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Based on the work of
Mr Ricardo Velez
Ministry of Environment
Madrid, Spain
April 2005
The Forest Protection Working Papers report on issues addressed in the work programme of FAO. These working papers do not reflect any official position of FAO. Please refer to the FAO website (www.fao.org/forestry) for official information.
The purpose of these papers is to provide early information on on-going activities and programmes, and to stimulate discussion.
Comments and feedback are welcome.
For further information please contact:
Mr. Mike Jurvélius, Forestry Officer (Forest Fire Management)
Mr. Peter Holmgren, Chief
Forest Resources Development Service
Forest Resources Division, Forestry Department
FAO
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla
I-00100 Rome, Italy
e-mail: [email protected]
[email protected]
or: FAO Publications and Information Coordinator:
[email protected]
For quotation:
FAO (2005). Community Based Fire Management in Spain, April 2005. Forest Protection Working Papers, Working Paper FFM/4/E. Forest Resources Development Service, Forest Resources Division. FAO, Rome (unpublished).
© FAO 2005
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Abstract
1. Introduction
2. The role of fire in preventive silviculture
Fire resistance of forest species
Species selection and woodland structure
Methods of reducing fuel accumulations
3. The rural people at the origin of forest fires
Persistence against “slash and burn” for agricultural purposes
Land abandonment
Burning grasses and bushes to renew pastureland
Burning agricultural remains
Declaration of specially protected areas
4. Some data on forest fires of rural origin
5. Prevention policies
5.1. Persuasion: Environmental education
5.2. Conciliation of interests
The EPRIF Program
The EPRIF’s tasks
Profile of the EPRIF’s specialists
Working procedures
Appraisal of the EPRIF work
5.3 Coordination between the Administration resources and the country people
The Registered Groups of Volunteers
The Societies for Forest Protection
6. Conclusion
Bibliography
Videotapes
Map. 1. Areas where EPRIF and ADF are established
Graph 1. Motivations of deliberate fires
Annex 1. EPRIF Terms of reference
Annex 2. EPRIF Report of activity (form)
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