Rapid Response Assessments
This special series of reports fills the need for targeted and timely information about environmental challenges.
Spreading like Wildfire: The Rising Threat of Extraordinary Landscape Fires
Across Earth’s ecosystems, wildfires are growing in intensity and spreading in range. From Australia to Canada, the United States to China, across Europe and the Amazon, wildfires are wreaking havoc on the environment, wildlife, human health, and infrastructure. Spreading like Wildfire: The Rising Threat of Extraordinary Fires is the first report by UNEP and GRID-Arendal to take stock of the scale and extent of the global wildfire crisis and has been commissioned in support of the UN Decade of Ecosystem Restoration. Over 50 experts from research institutions, government agencies, and international organisations from around the globe have contributed to this report. Their findings are that while the situation is certainly extreme, it is not yet hopeless.
Status: Completed
Type: Rapid Response Assessment
Year of publication: 2022
Publisher: United Nations Environment Programme
Place of publication: Nairobi
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