Stakeholder perceptions, norms, and institutional actions related to fire within the Southeast Atlantic Forest biome, Brazil

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While Brazil has recently established a National Integrated Fire Management Policy, fire governance remains a complex, multi-level challenge. In this fire-sensitive biome, traditional restrictive approaches have proven ineffective, yet the transition to collaborative and proactive governance models at the municipal level is still incipient. Understanding how governance actors perceive fire management challenges and how municipalities translate those challenges into concrete institutional responses is critical, yet largely unexplored in this biome. This study aimed to characterize stakeholder perceptions of fire management values, trust, priorities, and limiting factors among key organizations in the Southeast Atlantic Forest, and assess the institutional capacity of municipalities to respond to fire through their administrative structure, specific legislation, and fire-related actions. An integrated methods approach was adopted, combining quantitative and qualitative data collection. The methodology included a structured questionnaire applied to key stakeholders and a systematic survey of environmental administrative structures, specific fire legislation, and actions recorded on official municipal websites. We found that fire governance in the Southeast Atlantic Forest is marked by a reactive institutional stance, normative fragmentation, and insufficient inter-institutional coordination, persisting despite the recent enactment of the Brazilian National Integrated Fire Management Policy. The strong consensus on the need for stakeholder coordination contrasts with structural barriers, including scarce human resources and planning deficits that limit the transition to preventive governance. Strengthening municipal capacity through permanent inter-institutional platforms, continuous training programs, and ecologically informed public communication are priorities to advance integrated fire governance. Fire Governance Atlantic Forest Survey Public Policy Figures Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3 1. Introduction The inaugural State of Wildfires report, signed by more than 40 worldwide fire researchers [1], indicated that the 2023–2024 fire season saw an alarming 390 million ha burned globally. Recently, significant increases in forest fire burn severity have been observed in tropical and subtropical regions [2]. Human-caused climate change is increasing the likelihood of extreme climate-driven fire years across forested regions worldwide [3]. Tropical rainforest loss allowed in 2025, but fire is a growing threat to forests worldwide, according to a recent report [4]. In Brazil, the tropical rainforests of the Atlantic Forest biome, which originally encompassed 1.6 million km², are home to 70% of the Brazilian population, 80% of the country economy [5], and, thus, are highly fragmented and degraded [6]. Besides tropical rainforests, the biome includes seasonal forests, mangroves, and high-altitude grasslands, among other phytophysiognomies [7], and is considered a biodiversity hotspot [8]. In the past, Atlantic Forest occupation was based on natural resources extraction and fire use for deforestation [9], which still happens today [10], mainly in the dry season [11]. Currently, with only 22.9% of the original forest cover remaining [6], more than eight million hectares have been burned between 1985 and 2024 [12], showing a steady fire pattern in most of the biome [13]. Fire is understood as an ecological factor in savanna and grassland ecosystems, due to the vegetation evolutionary adaptation to natural fire regimes, but as a natural disaster in tropical forests, such as in the Atlantic Forest. In this case, fire causes high tree mortality, resulting in changes in forest structure, biodiversity, and ecosystem services [14]. Climate, fuel availability, and other biophysical factors, such as topography, interact to influence fires. Habitat fragmentation in the Atlantic Forest, driven by urban and agricultural expansion, additionally increases the vulnerability of small forest patches to edge effects and wildfires [15], compromising restoration and conservation efforts [16]. Wildfires are defined as any uncontrolled and unplanned fire that affects forests and other forms of vegetation, native or planted, in rural areas and that, regardless of the ignition source, requires a response [17]. With climate change [18], increased wildfire risk in the Atlantic Forest [12], a need to restore degraded areas [19], and the ineffectiveness of fire restrictive approaches [20], adopting