CBFiM
Community-Based Fire Management (CBFiM)
An Activity of the Global Wildland Fire Network
CBFiM Basics and Introductory Materials and Case Studies
Communitiesin Flames
An international conference on community involvementin fire management was held in Balikpapan, Indonesia, 25-28 July 2001. Theproceedings (edited by Peter Moore, David Ganz, Lay Cheng Tan, Thomas Enters andPatrick B. Durst) have been published in 2002 by the Food and AgricultureOrganization of the United Nations, Regional Office for Asia and the PacificBangkok, Thailand (RAP Publication2002/25, 133 p., ISBN 974-7946-29-7). The chapters include examples of Definitionof Community-Based Fire Management (CBFiM) from Africa,Asia, Europe and North America:
- Cover-Foreword-Preface
- Living with fire: summary of Communities in flames international conference (by David Ganz and Peter Moore) (PDF, 40 KB)
- Community involvement in fire management: cases and recommendations for community-based fire management in Thailand (by Pearmsak Makarabhirom, David Ganz and Surin Onprom) (PDF, 33 KB)
- Learning across borders: community-based fire management – Kalimantan to California (by Judith Mayer) (PDF, 116 KB)
- Community-based fire management, land tenure and conflict: insights from Sumatra, Indonesia (by S. Suyanto, Grahame Applegate and Luca Tacconi) (PDF, 339 KB)
- Community participation in integrated forest fire management: experiences from Africa, Asia and Europe (by Johann G. Goldammer, Peter G.H. Frost, Mike Jurvélius, Evelien M. Kamminga, Teri Kruger, Soo Ing Moody and Manuel Pogeyed) (PDF, 406 KB)
- The development of a community-based approach for an integrated forest fire management system in East Kalimantan, Indonesia (by Hartmut M. Abberger, Bradford M. Sanders and Helmut Dotzauer) (PDF, 366 KB)
- Experiences in community forest fire control in Viet Nam (by Ha Thi Linh) (PDF, 18 KB)
- Forest and fire suppression in East Kalimantan, Indonesia (by Chandradewana Boer) (PDF, 28 KB)
- Extinguishing the 1998 forest fires and subsequent coal fires in the Sungai Wain Protection Forest, East Kalimantan, Indonesia (by Gabriella Fredriksson) (PDF, 50 KB)
- Community-based disaster management as a response to increased risks to disaster with emphasis on forest fires (by Johan Kieft and Aspian Nur) (PDF, 261 KB)
- Review of the participatory forest fire prevention programmes in Jambi and West Kalimantan, Indonesia (by Masahiro Otsuka, Sumantri, Kuspriyadi and Syaharuddin) (PDF, 532 KB)
- Why dont they come and discuss together? Community-initiated stakeholder co-ordination on forest fire management in rural Gambia (by Kebba Sonko, Saikou Samateh, Kanimang Camara and Clemens Beck) (PDF, 356 KB)
- Forest fire in the context of territorial rights in northern Thailand (by Atchara Rakyutidharm) (PDF, 26 KB)
- Fire in miombo woodlands: a case study of Bukombe District Shinyanga, Tanzania (by Nssoko Edwin) (PDF, 13 KB)
- Traditional community-based fire management among the Mizo shifting cultivators of Mizoram in northeast India (by V.T. Darlong) (PDF, 94 KB)
- Community participation in fire management planning: a case from California, USA (by Yvonne Everett) (PDF, 112 KB)
Community-basedfire management: Case studies from China, The Gambia, Honduras, India, the LaoPeoples Democratic Republic and Turkey
Thispublication features case studies documenting a range of local fire managementscenarios, each with a diverse set of land uses and desired outcomes. Thecommunity-based fire management (CBFiM) approaches from China, the Gambia,Honduras, India, the Lao Peoples Democratic Republic (Lao PDR), and Turkeypresented in this publication illustrate a recent shift in direction; a movementaway from centralized and state-driven forest fire management towardsdecentralized and mainly community-based management regimes. The book volume hasbeen published by the Food and AgricultureOrganization of the United Nations, Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific,Bangkok, Thailand.
©FAO 2003 (ISBN 974-7946-39-4)
The following chapters have been reproduced forthe GFMC CBFiM Website with the permission of the FAO. Page numbering of eachPDF chapter is different from the complete book version (for proper citationplease use page numbers given in the table of contents).
