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STRENGTHS	WEAKNESSES
Existence of legal regulations, rules, programs, and plans Existence of NZSPV A large number of non-governmental organizations Existence of planning documents that include measures to reduce the degree of fire risk. Fire risk assessment at local and national levels Established system for monitoring and early detection of fires Existence of number 112 (number for emergency calls) Good cooperation with the countries of the region Existence of professionally trained staff for extinguishing forest fires Large area of forest under state ownership (easier implementation of preventive and planning measures) Monitoring and participation in global policies Various sources of data related to forest fires Aviation support from the Ministry of the Interior and the Army. Conducting campaigns by all stakeholders in the fire management system Established monitoring and early detection of fires through observatories built (towers) at key points	Natural hardly accessible areas Non-existence of effective inter-institutional communication and coordination Insufficient implementation of legal provisions Disregarding the laws Insufficient resources for the implementation of fire protection measures Slow resolution of criminal or misdemeanor proceedings Absence of a law on chimney sweeps Insufficient human resources for Landscape fire management Insufficient technical equipment Population migration (internal village to city). Pyromania and deliberate burning of land for economic gain Insufficient number of volunteer firefighting units Absence of a National Landscape Fire Management Plan Overlapping legal competencies of the institutions Owners of private forests are not included in the Landscape Fire Management Absence of a unified methodology for collecting data on landscape fires

STRENGTHS

WEAKNESSES

Existence of legal regulations, rules, programs, and plans
Existence of NZSPV
A large number of non-governmental organizations
Existence of planning documents that include measures to reduce the degree of fire risk.
Fire risk assessment at local and national levels
Established system for monitoring and early detection of fires
Existence of number 112 (number for emergency calls)
Good cooperation with the countries of the region
Existence of professionally trained staff for extinguishing forest fires
Large area of forest under state ownership (easier implementation of preventive and planning measures)
Monitoring and participation in global policies
Various sources of data related to forest fires
Aviation support from the Ministry of the Interior and the Army.
Conducting campaigns by all stakeholders in the fire management system
Established monitoring and early detection of fires through observatories built (towers) at key points

Natural hardly accessible areas
Non-existence of effective inter-institutional communication and coordination
Insufficient implementation of legal provisions
Disregarding the laws
Insufficient resources for the implementation of fire protection measures
Slow resolution of criminal or misdemeanor proceedings
Absence of a law on chimney sweeps
Insufficient human resources for Landscape fire management
Insufficient technical equipment
Population migration (internal village to city).
Pyromania and deliberate burning of land for economic gain
Insufficient number of volunteer firefighting units
Absence of a National Landscape Fire Management Plan
Overlapping legal competencies of the institutions
Owners of private forests are not included in the Landscape Fire Management
Absence of a unified methodology for collecting data on landscape fires

OPPORTUNITIES	THREATS
MKFFIS established Raising public awareness through campaigns, trainings, and education Increasing investments in planning and prevention in the Landscape fire Management Afforestation with species that are more resistant to fires. Harmonization of legal provisions Introducing an efficient system for sanctioning the perpetrators Respecting the hierarchical system for executing procedures Use of financial resources from international funds Use of financial resources from the rural development programmes	Climate change Political instability in the country and the region Geomorphological features Illegal activities in and outside the forest Demography (migrations in and out of the country) Lack of financial resources Surfaces covered with explosive substances (mines, bombs, etc.), especially in the southern part of the country. Insufficient number of fire management experts, practitioners, and researchers.

OPPORTUNITIES

THREATS

MKFFIS established
Raising public awareness through campaigns, trainings, and education
Increasing investments in planning and prevention in the Landscape fire Management
Afforestation with species that are more resistant to fires.
Harmonization of legal provisions
Introducing an efficient system for sanctioning the perpetrators
Respecting the hierarchical system for executing procedures
Use of financial resources from international funds
Use of financial resources from the rural development programmes

Climate change
Political instability in the country and the region
Geomorphological features
Illegal activities in and outside the forest
Demography (migrations in and out of the country)
Lack of financial resources
Surfaces covered with explosive substances (mines, bombs, etc.), especially in the southern part of the country.
Insufficient number of fire management experts, practitioners, and researchers.

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