Prevention of forest fires: The role of rural land management

To sustainably extinguish the threat, reflection is necessary. In addition to classic prevention actions and the mobilization of resources and the institutional organization required for active intervention, the fight against fires also demands beneficial transformations in the rural world, particularly in mountainous areas. Undoubtedly, rural exodus to cities – during various periods of post-independence Algeria – has left behind a complex legacy, that of land encumbered by undivided ownership and the absence of clear property titles. Due to the lack of...