Atelier National Sur L'ampleur Des Incendies de Végétation Au Canada

Résumé du livre

Paper focuses on the policy implications of the workshop discussions, findings & recommendations contained in the workshop report. It begins with a background section on climate change & fire regimes, followed by a summary of the evolution of current fire policies. It then discusses 4 policy issues emanating from the workshop: fire regimes & sustainable forestry (incorporating wildland fire into the National Forest Strategy); fire management responsibility (funding according to environmental & socio-economic conditions); public participation (public safety, resource protection, & ecological sustainability interests consensus towards policies, goals, & planning); science & technology (measuring fire regimes, predicting fire effects, developing a fire-economics analysis, improving the historical fire record).