Spreading like Wildfire: The Rising Threat of Extraordinary Landscape Fires - A Rapid Response Assessment

Free-burning landscape fire is an important natural phenomenon critical to the healthy functioning of many ecosystems. It is an important land management tool, culturally, economically, and ecologically. Therefore, not all vegetation fires are unwanted. This Rapid Response Assessment (RRA) focuses on the apparent increase in the occurrence, extent, duration, and consequences of wildfires – unusual or extraordinary free-burning vegetation fires. The RRA considers the changing patterns of wildfires around the world, their impact on people and the environment, and options for mitigating risk and improving our response.

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Source https://wedocs.unep.org/20.500.11822/38372
Author Ecosystems Division
Maintainer Ecosystems Division
Last Updated January 25, 2023, 17:32 (UTC)
Created January 25, 2023, 17:32 (UTC)
GUID 5d3e5267-17bd-4b06-9964-494dd01f7791
Issued 2022-02-21T15:53:15Z
Language English
Modified 2022-10-17 18:40:48.181
Publisher name Ecosystems Division
Theme Reports, Books and Booklets
data_type document
spatial Global