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Book (stand-alone)Communities in flames: proceedings of an international conference on community involvement in fire management 2002
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No results found.As global concern over the fate of the world’s forests has grown generally, so too has specific concern over the frequency and intensity of forest fires, which have increased dramatically as a result of human activities in recent years. Since the widespread fires of the late 1990s, numerous organizations have supported various fire prevention, suppression and management initiatives. These efforts have indicated that no single actor can independently solve the serious social, economic and ecologi cal challenges associated with uncontrolled forest fires. Importantly, it is now increasingly recognized that, in many countries, local communities can play significant positive roles in fire management. The publication provides long-awaited and first-hand insights into community-based forest fire management. It should prove useful to those responsible for formulating and implementing fire management policies and programmes in better understanding the key issues and challenges of involving loca l people as effective partners in managing forest fires. -
No Thumbnail AvailableDocumentFire! 1990Depending on land management objectives, plus a host of environmental variables, fire will sometimes be an enemy, at other times a friend; in nearly all cases, however, it will continue to exert a powerful influence on natural resource ecosystems. This being so, consideration of the potential impact (both positive and negative) of fire is essential in all land-use plans and programmes for forestry development.
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ProjectStrenghtening National Capacity to Address the Negative Impacts of Fire - TCP/TIM/3802 2023
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No results found.Timor-Leste ranks among the top ten countries most vulnerable to natural disasters, according to a 2017 World Risk Report. Approximately 80 percent of the Timorese population has personally witnessed the consequences of a natural disaster during their lifetime. The country's vulnerability is heightened by a significant lack of institutional and community capacities for coping with and adapting to such events. Findings from the European Union pro-resilience project's (UNJP/GLO/058/EC) 21 village-level hazard, livelihood and vulnerability assessments (HLVAs) reveal that vulnerable communities face multiple risks, including droughts, floods, strong winds, pests, landslides, crocodile attacks and forest fires. Climate change projections for Timor-Leste indicate potential impacts, such as increased crop loss and failure, a decrease in suitable farming land, reduced livestock productivity, diminished water supply and declining water quality.
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