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Proceedings Part Expediente 1 Special Issue 7th International Wildland Fire Conference Editors Layout Editors PhD Lara Steil, Prevfogo, Ibama, Brazil Denys Márcio de Sousa, ICMBio, Brazil PhD Luciana de Oliveira Rosa Machado, MMA, Brazil Cover Layout Session Editor Denys Márcio de Sousa, ICMBio, Brazil Yuri Roberta Yamaguchi Paiva, Prevfogo, Ibama, Brazil Cover Photo General Editor Daphnne Chelles Marins, Setor de Animais Selvagens, Faculdade de Veterinária, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Keila Rego Mendes, ICMBio, Brazil Brazil Assistant Editor Fernanda Oliveto, ICMBio, Brazil Reviewers 1. Alexandre França Tetto 7. Christian Niel Berlinck PhD in Forest Engineering,Universidade Federal do Paraná, PhD in Ecology, Universidade de Brasília, Brazil (2008) Brazil (2012) Environmental Analyst at Instituto Chico Mendes de Adjunct Professor at Universidade Federal do Paraná, Brazil Conservação da Biodiversidade, Brazil http://lattes.cnpq.br/7353900312758348 http://lattes.cnpq.br/1246027619641544 2. Alexandre Santos Avelino 8. Gavriil Xanthopoulos MSc in Ecology, Universidade de Brasília, Brazil (2005) PhD in Forestry (Forest Fires), University of Montana, MT, Environmental Analyst at Ministério do Meio Ambiente, Brazil USA (1990). http://lattes.cnpq.br/2638138517101772 Senior Researcher at the Institute of Mediterranean & Forest Ecosystems of the Hellenic Agricultural Organization 3. Gary Morgan “Demeter”, Athens, Greece Principal Consultant http://www.fria.gr/EngPage/gavriil_xanthopoulos.html Global Wildland Fire Management Services, Australia [email protected] 9. Lara Steil PhD in Hydraulic Engineering and Sanitation, Universidade 4. Antônio Carlos Batista de São Paulo, Brazil (2007) PhD in Forest Engineering, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Environmental Analyst at National Center for Prevention Brazil (1995) and Fighting Wildfires (Prevfogo)/Instituto Brasileiro do Meio Full Professor at Universidade Federal do Paraná, Brazil Ambiente e dos Recursos Naturais Renováveis (Ibama), http://lattes.cnpq.br/5978707229868875 Brazil http://lattes.cnpq.br/3097484927824227 5. Bibiana Alejandra Bilbao PhD in Biology 10. Letícia Gomes Full Professor at Universidad Simón Bolívar, Venezuela and PhD in Ecology, Universidade de Brasília, Brazil (2018) Advisory Board Member of the international Leverhulme Researcher of the FIP Cerrado Project, Brazil Centre for Wildfires, Environment and Society, UK. http://lattes.cnpq.br/1492692082958917 https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bibiana_Bilbao 11. Lívia Carvalho Moura 6. Carlos Henke de Oliveira PhD in Ecology, Universidade de Brasília, Brazil (2018) PhD in Ecology and Natural Resources, Universidade Federal Collaborator at Instituto Brasileiro do Meio Ambiente e dos de São Carlos, Brazil (2001) Recursos Naturais Renováveis, Brazil Adjunct Professor at Universidade de Brasília, Brazil http://lattes.cnpq.br/7102552398463067 http://lattes.cnpq.br/3252754766653698 Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade Biodiversidade Brasileira, 11(2): 1-2, 2021 2 7th International Wildland Fire Conference 12. Ludivine Eloy Costa Pereira 18. Samuel Montenegro PhD in Etudes des Sociétés Latino Américaines, Institut des MSc in Ecology, Universidade de Brasília, Brazil (2019) Hautes Etudes d’Amérique Latine, France (2005) Elementary School Teacher at the Federal District’s Secretary Collaborating Researcher at Centro de Desenvolvimento of Education, Brazil Sustentável/Universidade de Brasília, Brazil http://lattes.cnpq.br/5595880009861547 http://lattes.cnpq.br/0040545280066912 19. Sílvia Lane Borges 13. Marcos Pedro Ramos Rodríguez PhD in Ecology, Universidade de Brasília, Brazil (2019) PhD in Programa de Doctorado en Ciencias Forestales, Master in Sustainable Development, Centro de Universidad de Pinar del Río, Cuba (1999) Desenvolvimento Sustentável, Brazil (2013) Full Professor at Universidad de Pinar del Río, Cuba Consultant/Instituto Brasileiro de Desenvolvimento e http://lattes.cnpq.br/5516496705288170 Sustentabilidade, Brazil Collaborating researcher/Centro de Desenvolvimento 14. Marcos Vinícius Giongo Alves Sustentável, Brazil PhD in Bioscience and Territory, Università degli Studi del http://lattes.cnpq.br/4309144835516940 Molise, Itália (2011) Coordinator of Centro de Monitoramento Ambiental e Manejo 20. Tessa Oliver do Fogo, Brazil BA Hons in Humanities and PGD Environmental Management, http://lattes.cnpq.br/5712134838373036 School of Public Leadership, University of Stellenbosch Special Projects Manager for Landworks Non Profit Company, 15. Paulo Adriano Dias South Africa MSc in Biodiversity and Conservation, Universidade Federal www.linkedin.com/in/tessa-oliver-4920488a do Maranhão, Brazil (2008) Environmental Analyst at Instituto Chico Mendes de 21. Thiago Fonseca Morello Ramalho