Die Wälder Madagaskars sind für ihre hohe biologische Vielfalt bekannt und beherbergen zahlreiche endemische Pflanzen- und Tierarten. Diese Ökosysteme sind jedoch stark durch menschliche Aktivitäten bedroht, die zu Abholzung und Walddegradierung führen. Wirksame Naturschutzmaßnahmen...

The Amazon rainforest, a vital global ecosystem, is facing significant threats from the loss of intact forest through deforestation and degradation. This report provides an overview of recent forest changes in the Amazon, focusing on Brazil, the country with the largest portion of the Amazon....

Madagascar's forests are known for their rich biodiversity, and they are home to numerous endemic plant and animal species. However, these ecosystems face significant threats from human activities, leading to deforestation and forest degradation. Effective conservation efforts must focus on both...

This report contains the annual summary of the fire season of 2023 with official figures provided by 34 contributing countries for the number of fires, burnt areas and fire prevention efforts, and the analysis of fire danger and areas mapped in the European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS).

This report contains the annual summary of the fire season of 2023 with official figures provided by 34 contributing countries for the number of fires, burnt areas and fire prevention efforts, and the analysis of fire danger and areas mapped in the European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS).

This report contains the annual summary of the wildfire season of 2023 on the basis of data from the European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS). It is published early in 2024 to provide an advance comprehensive analysis of the wildfire season 2023. The analysis and data in the report...

This issue of the EFFIS annual report on forest fires for the year 2022 is the 23rd in the series. This report is consolidated as highly appreciated documentation of the previous year's forest fires in Europe, Middle East and North Africa. The section on national reporting gives an overview of...

Tropical forests are fundamental for the mitigation of global warming and for containing immense biodiversity, thus the knowledge about where, how, and why they change is of crucial importance in order to find countermeasures that can protect the remaining forests for all countries of the Amazon...

Wildfires are increasing in frequency and intensity. We study the impact of exposure to wildfires on air pollutants and on human health in Chile, finding substantial impacts on both classes of outcomes. We use data on 15 wildfire seasons (2004-2018) matched with granular (intra-day) records of...

This issue of the EFFIS annual report on forest fires for the year 2022 is the 23rd in the series. This report is consolidated as highly appreciated documentation of the previous year's forest fires in Europe, Middle East and North Africa. The section on national reporting gives an overview of...

This issue of the EFFIS annual report on forest fires for the year 2021 is the 22nd in the series. This report is consolidated as highly appreciated documentation of the previous year's forest fires in Europe, Middle East and North Africa. The section on national reporting gives an overview of...

The Amazon forest is the largest tropical rainforest in the world, which houses about 10% of the Earth's biodiversity and 16% of the world's total river discharge into the oceans. However, the Amazon forest has already lost up to 20% of its original area since the 1970s and is under constant...

Recent dramatic and deadly increases in global wildfire activity have increased attention on the causes of wildfires, their consequences, and how risk from fire might be mitigated. Here we bring together data on the changing risk and societal burden of wildfire in the US. We estimate that nearly...

The Amazon forest is the largest tropical rainforest in the world, which houses about 10% of the Earth's biodiversity and 16% of the world's total river discharge into the oceans. However, the Amazon forest has already lost up to 20% of its original area since the 1970s and is under constant...

Climate change poses challenge to the global society. Different measures have been set off in an attempt to address the problem. Among the recent adopted options is the “Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation” (REDD+). However, little evidence exists on how options such as...

Recent dramatic and deadly increases in global wildfire activity have increased attention on the causes of wildfires, their consequences, and how risk from fire might be mitigated. Here we bring together data on the changing risk and societal burden of wildfire in the US. We estimate that nearly...

The aim of the paper is to describe the spread forest fire event occurred in the Italian Alps in 2017 under extremely drought conditions. In the study the root causes of wildfires and their direct relapses to the air quality of the Western Po valley and the urban centre of Torino have been...

Indian internal migration is among the highest in the world, with 30% of the population migrating, often for work. Such population movement can alleviate poverty and reduce forest degradation. However, estimates of this double dividend are scarce. We estimate the potential of internal migration...

Mitigation and adaptation are the main strategies to address climate change. Both of them are interrelated instruments and key elements of an integral approach to tackle the phenomenon. This interrelation is particularly strong in the land use sector, an area in which practically any policy has...

This report contains an anticipated annual summary of the fire season of 2018 with an analysis of fire danger and areas mapped in the European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS). This report precedes that to be published in August/September 2019, which will include detailed reports prepared...

This report contains the annual summary of the fire season of 2017 with official figures provided by 33 contributing countries for the number of fires, burnt areas and fire prevention efforts, and the analysis of fire danger and areas mapped in the European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS).

This document describes a carbon emission reporting method based on maps of forest changes. The method is based on the Intergovermental Panel on Climate Changes (IPCC) guidelines to define forests, deforestation, and forest degradation from multi-temporal tree cover change maps. The CarbEF...

The ReCaREDD (Regional Capacities for REDD+) project is hosted by the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC), funded by the European Commission's Directorate-General for International Development and Cooperation (DG DEVCO). The main goal of the project is to enhance the capacities of...

This is the 17th issue of the EFFIS annual report on forest fires for the year 2016. This report is consolidated as highly appreciated documentation of the previous year's forest fires in Europe, Middle East and North Africa. In its different sections, the report includes information on the...

Reduction of carbon emissions from deforestation and forest degradation has been identified as a cost effective element of the post-Kyoto strategy to achieve long-term climate objectives. Its success depends primarily on the design and implementation of a financial mechanism that provides...

The success of reducing carbon emissions from deforestation and forest degradation depends on the design of an effective financial mechanism that provides landholders sufficient incentives to participate and provide additional and permanent carbon offsets. This paper proposes self-enforcing...

A workshop was held at RCMRD, the Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development, Nairobi 19th -23rd October 2015 under the aegis of the ReCaREDD project, which is funded by DG DEVCO. Both RCMRD and their partner ICPAC have a long standing collaborations with the JRC are the main...

A workshop was held at RCMRD, the Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development, Nairobi 19th -23rd October 2015 under the aegis of the ReCaREDD project, which is funded by DG DEVCO. Both RCMRD and their partner ICPAC have a long standing collaborations with the JRC are the main...

This is the 16th issue of the EFFIS annual report on forest fires for the year 2015. This report is consolidated as highly appreciated documentation of the previous year's forest fires in Europe, Middle East and North Africa. In its different sections, the report includes information on the...

This is the 16th issue of the EFFIS annual report on forest fires for the year 2015. This report is consolidated as highly appreciated documentation of the previous year's forest fires in Europe, Middle East and North Africa. In its different sections, the report includes information on the...

A ReCaREDD regional workshop at the JRC Ispra, 11-15 July 2016. Participants from Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda and two regional centres RCMRD & ICPAC took part in the workshop - including training and practical sessions on processing and interpreting satellite...