrial-ecoregions-of-the-world.
Global forest change 2000–2012 dataset estimates canopy closure coverage of vegetation taller than
5m (defined as forest)
Hansen, M. C. et al. High-resolution global maps of 21st-Century forest cover change. Science 342,
850–853 (2013).
http://earthenginepartners.appspot.com/science-2013-global-forest
Gridded Population of the World (GPW) V3 dataset estimates human population counts for 1990, 1995,
and 2000.
Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). Gridded Population of the World, Version 3
(GPWv3): Population Count Grid (NASA & SEDAC, 2005).
http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/collection/gpw-v3.
Global Fire Emissions Database (GFED4) dataset estimates monthly burned area between 1996 and
2012
Giglio, L., Randerson, J. T., van der Werf, G. R., Kasibhatla, P. S., Collatz, G. J., Morton, D. C. &
DeFries, R. S. Assessing variability and long-term trends in burned area by merging multiple satellite
fire products. Biogeosciences 7, 1171–1186 (2010).
www.globalfiredata.org/.
For information in addition to Box 2 see
www.fire.ca.gov/fire_prevention/fire_prevention_wildland_zones.php and
www.dpcd.vic.gov.au/planning/plansandpolicies/bushfire-planning-and-building