Situation and measures to forest fire management for climate change adaptation in Quang Binh province

Abstract

Climate change could cause wildfires to increase and nearly double the area hit by forest fires in Quang Binh province in the future. The study has used the following methods: selective analysis of documents related to the organization of forest fire management forces, and interviews combined with the assessement on the current situation of force organization at the units in the province. The results of the study show that the system of forest fire management documents has been concretized with changes of the organizational structure of the steering committee from the provincial level to the lower levels in accordance with the management of firein the context of climate change. 161 fire management committees with 2,588 people were
formed. There are 918 teams of fire prevention and firefighting with 8,753 people to serve fire prevention and firefighting. The proposed solutions are: Restructuring of plantation/reforestation and regeneration; Developing programs of forest fire prevention for different areas; Developing indicators of forest fire risk and fire forecast for ecological areas; Raising community’s awareness on forest fire management; Forming the core forceof forest fire management; Improving professional knowledge and skills of fire management, investing equipment and proposing suitable policies related to forest fire management.