Еxtreme weather events such as long-lasting droughts create conditions for devastating fires. Climate change, land-use change, and the rural exodus are increasing the ecosystem’s vulnerability to landscape fires in the Western Balkans (WB), which represents one of the most affected regions in Europe by landscape fires (LFs).
To mitigate the negative impacts of LFs in the WB, the Landscape Fire Management in the Western Balkans (LFMWB) Programme financed by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation – SDC aims to increase the resilience of Western Balkan forests and landscapes against fires to benefit the people who depend on these landscapes for their livelihoods and socioeconomic development.
The LFMWB Programme within the period of 2022-2026 focuses on the following outcomes:
The Western Balkans united with the common goal of increasing resilience of forests and landscapes against fires.
Тhe photography exhibition “Landscape Fire Protection through the Camera Lens” continued its journey across the Western Balkans with the official opening at Hani i 2 Roberteve in Prishtina. Featuring 20 powerful photographs, the exhibition showcases the region’s...
“Landscapes Fire Protection through the Camera Lens”, was a regional photography competition organized within the Landscape Fire Management in the Western Balkans (LFMWB) Programme. The contest invited both amateur and professional photographers to capture compelling...
Yesterday, the traveling photography exhibition “Landscapes Fire Protection through the Camera Lens” was officially opened at Laboratorium in Skopje, as a part of the Landscape Fire Management in the Western Balkans Programme, funded by the Swiss Agency for...
Living with fire has long been part of human-environment relationships in the Balkans. For centuries, rural communities developed ways of managing land that acknowledged fire as a threat. Today, as landscape fires become more frequent and severe, there is renewed...
Mosaic landscape is a type of landscape characterized by a patchwork of forests, grasslands, agricultural fields, and shrublands and play a critical role in reducing landscape risk in the Balkans. Unlike large, continuous expanses of dense vegetation, these...
Smoke produced by landscape fires represents one of the most significant yet often overlooked environmental threats to ecosystems and public health in the Western Balkan region. When forests, grasslands, and agricultural areas burn, enormous quantities of smoke...
