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L. Tacconi P. F. Moore D. Kaimowitz 《Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change》2007,12(1):55-66
Fires have attracted interest and generated alarm since the early 1980s. This concern has been particularly evident in tropical
forests of Southeast Asia and the Amazon, but disastrous fires in recent summers in Australia, Europe, and the United States
have drawn worldwide attention.
Concern about forest fires, and related air pollution and biodiversity impacts, led international organisations and northern
countries – such as the Asian Development Bank, the European Union, the Food and Agriculture Organisation, the United Nations
Environment Programme, the World Bank, and the government of Germany – to undertake fire assessments and provide technical
assistance. Nongovernmental organisations, such as the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
and World Wide Fund for Nature, have also devoted increased attention to fires. Aiming at prevention of future fires, 40 fire
projects and missions costing well over US$30 million have worked in Indonesia over the last 20 years. Despite the money and
effort spent on them, fires continue to burn every year. It may appear to some that efforts to address the ‘fire problem’
have not been effective as fires still occur.
There remains a lack of clarity about ‘fire problems’, which has, at times, led to the adoption of policies that may have
negative impacts on livelihoods, the environment, and the economy. Two ‘simple’ changes in the way fires are considered would
significantly improve fire-related policies and initiatives.
These two points are discussed in the context of Southeast Asia, and particularly Indonesia, as an example of the problems
and questions faced by tropical countries. We argue that efforts on fires so far have generated increased knowledge of the
’fire problem’; now, we need to capitalize on that knowledge to avoid wasting money in the future. 相似文献
• | Fires should be seen as a component of land management processes, rather than as a ‘problem’ to be prevented, suppressed, or mitigated. |
• | Not all fires are the same. |