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1	Forest fire hazard mitigation in Lebanon using remote sensing and GIS
2	Objective The specific objective of this project was to implement Geographic Forest Fire Information System including the database collection and analysis, development of a fire risk map at the National level and at municipality level for the five pilot areas namely Ramlieh, Kornayel, Ras El Matn, Dmit and Mtein.
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7	Causes of forest fire occurrence
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12	"Same methodology" Same methodology local parameters Higher precision: - Slope/Aspect: from contours lines 10m - Landuse: updated at 1/5000 - Evapo-transpiration/nb of fires: the same - NDVI: from SPOT image (10m resolution)
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16	Conclusion The obtained forest fire risk maps can be used in assigning in tactical decisions on prioritizing fires for initial attack. They give an indication of forest fires at long-term and they will be utilized by policy-makers to protect area suffering from fires. More work is required to better quantify values and risks, as well as suppression capability. The incorporation of a spatial climate model would improve fire behavior predictions.