The need to coordinate efforts to improve forest protection from fires

Climate change observed in recent years combined with increasing anthropogenic pressures on forest ecosystems made it necessary to increase attention to protect forest from fires. Forest fires all over the world and in the Russian Federation lead to forest degradation, reduction of biological diversity and pollution of atmospheric air and soil. They often destroy economic facilities and create a real threat to the health and life of the population. The analysis of the actual fire rate of forest shows that in recent years the proportion of forest fires caused by landscape fires on former agricultural land and thunderstorms has increased. The latter explains the increase in the area covered by forest fires in hard to reach remote areas. Large forest fires, especially that one developing in control zones, lead to be being smoked in vast areas and often residents of megacities experience their negative impact for a long time. The problem of forest fires has long been international. During the period from 2001 to 2018 large forest fires occurred in Africa, Australia and South America, South America. This indicates the need to unite scientists of all countries in the world to solve the problem of minimizing the actual fire rate of forests and the damage caused by forest fires. In light of climate change and other factors influencing the occurrence and spread of fires it is important to develop and implement a strategy to reduce damage from wildfires.

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