Fire regimes are disrupted by suppression or inappropriate burning
#00230
Excluding necessary fire accumulates fuels in fire-adapted ecosystems, while excessive or badly timed burning degrades fire-sensitive ecosystems and drained peatlands.
#00279Use prescribed burning in suitable fire-adapted ecosystems
Apply planned, low-intensity fire under defined conditions to reduce hazardous fuels or restore ecological processes in fire-adapted landscapes.
#00281Allow managed wildfire under safe conditions
Let selected naturally ignited fires perform ecological or fuel-reduction work within predefined limits when weather, location and response capacity make monitoring safe.
#00283Prevent deforestation and forest degradation
Protect intact fire-sensitive forests from clearing, fragmentation and degradation that dry vegetation and make repeated wildfire more likely.
#00284Restrict fire in rainforests and other fire-sensitive ecosystems
Use biome-specific rules, enforcement and alternatives to prevent deliberate burning where ecosystems do not tolerate recurring fire.
#00285Support Indigenous territories and community fire monitoring
Secure local land rights and resource community monitoring teams to detect, prevent and respond to harmful fire in fire-sensitive territories.
#00280Support Indigenous and cultural fire stewardship
Return authority and durable resources to Indigenous and local practitioners who use place-based fire knowledge to care for fire-adapted landscapes.
#00282Use patch-mosaic burning to vary fuel age and continuity
Create a shifting pattern of burned and unburned patches so future fire encounters varied fuel ages while ecological refuges remain across the landscape.