A blog post by Judith Kirschner Cyprus has to date been spared from tragic mass-casualty wildfires, but social, environmental, and climatic change will make wildfire management more challenging in the future. Five themes from a review of high-level wildfire reports present opportunities for state agencies, decision-makers and the public alike to improve wildfire preparedness. Setting the scene: wildfires in Cyprus Is there a vision for Cyprus to be better prepared for wildfire? Wildfire is a phenomenon that is now recognised as inevitable in many similar places, meaning that the question is not if it will burn, but rather when and […]
