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Destructive wildfires increasingly threaten people, ecosystems and the climate worldwide

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Communities and ecosystems worldwide face increasingly destructive wildfires, causing deaths, displacement, smoke exposure, infrastructure loss, ecological damage and greenhouse-gas emissions across very different fire regimes.

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#00227 Climate change creates hotter, drier and longer wildfire seasons
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#00255 Rapidly reduce greenhouse-gas emissions
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#00256 Use future climate scenarios in wildfire planning
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#00257 Adapt forests and landscapes to expected future conditions
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#00258 Plan for residual wildfire risk that cannot be eliminated
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#00228 Avoidable human activities ignite destructive wildfires
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#00238 Work, machinery and agricultural activities ignite wildfires
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#00259 Apply dynamic restrictions based on real-time fire danger
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#00260 Require equipment standards, spark arrestors and hot-work permits
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#00261 Provide alternatives to agricultural and residue burning
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#00239 Transport and energy infrastructure ignite wildfires
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#00262 Manage power-line vegetation and asset condition
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#00263 Use covered conductors, fault detection and selective power shutoffs
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#00264 Control railway, road and vehicle ignition sources
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#00240 Recreation and household activities ignite wildfires
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#00265 Use targeted access restrictions and multilingual fire warnings
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#00266 Enforce controls on cigarettes, fireworks and open flames
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#00241 Deliberate fire-setting and illegal clearing ignite wildfires
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#00267 Strengthen fire-cause investigation and ignition-pattern analysis
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#00268 Enforce land-tenure, environmental and criminal rules
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#00229 Land-use change produces dangerously continuous wildfire fuels
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#00242 Rural abandonment removes grazing and agricultural fuel mosaics
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#00270 Use targeted grazing and pastoral fire-prevention contracts
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#00241 Catalonia, SpainOngoing
#00271 Restore agroforestry, crops and green fuel breaks
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#00272 Build markets for fire-prevention products and biomass
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#00243 Homogeneous plantations create continuous wildfire fuel structures
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#00273 Diversify plantation species, age, density and stand structure
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#00274 Break plantation continuity near settlements
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#00248 Central and south-central ChileFailed
#00275 Manage forestry residues and dead vegetation
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#00244 Invasive plants alter wildfire frequency and intensity
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#00276 Integrate invasive-plant control with wildfire management
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#00255 Cape Peninsula, South AfricaPartial
#00245 Fragmented land ownership prevents landscape-scale wildfire management
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#00277 Create landowner associations and shared wildfire landscape plans
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#00278 Provide long-term payments for maintained fuel reduction
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#00230 Fire regimes are disrupted by suppression or inappropriate burning
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#00248 Drained peatlands support persistent underground fires
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#00286 Rewet peatlands and block drainage canals
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#00252 IndonesiaFailed
#00254 Priority peatland regions, IndonesiaPartial
#00287 Restore peatland vegetation after rewetting
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#00289 Make no-burn peatland agriculture economically viable
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#00279 Use prescribed burning in suitable fire-adapted ecosystems
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#00257 Cape Floristic Region, South AfricaPartial
#00260 Southern Australia (temperate forest region)Partial
#00280 Support Indigenous and cultural fire stewardship
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#00245 CanadaOngoing
#00259 Northern AustraliaSuccess
#00281 Allow managed wildfire under safe conditions
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#00282 Use patch-mosaic burning to vary fuel age and continuity
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#00283 Prevent deforestation and forest degradation
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#00284 Restrict fire in rainforests and other fire-sensitive ecosystems
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#00285 Support Indigenous territories and community fire monitoring
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#00253 Riau Province, IndonesiaPartial
#00231 Settlements are increasingly exposed to wildfire
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#00249 Development continues in high-risk wildland-urban interfaces
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#00290 Use wildfire-risk zoning and development restrictions
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#00291 Require multiple evacuation routes or safe refuges in new development
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#00292 Disclose wildfire risk in property transactions
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#00250 Homes ignite from wildfire embers, flames and neighboring structures
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#00293 Retrofit roofs, vents and building envelopes against embers
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#00261 Bushfire-prone areas, AustraliaPartial
