Title page
Contents
Acknowledgements 4
1. Introduction: Wildfire risk in Greece 5
2. The enabling environment for adapting to growing wildfire risk in Greece 10
2.1. The policy framework 10
2.2. Institutional arrangements 12
3. Wildfire risk reduction in Greece: current measures, practices, and existing challenges 16
3.1. Wildfire risk assessment 17
3.2. Wildfire risk awareness and communication 20
3.3. Physical and organisational prevention measures 21
3.4. Emergency preparedness 27
3.5. Post-fire recovery and rehabilitation 28
3.6. Financing wildfire risk reduction 30
4. Conclusions 33
References 35
Table 1. The most extreme wildfires in Greece and their impacts 6
Table 2. National public entities engaged in wildfire management 13
Table 3. Key subnational public entities engaged in wildfire management 13
Figure 1. Share of WUI area and total burned area per year by regional unit 7
Figure 2. Change in number of days with extreme fire danger by 2071-2100 9
Figure 3. Likelihood of wildfire ignition in Greece by regional unit, 1984-2009 19
Figure 4. The causes of wildfires in Greece between 1984 and 2009 20
Figure 5. Three-tier buffer zone requirements around residential properties 26
Figure 6. Public funding provided for the Hellenic Fire Brigade and the Forest Service, 2010-2017 31
Boxes
Box 1. Improving wildfire risk reduction through EU projects and international co-operation 16
Box 2. Strengthening wildfire prevention: the AntiNero programme 22
Box 3. Agricultural burning 24
Box 4. Unplanned development and wildfire risk: The Mati wildfire 25