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Building Wildfire Resilience into Forest Management

Last updated :23 Jul 2025

Topic: Manage forests

Sub topic: Climate Change

This guide best practice for forest manager to plan against wildfires. It explains clear steps to reduce the fire risk and protect woodlands. 

Summary

The guide provides techniques to build wildfire resilience in forest management. It aims to reduce the severity of wildfires in the UK and promote fire prevention. 

 

Key points include:

  • contingency planning
  • managing vegetation and fuels
  • creating fire breaks and fire belts 
  • improving forest design 
  • building silvicultural resilience 
  • planning for people 
  • planning for an incident response

Building Wildfire Resilience into Forest Management

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