Community-based fire management:
case studies from China, The Gambia,Honduras, India,
the Lao People's Democratic Republic and Turkey













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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
Bangkok, Thailand
2003


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Front cover: Bush fire during the dry season in Senegal. Bush fires burn most of the vegetation on an annual basis. (Photo: Roberto Faidutti)

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FOREWORD - PREFACE - PREÁMBULO

PROLOGUE

Community-based fire management case studies from China, The Gambia, Honduras, India, Lao People's Democratic Republic and Turkey
by David Ganz, Peter Moore and Dominique Reeb

PROLOGUE

Gestion communautaire des feux: étude de cas en Chine, en Gambie, au Honduras, en Inde, République Démocratique Populaire Lao et en Turquie
par David Ganz, Peter Moore et Dominique Reeb

PRÒLOGO

Estudios de caso sobre el manejo comunitario de incendios en China, Gambia, Honduras, India, la República Democrática Popular Lao y Turquía
por David Ganz, Peter Moore y Dominique Reeb

CASE STUDIES

Community-based forest fire management in Wenyime Village, Sanchahe Township, Dayao County, Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China
by Zhang Lichang, Wu Long, Zhao Yaqiao and Lu Caizhen

Executive Summary
Résumé
Resumen de Orientación

Management of forest fires through the involvement of local communities: The Gambia
by Almami Dampha

Executive Summary
Résumé
Resumen de Orientación

El manejo de los incendios forestales y la participación de las comunidades locales
por CJsar Augusto Alvarado

Resumen de Orientación
Executive Summary
Résumé

Management of forest fire through local communities: a study in the Bolangir, Deogarh and Sundergarh Districts of Orissa, India
by Pritam Kumar Nanda and Pravat Chandro Sutar

Executive Summary
Résumé
Resumen de Orientación

Community-based fire management in Lao People’s Democratic Republic: Past, Present and Future
by Sharon London

Executive Summary
Résumé
Resumen de Orientación

Management of forest fires through the involvement of local communities in Turkey
by Mustafa Kurtulmuslu and Ekrem Yazici

Executive Summary
Résumé
Resumen de Orientación