Prevent deforestation and forest degradation
#00283
Protect intact fire-sensitive forests from clearing, fragmentation and degradation that dry vegetation and make repeated wildfire more likely.
Parent issue
#00230 Fire regimes are disrupted by suppression or inappropriate burning
Sustainable Development Goals
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global
Description
Authorities, communities and supply chains reduce illegal clearing, road expansion and degradation that open humid forests to ignition and edge drying.
This intervention addresses the preconditions that make fire-sensitive forest burn. It requires enforcement, land rights and economic alternatives beyond fire operations.
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