This project is helping communities and governments in the Asia-Pacific region reduce the frequency and intensity of forest fires and build resilience to climate change.
Community-based fire management
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The Community-based Fire Management (CBFiM) project is helping communities and governments in the Asia-Pacific region reduce the frequency and intensity of forest fires and build resilience to climate change by building capacity, promoting appropriate technologies and facilitating knowledge-sharing between stakeholders.
RECOFTC, in partnership with the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, is working with a variety of partners in biodiversity-rich countries in the Asia-Pacific region, starting with sites in Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand and Viet Nam. Specific sites chosen for the project area are based on the history of fire-threatened landscapes, community needs, land use and ecosystem type.
Resources collection
Talk of the forest
How communities, businesses and urban residents can work together to manage forest fires and sustain forest livelihoods
Notes from the field
We have long advocated recognizing fire as a cross-cutting system that links livelihoods, agriculture, climate, biodiversity and governance.
Training manual or guide
The Prescribed burning for fuel management manual is a practical resource designed to assist community forest members, local leaders and field...
Talk of the forest
Forest fires do not recognize borders. They often cross national boundaries, devastating contiguous ecosystems and biodiversity. RECOFTC is helping...
In focus
Through our Community-based Fire Management project, we are working with local communities to create fire management plans that blend traditional...
Talk of the forest
Expanding the impacts of Kor Tor Chor land development from the farm to landscape level is possible with multi-sectoral collaboration on land...
In focus
Women’s engagement is limited in many community-based forest management models across Viet Nam. RECOFTC is working with the Department of Agriculture...
In focus
Nine target community fisheries across Siem Reap and Pursat provinces in Cambodia use community-based fire management techniques to fight wildfires in...
In focus
The Community-based Fire Management project engages and empowers community members and local stakeholders throughout the integrated fire management...
Notes from the field
Notes from the field
The learning lab brought together stakeholders from Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand and Viet Nam. With invited experts, the event delved into country...
Dialogue
Notes from the field
Learning how to protect ourselves and manage fires better will certainly make our council and communities stronger.
Talk of the forest
RECOFTC and partners are advancing community-based solutions to prevent life-threatening smoke and haze, ecological destruction, and economic losses...
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The Community-based Fire Management (CBFiM) project is helping communities and governments in the Asia-Pacific region reduce the frequency and intensity of forest fires and build resilience to climate change by building capacity, promoting appropriate technologies and facilitating knowledge-sharing between stakeholders.
Project details
Duration
Location
Cambodia
Lao PDR
Thailand
Viet Nam
Donors
U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service International Programs