Publication by the Coordination of Indigenous Organizations of the Brazilian Amazon (COIAB) in partnership with the Amazon Environmental Research Institute (IPAM) presents indigenous perspectives and their foundations for a plan for fighting climatechange.
Overview: Global fire regime conditions, threats, and opportunities for fire management in the tropics
Overview: Global fire regime conditions, threats, and opportunities for fire management in the tropics
The major sources of fire regime alteration worldwide include climate change, agriculture and ranching, deforestation, rural and urban development, energy production, fire exclusion and suppression, invasive species, plantations, and arson. Integrated fire management (IFM) is an approach that considers both damaging and beneficial fires within the context of the natural environments and socio-economic systems in which they occur. IFM takes into account fire ecology, socio-economic issues, and fire management technology to generate practical solutions to fire-related threats to biodiversity.