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Fire is a prevalent disturbance on the global landscape with several hundred million hectares of vegetation burning every year. Land and forest fires (collectively referred to as wildland fires) occur annually on every continent except Antarctica, and most global fire is unmonitored and undocumented (Figure 20.1). Increasing trends in wildland fire activity have been reported in many global regions. Wildland fires have many serious negative impacts on human safety, health, regional economies and global climate change. Developed countries spend billions every year in an attempt to limit the impact of wildland fires. In contrast, developing countries spend little, if any, money to control fire, yet they are often the most susceptible to the damaging impacts of fire because of increased vulnerability of human life and property (due to limited fire suppression capability), increased risk due to high fire frequency (often caused by the cultural use of fire), and sensitive economies (tourism, transport).
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de Groot, WJ, Goldammer JG, Keenan T, Brady MA, Lynham TJ, Justice CO, Csiszar IA, O’Loughlin K (2007). Developing a global early warning system for wildland fire. In D. X. Viegas (Ed.), Proceedings of the V International Conference on Forest Fire Research, November 24th to December 1st, 2006, Figueira da Foz, Portugal (In Press).
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Brady, M.A. et al. (2007). Developing a global early warning system for wildland fire. In: Sivakumar, M.V.K., Motha, R.P. (eds) Managing Weather and Climate Risks in Agriculture. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-72746-0_20
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