- Cover-Preface-Contents-Prologue (English, French, Spanish) (PDF, 4.2 MB)
- Community-based forest fire management in Wenyime Village, Sanchahe Township, Dayao County, Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China (PDF, 111 KB)
- Management of forest fires through the involvement of local communities: The Gambia (PDF, 61 KB)
- El manejo de los incendios forestales y la participación de las comunidades locales (PDF, 55 KB)
- Management of forest fire through local communities: a study in the Bolangir, Deogarh and Sundergarh Districts of Orissa, India (PDF, 316 KB)
- Community-based fire management in Lao Peoples Democratic Republic: Past, Present and Future (PDF, 316 KB)
- Management of forest firesthrough the involvement of local communities in Turkey (PDF,473 KB)
Community Involvement in and Management of Forest Fires in South East Asia
This book volume published by the World Conservation Union (IUCN) and prepared by Sameer Karki is a review of community involvement in and management of forest fires in South East Asia. Successful experiences of local community-based approaches to fire prevention and control in South East Asia are reviewed and analysed. Particular attention is given to the political, institutional, economic and cultural elements that enable local communities to actively engage and prevent uncontrolled burning. It is anticipated that this report will provide information to South East Asian governments and other stakeholders and will lay the foundation for recognising, financing and utilising community fire control as a component of their fire managementstrategies.
© Project FireFight South East Asia 2002 (ISBN no.979-3260-02-5)
Community Based Fire Managementin Spain
Todays urbanized societies tend to asks for wildfire exclusion throughthe strengthening of suppression resources to the extent that available budgetscan buy. Unfortunately however, year after year, the experience shows that onlya better understanding of the role of fire in the forest ecosystems can help toprevent catastrophic fires. In many places the rural land abandonment iscreating the conditions for large fires, because of the huge fuel accumulationsthat are spreading into former agricultural lands. To establish data on burningby local people; their aims and reasons motivations have been analysed. Theinformation gathered concludes that 60 percent of the total number of fires inthe country can be prevented if controlled burning is carried out together withthe farmers instead of just forbidding them from burning. Therefore, awarenessrising or sensitisation programmes in the rural villages are crucial for thesuccess in fire management when remembering that the local population are thosewho cause the fire damages and also remembering that training in controlledburning with the help of specialized teams (Equipos de Prevención Integral deIncendios Forestales – EPRIF) are organized in the areas where the number offires is high. Besides the EPRIF activities also other programs are carried outto promote cooperation with volunteers living in small villages by e.g. visitingthem and providing economical incentives to them when they become integrated inpermanent fire management organizations supervised by the Administration. Urbanand rural people can cooperate together in these organizations to prevent fires.
The report Community Based Fire Management inSpain is based on the work of Mr Ricardo Vélez, Ministry ofEnvironment, Spain, and published by the FAO Forestry Department, ForestResources Development Service, Forest Protection Working Papers FFM/4/E, © FAO,Rome, Italy, April 2005 (21 p. + Annexes):
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Community Based Fire Management in Spain (FAO Forest Protection Working Paper FFM/4/E) (PDF, 340 KB)
Community-BasedDisaster Risk Management: A Field Practitioners Handbook
The concept of Community-based Disaster Risk Management (CBDRM) has emergedduring the past two decades in South East Asian countries. The promotersincluded NGOs, citizens organizations, humanitarian agencies and governmentdepartments in different countries in the region. Despite this rapid expansionin application, a great majority of CBDRM practitioners lack opportunities forskill development and capacity building. Although there are a number of coursesavailable on community-based disaster risk management, it is not possible forall practitioners to participate in such courses due to problems of funding andlanguage. The Disaster Reduction in South East Asia Project (PDR SEA), under theguidance of UNESCAP, took steps to fill that need by producing information andtraining materials such as this handbook. The purpose of the CBDRM FieldPractitioners Handbook, edited by Imelda Abarquez and Zubair Murshed,is to help equip CBDM or CBDRM practitioners with theories and practical toolsthat can be applied in community work. The handbook is a product of thetripartite partnership between ADPC, UNESCAP and DIPECHO.
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