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Landscape Fire Governance Framework: addressing complexity and uncertainty

Landscape fires are increasingly becoming a global problem, with over 300 million hectares burned annually. These fires are assuming increasingly extreme characteristics...

Does land governance help prevent wildfires?

In Southern Europe, the impacts caused by large fires are increasingly significant, despite enhanced efforts in active firefighting and the introduction of...

Declaration on the management of large wildfires in Spain seeks broad...

Spain is facing a complex problem that is getting worse every day with climate change: fires are becoming more intense and have...

Recommendations on wildfire prevention now available in translation

A greater number of stakeholders involved in wildfire management will be able to access a recent publication on wildfire prevention, thanks to...

Fighting fire by sharing knowledge

The European Patent Office (EPO) has published a firefighting platform with an initial selection of some 30 smart patent information searches giving...

Forest fires: how to deal with them?

Last year Spain closed its worst year ever for forest fires. According to official figures, 4 out of every 10 hectares burnt...

New recommendations on wildfire prevention in the Mediterranean

Numerous wildfire management initiatives are considered or implemented at subnational, national, and regional levels across the Mediterranean. Yet a more concerted approach...

Communicating the important role of sustainable forest management to prevent wildfires

The Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe (FOREST EUROPE) is currently working on the pan-European forest risk awareness mechanism...

New post-doc opportunities in the FIRE RES project

The Centro de Estudos Florestais do Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA) is looking for two Doctors / PhDs to do research within...

Educating for change: toolkit for high schools on wildfires and climate...

Wildfires are one of the most pressing environmental concerns in many countries worldwide, especially in the context of climate change. In this...