LFM guidelines
- Inclusion of the principles of Landscape Fire Management (LFM) in the Spatial plan of the Republic of North Macedonia and Operational and management plans (in all planning documents);
- Compliance of the legal regulations with the LFM principles;
- Enabling conditions for providing trainings for LFM;
- Improvement in inter-institutional communication and cooperation;
- Involvement of local authorities and communities in the LFM;
- Strengthening the capacities of decision-makers in the forestry sector;
- Implementing new technologies, including digitalization and best practices;
- Addressing inter-institutional competence overlaps with systematic solutions;
- Enhancing supervision, control, and enforcement by competent institutions;
- Conducting targeted media campaigns and early education on LFM principles, with an emphasis on prevention, for young children;
- Establishing a structured landscape fire prevention education system at various organizational levels;
- Adopting a National LFM Plan;
- Allocating a dedicated budget for institutions involved in the LFM system;
- Introducing a unified system, along with data collection methods and maintaining fire registers at both regional and national levels in North Macedonia;
- Involvement of private forest owners in the LFM efforts in North Macedonia.