Fire management

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Fire management adaptation to global change in
Mediterranean forestsResults from Athens
workshop Nora Berrahmouni, WWF MedPOPedro
Regato, IUCN-Med
European Forest Week Event on Fire management in
Europe
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European Forest Week Event on Fire management in
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Mediterranean region among the most affected by CC

• Water availability
• Frequency, magnitude and severity of extreme
  weather events and impacts (i.e. Fires)
• Land use change poor management
• South Dependence of rural population on forest
  land resources
• North Rural abandonment and higher risk of
  large scale disturbances (Forest fires)

Changing Regimes in Extreme Weather Events are
the Real Challenge!
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European Forest Week Event on Fire management in
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Addressing impacts of the wider environment
Participatory planning process The most
resilient landscape pattern distribution of land
uses- against major disturbances
Building disturbance-smart landscapes
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Fire risk reductionBuilding Fire-smart
landscapes Enabling environment
European Forest Week Event on Fire management in
Europe

• a) Fire management strategies policies
• Research on forest fire dynamics/ root causes
• Risk reduction prevention
• Readiness
• Response
• Recovery

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Fire risk reductionBuilding fire-smart
landscapesEnabling environment
European Forest Week Event on Fire management in
Europe

• b) Collaboration between all sectors actors
• c) Incentives for benefits sharing
• d) Awareness raising living with fire
• e) Initiatives on the ground coupled with
  capacity building

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European Forest Week Event on Fire management in
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Encouraging Forest Landscape Restoration
initiatives

• Beyond trees /forest stands
• The maintenance of basic ecological processes
• Resilient habitats/species to large scale
  disturbances (i.e. fire)
• Provision of a wide range of benefits for rural
  societies

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European Forest Week Event on Fire management in
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Building Mediterranean Cooperation Investing in
the human capital

• Learning Med network balancing North South
• Culture of continuous training, experiences
  exchange
• Med experts body
• Assessments monitoring of changes
• Measures policies to adapt build resilience

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European Forest Week Event on Fire management in
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Building Mediterranean Cooperation Investing in
human capital

• Facilitate access to knowledge for decision
  makers, managers, users
• To Raise awareness of societies to relevance and
  services Med forest ecosystems provide

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European Forest Week Event on Fire management in
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Increase the perception of the values of
Mediterranean Forests

• Demonstrate market the wide range of good
  services social, economic environmental roles
• Engage private sector, rural development sectors
• Countries to position forest conservation sust.
  Management priority at national, regional EU