Combining Indigenous and Scientific Knowledge Enhances Fire Management in the Sahel
Combining Indigenous and Scientific Knowledge Enhances Fire Management in the Sahel by Natalie Duncan |March 19, 2021 A flock of sheep in Senegal. In the Sahel’s dry season, pastoralists sometimes use controlled burns to prevent wildfires and encourage new growth, but a less predictable climate is undermining traditional decision-making around fire management. Photo: Melody Braun/IRI The Sahel is an unforgivingly hot and arid belt stretching across the African continent, from Senegal to Chad. It marks the transitional zone between the Sahara Desert to the north and the humid s...