Wildfire Prevention in the Mediterranean

This document follows up the 2011 edition of the Position Paper on Wildfire Prevention in the Mediterranean. It outlines six Key Recommendations on Wildfire Prevention in the Mediterranean. The Key Recommendations on Wildfire Prevention in the Mediterranean has been developed by the European Forest Institute and the Ministry for the Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge of Spain (as coordinator of the FAO Silva Mediterranea Working Group on Forest Fires) in collaboration with Mediterranean stakeholders. Its content includes specific actions for each recommendation, identified as necessary to make any meaningful step forward in improving forest fire prevention and, therefore, risk reduction.