Reflections on reducing wildfire disaster risks

The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction discussed how prevention is the key to wildfire risks which have been increasing globally over the past quarter century as temperatures rise, precipitation decreases (including snow droughts), heatwave seasons grow longer, competition for forest resources intensifies, and wildlands are degraded.

Reflections on reducing wildfire disaster risks

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