- Author
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United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Title
- International Forest Fire News.
- Coporate
- United Nations, Geneva
- Report
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No. 27
July/December 2002
108 p.
- Distribution
- For more information contact: Website: http://www.uni-freiburg.de/fireglobe
- Keywords
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forest fires
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wildland fires
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fire science
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fire research
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ecologyy
- Identifiers
- Canada; United States of America (USA); Mexico a; Guatemala; Poland; Portugal; United Kingdom; Europe; India; Mongolia
- Abstract
- In continuation of the last issues of International Forest Fire News and an agreement with the FAO Global Forest Fire Assessment 1990-2000 within the Forest Resources Assessment 2000 (FRA) this issue presents three country reports that had been included in the FAO global fire assessment (Canada, United States of America, and Mexico). In the North and Central America America Fire Special additional contributions come from Chiapas (Mxico) and Guatemala. A contribution of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM), sponsor of International Forest Fire News, reports on Americas National Fire Plan which follows the recommendations by the U.S. Secretaries of Agriculture and Interior in response to the wildland fire season of the year 2000. The Europe Special of this issue provides the first comprehensive reports from Poland, Portugal and the United Kingdom. These reports had been presented at BALTEX FIRE 2000 in Finland and are now published with a slight delay. In addition a pan-European analysis of forest fires is presented which was based, among other, on the statistical data provided by IFFN and the ECE. An essay on recent collaborative activities in fire management in the Mediterranean region is provided by the GFMC. The Country Notes of this issue, finally, provides the most recent reports from India and Mongolia.