Communities in Flames: Proceedings of an International Conference on Community Involvement in Fire Management

Edited by
Peter Moore, David Ganz, Lay Cheng Tan, Thomas Enters and Patrick B. Durst

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
Bangkok, Thailand
2002

FireFight South East Asia

RAP PUBLICATIONS 2002/25

Table of Contents

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Staff and consultants of Project FireFight South East Asia prepared this publication. The analyses and assessments contained herein do not necessarily reflect the views of Project FireFight South East Asia, the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF) and The World Conservation Union (IUCN).

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Cover photos:

Background picture:

Eucalyptus plantation in Congo by Takeshi Toma, CIFOR, Indonesia

Four small pictures from left to right:

Efforts to extinguish fires in East Kalimantan, Indonesia, in 1998 © WWF-Cannon/WWF Indonesia

Forest fires in Kinabaangan in Sabah, Malaysia, in 1998 © WWF-Cannon/WWF Malaysia

Haze from fires in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in 1998 © WWF-Cannon/WWF Malaysia

Forest fire in Costa Rica by Stephen Homer, ACDI-CIDA

Large picture:

Sungai Manau Jambi, Kerinci National Park, Indonesia, by Alain Compost

For copies of the proceedings, write to:

Patrick B. Durst
Senior Forestry Officer
FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
39 Phra Atit Road
Bangkok 10200
Thailand
Tel: (66-2) 697 4000
Fax: (66-2) 697 4445
Email: [email protected]

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

Living with fire: summary of Communities in flames international conference - David Ganz and Peter Moore

Community involvement in fire management: cases and recommendations for community-based fire management in Thailand - Pearmsak Makarabhirom, David Ganz and Surin Onprom

Learning across borders: community-based fire management - Kalimantan to California - Judith Mayer

Community-based fire management, land tenure and conflict: insights from Sumatra, Indonesia - S. Suyanto, Grahame Applegate and Luca Tacconi

Community participation in integrated forest fire management: experiences from Africa, Asia and Europe - Johann G. Goldammer, Peter G.H. Frost, Mike Jurvélius, Evelien M. Kamminga, Teri Kruger, Soo Ing Moody and Manuel Pogeyed

The development of a community-based approach for an integrated forest fire management system in East Kalimantan, Indonesia - Hartmut M. Abberger, Bradford M. Sanders and Helmut Dotzauer

Experiences in community forest fire control in Viet Nam - Ha Thi Linh

Forest and fire suppression in East Kalimantan, Indonesia - Chandradewana Boer