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FLARE Working Group

As of October 5th, 2024, FIREPOL will be joining the FLARE Working Group on “Fires, Forests, and People: understanding the lived experience of fire types and governance in new eras of flammability”.

Some of the themes that will be discussed are as follows:

  • Advance justice-centered fire governance by detailing fire regime types
  • Shift from a carbon and biodiversity focus to an integrated understanding of fire 
  • Promote knowledge exchange and interdisciplinary connections
  • Investigate how Connected Conservation approaches could advance positive fire futures
  • Center health and wellbeing as they relate to forest fires
  • Improve understanding of integrated fire management strategies in forest landscapes

Please visit the following link to read more about the Working Group’s objectives and associated publications: