Managing Escalating Wildfires
| Project Details | |
|---|---|
| Organisation(s) involved: | United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Working on Fire and the Special Climate Change Fund – GEF. |
| Project Objective/ Description: | This project is in place to develop and implement integrated disaster risk management strategies to address climate change-induced fire hazards. The Project aims to play a catalytic role in bringing about a paradigm shift from conventional wildfire management approaches that are focused on reactive fire fighting, to a more proactive Integrated Fire Management (IFM) approach. |
| Location: | Western Cape and parts of the Southern Cape, including Baviaanskloof and Tsitsikamma |
| Contact: | Chandra Fick, Chandra.fick@wofire.co.za |