Faced with increasing fire occurrences and decreasing fire suppression budgets, those involved with fire management must consider proactive approaches, in particular those that engage local communities. This publication features case studies documenting a range of local fire management scenarios, each with a diverse set of land uses and desired outcomes. The community-based fire management approaches from China, the Gambia, Honduras (in Spanish), India, Laos and Turkey illustrate a recent shift away from centralized and state-driven forest fire management towards decentralized and mainly community-based regimes.
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case studies, community involvement, fire control, fire prevention, fire suppression, forest fires, China, Gambia, Honduras, India, Laos, Orissa, Turkey, Yunnan, APEC countries, Developing Countries, East Asia, Asia, ACP Countries, Anglophone Africa, Africa, Commonwealth of Nations, Least Developed Countries, West Africa, Africa South of Sahara, CACM, Central America, America, Latin America, South Asia, ASEAN Countries, Indochina, South East Asia, Mediterranean Region, OECD Countries, West Asia, South Western China, Lao People's Democratic Republic, People's Republic of China, The Gambia, Forest Fires (KK130), Community Participation and Development (UU450) (New March 2000)
