Asia-Pacífico - Perfil Regional

El fuego ha dado forma a los paisajes de sabana de Asia-Pacífico durante miles de años. Los propietarios tradicionales del norte de Australia están ayudando a otros pueblos tradicionales de la región a revitalizar sus propias tradiciones de fuego en beneficio del clima, las comunidades y la biodiversidad.

Panorama - Incendios en Asia-Pacífico

Paisajes

Fire prone woody savanna is found across the Asia-Pacific, including in the north of Australia, and in countries including Cambodia, Indonesia, Myanmar, Thailand, Papua New Guinea, Timor Leste and Vietnam.

Tradiciones del fuego

The use of fire has been a key feature of agricultural and landscape management in the region, for example, in the swidden agriculture practices of Timor Leste and the Indonesian Province of Nusa Tengarra Timur.

En los paisajes de sabana del norte de Australia, los pueblos indígenas han utilizado tradicionalmente el fuego para diversos fines culturales y de manejo del paisaje.

In northern Australia such traditional fire practice, undermined following colonisation, is being revitalised through the introduction of methodology based emissions reductions savanna fire management, that shifts fire patterns from the late to early dry season, with more than 25 Indigenous owned and led savanna fire enterprises now operating across the north of Australia.

Línea de base de incendios

Destructive fire regimes often impacting agriculture and human infrastructure, represent a major livelihoods issue in this region. Successive internationally and regionally funded scientific collaborations and projects have identified it as a major concern. Improved fire management in this region will benefit communities in particular through impact on food security, soil, air and water quality, as well as having the potential to generate economic benefits.

Emisiones de fuego

More than 13% of global savanna fire emissions are generated in the Asia-Pacific region, predominantly in Australia which contributes 7.3% and other countries in the region that together generate 5.9% of global savanna fire emissions.

Nuestro trabajo en Asia-Pacífico

Several countries in the region could realise benefits for communities, climate and biodiversity by encouraging the revitalisation of fire management traditions. These include but are not limited to Indonesia, Timor Leste, Papua New Guinea, Thailand, Vietnam,Myanmar and Cambodia.

Con el apoyo del Gobierno australiano, el ISFMI está llevando a cabo proyectos exploratorios en Indonesia, Timor Oriental y Papúa Nueva Guinea para preparar futuros proyectos piloto de manejo del fuego.

En Australia, el ISFMI trabaja con socios de las comunidades indígenas del norte del país, expertos científicos australianos y agencias gubernamentales australianas para aprovechar las lecciones de la exitosa experiencia del norte de Australia en el manejo tradicional del fuego de sabana para una audiencia global.

Más recursos

Key resources for learning more about the potential for climate, communities and biodiversity through fire management in the Asia-Pacific.