da Silva Conservação da Biodiversidade, Brazil PhD in Economics, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil (2013) http://lattes.cnpq.br/5755501114878618 Adjunct Professor at Universidade Federal do ABC, Brazil http://lattes.cnpq.br/6219831410359178 16. Roberto Javier Rivera-Lombardi PhD in Remote Sensing, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas 22. WJ (Bill) de Groot, Espaciais (2009) PhD Forest Science Professor at Universidade Central da Venezuela, Venezuela Scientist Emeritus http://lattes.cnpq.br/7328926984669434 Canadian Forest Service – Natural Resources Canada https://www.nrcan.gc.ca/our-natural-resources/forests- 17. Rossano Marchetti Ramos forestry/wildland-fires-insects-disturban/forest-fires/13143 PhD in Ecology, Universidade de Brasília, Brazil (2013) Environmental Analyst at National Center for Prevention and Fighting Wildfires (Prevfogo)/Instituto Brasileiro do Meio Ambiente e dos Recursos Naturais Renováveis (Ibama), Brazil http://lattes.cnpq.br/4274126967979980 Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade Biodiversidade Brasileira, 11(2): 1-2, 2021 3 Editorial 7th International Wildland Fire Conference Lara Steil – Ibama/Prevfogo Luciana de Oliveira Rosa Machado – MMA This Special Issue is the third publication related to the 7th International Wildland Fire Conference – IWFC, held in 2019, in Brazil (https://www.ibama.gov.br/wildfire2019-eng). It comprises full articles written by the key speakers who participated at the Plenary Sessions, Special Sessions, and at the Technical Meeting on Criminal Investigation of Forest Fires. The opening article, by Johann Goldammer, presents a retrospective on the series of IWF Conferences, from its first edition, held in Boston, USA, in 1989, until the seventh, in Brazil, after a circumglobal journey. The main advances and achievements along the three decades that separate these two Conferences are discussed, emphasizing the changes observed in the fire regimes around the world, influenced by world population growth, socio- economic developments, and climate change, pointing out the importance of international cooperation for landscape fire management. The role of women in fire management, one original topic at 7th IWFC, is brought to discussion by Erika Garduño-Mendoza and collaborators. The article summarizes the main achievements, challenges, and experiences related to the inclusion of women in fire management activities in Mexico and Latin America. According to the authors, the efforts that have been carried out on this issue led to the creation of the first female brigade for preventing and fighting fires in Mexico, in 2019. The strengthening of women’s technical and leadership capacities gives more visibility to their participation, reinforces the integrated fire management approach, and opens up new opportunities for professionals with different profiles and areas of knowledge. In the same track of inclusion and improvement of the participation of human diversity in fire issues, John Scott, in his article, reviews the importance of indigenous knowledge on disaster risk reduction, flagging up that this knowledge has been used to reduce risks and mitigate the deleterious effects caused by uncontrolled fires. The article also draws our attention to the fact that when traditional practices are associated with contemporary experiences, they can reduce the vulnerability of these peoples and their communities to the risks arising from fire. Four articles discuss, on a national or local scale, the implementation of integrated fire management in Brazil. In the first one, Background, Assessment, Opportunities and Challenges of Integrated Fire Management in Brazilian Indigenous Land, Rodrigo Falleiro and collaborators present the main outcomes of the implementation of the Federal Brigade Program in indigenous lands. The program is handled by the Brazilian Institute for the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources, through the National Center for Preventing and Fighting Fire (Ibama/Prevfogo) in partnership with the National Indian Foundation (Funai). The results demonstrate that the incorporation of traditional indigenous knowledge in the implementation of Integrated Fire Management (IFM) represents the factor of success to address the issue, emphasizing the importance of the sociocultural aspect in the management of fire in Brazil. Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade Biodiversidade Brasileira, 11(2): 3-5, 2021 DOI: 10.37002/biobrasil.v11i2.1962 4 7th International Wildland Fire Conference The article Implementation of Integrated Fire Management in Brazilian Federal Protected Areas: Results and Perspectives developed by Berlinck & Lima, presents the main achievements and challenges in Brazilian protected areas that adopted IFM approach. Among them, the
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