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Wildland firefighter training in the Simien Mountains

Wildland firefighter training in the Simien Mountains

28 February, 2020Working on Fire

Extensive wildfire disasters, such as recently reported in Australia, Indonesia and the United States, adversely affect communities, economies and ecosystems....

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Smart management of wildfires can help curb global heating

21 January, 2020Working on Fire

Extensive wildfire disasters, such as recently reported in Australia, Indonesia and the United States, adversely affect communities, economies and ecosystems....

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Portugal has a catastrophic amount of fuel in its forests

Portugal has a catastrophic amount of fuel in its forests

4 October, 2018Working on Fire

A team of South African experts recently visited Portugal on invitation by Tiago Oliveira, president of the Mission Structure for the Management of Rural Fire....

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biodiversity

Climate Change Is Becoming a Top Threat to Biodiversity

31 March, 2018Working on Fire

Climate change will be the fastest-growing cause of species loss in the Americas by midcentury, according to a new set of reports from the leading global...

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A Warmer World Is Sparking More and Bigger Wildfires

A Warmer World Is Sparking More and Bigger Wildfires

25 October, 2017Working on Fire

The increase in forest fires, seen this summer from North America to the Mediterranean to Siberia, is directly linked to climate change, scientists say. And as...

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Greenland

Greenland, the land of ice and snow, is burning

11 August, 2017Working on Fire

There’s been nothing even close to this since reliable satellite-based fire detection records began in Greenland in 2000. Very small wildfires can evade satellite...

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wildfires

More, bigger, hotter, wildfires – the “New Normal”

20 July, 2017Working on Fire

More frequent, intense and longer burning wildfires are ravaging the most diverse regions of our planet, most of them aggravated by historically high temperatures...

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Kishugu Training equips people to make a difference

Kishugu Training equips people to make a difference

4 April, 2017Kishugu

At a recent Kishugu Training passing out parade, held at the academy in Nelspruit, 87 new Working on Fire (WOF) firefighters graduated...

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Communities in Chile to benefit from Kishugu NPC’s FireWise programme

Communities in Chile to benefit from LandWorks NPC’s FireWise programme

4 April, 2017Working on Fire

In co-operation with Working on Fire Chile, Kishugu NPC has been working closely with forestry clients to scope and initiate a pilot FireWise...

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Community fire resilience in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia

Community fire resilience in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia

4 April, 2017Working on Fire

Working on Fire International, through Kishugu’s New Markets division, is currently busy with its eighth project in Indonesia. This follows on the...

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