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

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dc.contributor.authorUnited Nations Environment Programme
dc.contributor.organizationEcosystems Division
dc.contributor.otherSullivan, Andrew
dc.contributor.otherBaker, Elaine
dc.contributor.otherKurvits, Tiina
dc.contributor.otherPopescu, Alexandra
dc.contributor.otherPaulson, Alison K.
dc.contributor.otherCardinal Christianson, Amy
dc.contributor.otherTulloch, Ayesha
dc.contributor.otherBilbao, Bibiana
dc.contributor.otherMathison, Camilla
dc.contributor.otherRobinson, Catherine
dc.contributor.otherBurton, Chantelle
dc.contributor.otherGanz, David
dc.contributor.otherNangoma, David
dc.contributor.otherSaah, David
dc.contributor.otherArmenteras, Dolors
dc.contributor.otherDriscoll, Don A.
dc.contributor.otherHankins, Don L.
dc.contributor.otherKelley, Douglas I.
dc.contributor.otherLanger, E.R. (Lisa)
dc.contributor.otherReisen, Fabienne
dc.contributor.otherRobinne, François-Nicolas
dc.contributor.otherGaludra, Gamma
dc.contributor.otherHumphrey, Glynis
dc.contributor.otherSafford, Hugh
dc.contributor.otherBaird, Ian G.
dc.contributor.otherOliveras, Imma
dc.contributor.otherLittell, Jeremy
dc.contributor.otherKieft, Johan
dc.contributor.otherChew, Joshua
dc.contributor.otherMaclean, Kirsten
dc.contributor.otherWittenberg, Lea
dc.contributor.otherAnderson, Liana O.
dc.contributor.otherGillson, Lindsey
dc.contributor.otherPlucinski, Matt
dc.contributor.otherMoritz, Max
dc.contributor.otherBrown, Megan
dc.contributor.otherCastillo Soto, Miguel
dc.contributor.otherFlannigan, Mike
dc.contributor.otherCostello, Oliver
dc.contributor.otherSilva, Patrícia S.
dc.contributor.otherFernandes, Paulo
dc.contributor.otherMoore, Peter
dc.contributor.otherJandt, Randi
dc.contributor.otherBlanchi, Raphaele
dc.contributor.otherLibonati, Renata
dc.contributor.otherArchibald, Sally
dc.contributor.otherDunlop, Sarah
dc.contributor.otherMcCaffrey, Sarah
dc.contributor.otherPage, Susan
dc.contributor.otherGonzález Delgado, Tania Marisol
dc.contributor.otherSokchea, Tol
dc.date.accessioned2022-02-21T15:53:15Z
dc.date.available2022-02-21T15:53:15Z
dc.date.issued2022-02
dc.descriptionThis report examines escalating global wildfire risk, its drivers, impacts, and management responses across diverse ecological and socio-economic contexts. It outlines how land-use change, fuel accumulation, peatland drainage, plantation expansion, and climate variability increase fire frequency, intensity, and vulnerability, with case studies from Southeast Asia, Latin America, Australia, and North America. The document analyses ecological, economic, health, and water security consequences, highlighting carbon loss, biodiversity damage, and transboundary smoke effects. It evaluates the limits of suppression-centred approaches and emphasises integrated fire management spanning risk reduction, readiness, response, and recovery. The report underscores prevention, fuel management, community engagement, Indigenous knowledge, landscape restoration, and adaptive planning as central components of long-term wildfire risk reduction.en
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dc.identifier.urihttps://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/38372
dc.languageEnglish
dc.page.number126 p.
dc.rights.accessLevelPublic
dc.subjectwildfire
dc.subjectfire
dc.subjectrisk management
dc.subjectenvironmental damage
dc.subjectclimate
dc.subjecthealth
dc.subjectbiological diversity
dc.titleSpreading like Wildfire: The Rising Threat of Extraordinary Landscape Fires - A Rapid Response Assessmenten
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