Regional North America Wildland Fire Network
A Region of the Global Wildland Fire Network
North America’s landscapes include a range of ecosystems between the boreal forests of Alaska and Canada and the subtropical vegetation in the Southeast of the U.S.A. and Mexico. Extremely large and severe wildfires over the recent years, notably in the U.S.A. and in particular in Canada in 2023, are attributed to and consequences of past land and fire management practices, climate change and new vulnerabilities of society arising at the interface between natural, cultural and urban-industrial landscapes. Regional cooperation in fire management and mutual assistance in wildfire emergencies in North America has a long tradition and is manifested in established agreements between Canada, the U.S.A. and Mexico. More information on the role of the Fire Management Working Group of the North American Forest Commission (NAFC) is given in the Introduction.
- Introduction
- Pan-American Wildland Fire Conference (San José, Costa Rica, 21-24 October 2004)
- FAO Regional Fire Report North America Region (Regional fire report of the Global Forest Resources Assessment 2005, PDF 1.5 MB)
- Canadian Smoke Newsletters
- US-National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy (April 2014, PDF 3.8 MB)
- Effects of Drought on Forests and Rangelands in the United States (A comprehensive science synthesis by the U.S. Forest Service, 2016) (Executive Summary, PDF, 11 MB)
- Effects of Drought on Forests and Rangelands in the United States (A comprehensive science synthesis by the U.S. Forest Service, 2016) (Synthesis, PDF, 10 MB)