Polocies and legislation

Regional Subsahara Wildland Fire Network (Afrifirenet)
A Region of the Global Wildland Fire Network

---

Wildland Fire Policy andLegislation

---

 

Wildland fire policies and legislation of countries and organisations of Sub-Sahara Africa. Some of the below-listed documents and guidelines deal specifically with wildland fire, others with cooperation and regional policies on a wider background.

• SADC Protocol on Forestry (especially Article 22, dealing with Cooperation with other States, Member States and Organisations)

• SADC Regional Forest Fire Management Systems Review (Chapter 3)

• Nelspruit Declaration 

• National Guidelines on Forest Fire Management in Namibia

• National Veld and Forest Fire Act, South Africa

• National Wildfire Management Policy, Ghana (PDF, 11 MB)

• Memorandum of Understanding AfriFireNet – Working on Fire

Development of a SADC Regional Fire Management Programme (2007-2010)

• Cross-boundary Fire Management for the SADC Countries 
  (SADC-FANR Directorate Concept Note No. 7, August 2007)

• SADC Regional Consultative Workshop on “Development of a SADC Cross-Border Fire Management Programme”
  (Maputo, Mozambique, 25-27 January 2010): Draft Agenda

• SADC-FIRE-WORKSHOP-25-27-January-2010-Report.pdf

• SADC Regional Fire Management Programme Document.pdf(Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe,16 July 2010)

 

---

Back