International
Forest Fire
News

No. 21 - September 1999

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Editorial

Inside International Forest Fire News
Guest Editorial: Ghana with the Wind

Africa Fire Special

• Wildfire in the Southern African Development Community Conference as part of the Wood for Africa Conference 1999
• The National Veld and Forest Fire Act Act 101 of 1998 of the Republic of South Africa
• Integrated Fire Management in Southern Africa
• Proposed Co-operative Fire Management in the SADC Countries of Southern Africa
• Reduction in Fire Incidents in East Caprivi
• Update on the Southern African Regional Science Initiative - SAFARI 2000

Country Notes

China	Review of 1998 Forest Fire Season and the Spring 1999 Fire Situation in China
India	Forest Fire and its Prevention by Generating Environmental Awareness in the Rural Masses
Indonesia	Fire in the Rubber Jungle...Fire Prevention and Sustainable Tree Crop Development in South Sumatra Pilot Project Planning for Fire Suppression Mobilization in Riau and South Sumatra Provinces
Italy	Forest Fires in Italy 1998
Mongolia	Forest and Steppe Fire Monitoring in Mongolia Using Satellite Remote Sensing The Social Conditions of Wildfire in Mongolia

News from International Organizations

ECE/FAO	UN-FAO/ECE/ILO Team of Specialists on Forest Fire: Report of the 1998-99 Activities
FAO	News from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
IDNDR	IDNDR Programme Forum, Geneva, July 1999 - A Safer World in the 21st Century: Disaster and Risk Reduction
IUFRO	Recommendations from the Rogow Conference on Remote Sensing and Forest Monitoring

News from Fire Research

Canada	International Crown Fire Modelling Experiment - an Update
Germany	Estimation of Future Fire Development in the State of Brandenburg

Recent Publications

• Indians, Fire, and the Land in the Pacific Northwest
• Remote Sensing of Large Wildfires in the European Mediterranean Basin

Other Meeting Reports (1998)

• Australia: ACIAR Workshop on Fire Management in Eastern Indonesia and Northern Australia, Darwin, April 1999

Meetings Planned for 1999 and 2000

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Letter to the Editor

• Forest Fire Prevention and Control Strategies in India

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