Wildland Fire Policy and Legislation

Wildland fire policies and legislation of countries and organisations of Sub-Sahara Africa. Some of the below-listed documents and guidelines deal specifically with wildland fire, others with cooperation and regional policies on a wider background.

• SADC Protocol on Forestry (especially Article 22, dealing with Cooperation with other States, Member States and Organisations)
• SADC Regional Forest Fire Management Systems Review (Chapter 3)
• Nelspruit Declaration 
• National Guidelines on Forest Fire Management in Namibia
• National Veld and Forest Fire Act, South Africa
• Memorandum of Understanding AfriFireNet - Working on Fire

Development of a SADC Regional Fire Management Programme (2007-2010)

• Cross-boundary Fire Management for the SADC Countries 
  (SADC-FANR Directorate Concept Note No. 7, August 2007)

• SADC Regional Consultative Workshop on “Development of a SADC Cross-Border Fire Management Programme”
  (Maputo, Mozambique, 25-27 January 2010): Draft Agenda

• SADC-FIRE-WORKSHOP-25-27-January-2010-Report.pdf

• SADC Regional Fire Management Programme Document.pdf (Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe,16 July 2010)

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