Year of publication 2007

This book presents the new community-based approach to fire management in Burkina Faso. It is addressed to policy-makers and practitioners in different sectors of rural development. Fire management on rural lands consists of a set of techniques, activities and arrangements that are planned and implemented in a participatory and concerted manner by communities in their land, with the objective of using fire as a tool for sustainable management of natural resources. The aim is to realize a change in collective and individual behavior concerning the utilization of fire, which is a compulsory condition towards sustainable natural resource management.