#00294 Create a non-combustible immediate zone around structures
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#00295 Replace hazardous fences, decks, sheds and fuel storage
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#00296 Run neighborhood-scale wildfire retrofit programs
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#00243 California, United StatesOngoing
#00244 CanadaOngoing
#00251 Critical infrastructure fails during wildfires
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#00297 Harden water, electricity and telecommunications systems
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#00298 Provide backup pumping, communications and emergency power
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#00299 Make hospitals, shelters and transport systems fire-safe
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#00232 Wildfires are not detected and contained quickly enough
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#00300 Forecast wildfire danger from weather and fuel conditions
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#00301 Pre-position crews and aircraft according to forecast risk
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#00302 Deploy lookout and AI camera networks
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#00303 Use satellite thermal detection and wildfire monitoring
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#00265 EUMETSAT headquarters, Darmstadt, GermanyOngoing
#00304 Deploy under-canopy gas and environmental sensors
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#00305 Use drones for confirmation, mapping and hotspot detection
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#00306 Integrate rapid initial attack across ground and air resources
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#00236 Fontainebleau Forest, FranceOngoing
#00308 Coordinate drone swarms for wildfire detection and suppression
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#00263 Nenana, Alaska, United StatesInconclusive
#00309 Build wildfire digital twins and real-time spread simulations
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#00251 Brazilian Cerrado, BrazilOngoing
#00310 Integrate multi-sensor wildfire detection with dispatch
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#00264 Syngrou Grove, Marousi, Attica, GreeceInconclusive
#00233 Extreme wildfires exceed firefighting capacity
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#00311 Build strategic fuel treatments around intervention points
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#00312 Maintain wildfire roads, water points and operational firebreaks
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#00313 Create cross-region and international wildfire mutual aid
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#00235 Gironde and Landes, FranceOngoing
#00258 Southeastern AustraliaPartial
#00314 Use common incident command and interoperable communications
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#00240 Catalonia, SpainSuccess
#00315 Protect firefighters from heat, smoke and entrapment
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#00316 Define triage rules for simultaneous extreme wildfires
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#00234 Communities cannot evacuate or shelter safely during wildfires
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#00317 Model wildfire evacuation and road capacity
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#00318 Create community-specific wildfire evacuation plans and exercises
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#00237 Pedrógão Grande, PortugalFailed
#00239 Mati, Municipality of Marathonas, East Attica, GreeceFailed
#00242 Paradise, California, United StatesFailed
#00319 Use redundant wildfire alerts across multiple channels
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#00247 Viña del Mar and Quilpué, Valparaíso Region, ChilePartial
#00262 Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii, United StatesFailed
#00320 Provide defendable community refuges where evacuation may fail
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#00321 Plan wildfire safety for tourists, care homes, hospitals and disabled people
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#00235 Wildfire smoke creates an under-managed public health burden
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#00322 Publish PM2.5 monitoring and wildfire smoke forecasts
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#00323 Operate clean-air centers and filtered public buildings
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#00324 Provide portable HEPA filtration to vulnerable households
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#00325 Set respiratory protection and worker smoke protocols
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#00326 Coordinate wildfire smoke response across borders
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#00246 Canada and northeastern United StatesPartial
#00236 Poor post-fire recovery compounds wildfire disasters
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#00252 Burned soils and watersheds face erosion and flooding after wildfire
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#00327 Conduct rapid post-fire erosion and watershed-risk assessments
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#00328 Apply targeted slope, sediment and water protection
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#00254 Communities rebuild the same wildfire vulnerability after disaster
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#00332 Require wildfire-resilient reconstruction standards
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#00333 Support relocation from indefensible wildfire sites
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#00334 Provide long-term health, livelihood and mental-health recovery
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#00329 Monitor natural post-fire recovery before intervening
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#00330 Retain appropriate burned wood and habitat structures
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#00331 Use climate-adapted diverse restoration where recovery needs help
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#00237 Wildfire governance and funding remain reactive and fragmented
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#00335 Adopt national and regional Integrated Fire Management strategies
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#00238 PortugalOngoing
#00249 BrazilOngoing
#00256 South AfricaOngoing
#00336 Establish permanent wildfire prevention budgets
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#00337 Share wildfire cause, fuel, exposure and outcome data
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#00338 Include communities and Indigenous peoples in wildfire decisions
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#00339 Fund wildfire work by outcomes and independent evaluation
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