How fire can help conserve the environment.

The National Policy on Integrated Fire Management is the topic of the third episode of ISPN Comments, with geographer and technical advisor Lívia Carvalho. It seems contradictory to imagine that fire – the kind that consumes several hectares of Cerrado, Pantanal, and Amazon – can cause serious fires.

Prescribed burning in a traditional community (Photo: Lívia Carvalho Moura)

Fires can be reduced by half following MIF strategy

Pilot program in Brazil and traditional communities show that it is possible to reduce areas burned by fires with prevention activities, video highlights. The month of September has arrived and, with it, the critical period for fires in Brazil, which...

Firefighters manage fire for fire prevention.

MIF: a vaccine against fires

A dose of weakened fire before the dry season, interspersed with educational actions, reduces the spread of criminal and malicious fires during droughts. A reference in Integrated Fire Management (IFM) policy, the Cerrado is a central biome to consider in this regard.