Integrated Fire Management (IFM) is a way to reduce fire-related disasters and promote the beneficial use of fire. In Brazil, IFM combines ecological, sociocultural, and technical aspects and relies on fire governance, among other needs, for policy implementation [17]. Fire governance in Brazil is a complex and multi-level challenge, anchored in the Federal Constitution (Article 225) [21], Forest Code [22], requiring coordination between federal and state agencies, and civil society organizations. Environmental governance, a process involving the participation of governmental and non-governmental actors reaching decisions, for mutual benefits, through negotiation [23], is an improvement over the traditional top-down, centralized, and hierarchical governance model, in which the State holds exclusive power in public policies [24]. Fire governance transcends technical execution and is understood as a collaborative and polycentric process, where multiple actors, local communities, non-governmental organizations, and state agencies play crucial and equitable roles in decision-making [25]. The same authors revised literature dealing with this complex network of actors with different interests and outlooks in the tropics, and found that most studies explored only one attribute or dimension of governance. In 2024, due to profound wildfire crises in Brazil, several studies underscored an urgent need for integrated fire governance strategies, transboundary cooperation, and strengthened legal frameworks to prevent further collapse of Brazilian critical ecosystems [26-20-27-13]. Additionally, integrated fire management state law in São [28] and the national law [17] recognize shared responsibility between different governmental spheres and civil society. In this context, we aimed to understand perceptions and actions regarding fire management in the Southeast Atlantic Forest (a fire-sensitive biome) to respond to and manage fire, strengthen collaborative networks, mitigate fire impacts, and promote ecosystem resilience. We also aimed to assess how municipalities respond to fire based on their administrative structure and actions. A significant part of this region is covered by tropical rainforest, indicating a high risk of biodiversity and ecosystem service loss, and this study addresses the important issue of fire governance, mitigating fire impacts, and promoting ecosystem resilience. While fire is becoming more frequent due to anthropogenic factors, municipal responses often lack the necessary data and structural capacity. 2. Methods 2.1. Study Site The study area comprises the Paraíba do Sul river valley, Mantiqueira mountain range, and the northern coast of São Paulo state, Southeastern Brazil, in the southeast Atlantic Forest biome (Fig. 1 ). This region has approximately 14,000 km² encompassing 39 municipalities, is home to more than 2.5 million inhabitants [29], and is responsible for 14% of national GDP [30]. Its ecologically important, covering two Brazilian biomes considered Biodiversity Hotspots [8]: the Atlantic Forest (tropical rainforests and other ecosystems: IBGE, 2012) and the Cerrado (tropical savanna and grasslands: IBGE, 2012). It is characterized by flat to high altitude relief, being one of the most mountainous regions in Brazil [31]. Soils are predominantly shallow, sandy, acidic, and poor in nutrients, such as Latosols, Lithic Neosols, Humic Cambisols, and Spodosols, characterized by high erosion vulnerability and frequent rocky outcrops [32]. Climate is mostly Cwa (Subtropical with dry winter: in the valley), Cwb (Highland Tropical: in the mountains), and Af (humid tropical with no dry season, in the coast) [33]. Rainfall and drought extreme events have become recurrent in the region [11]. The Paraíba do Sul River is of fundamental importance for supplying water, energy, sewage dilution, and irrigation for agriculture [34]. In this region, land use and cover change began in the 18th century with sugar cane, followed by coffee plantations, later replaced by pastures from the 1880 and by eucalyptus forestry since the 1990 [35]. The current landscape is dominated by degraded pastures with a predominance of exotic grasses such as Urochloa spp., eucalyptus forestry, sprawling urban areas, and, lately, by natural regeneration in abandoned lands [36]. Land tenure is dominated by small and medium rural properties (85.2 ha) and family farmers [37]. This landscape matrix is dotted with fragmented patches of native forest, which are exposed to a growing trend of disturbances, including fire [38], especially the small ones surrounded by pastures [15]. Larger Atlantic Forest remnants are protected by a mosaic of protected areas (datageo.ambiente.sp.gov.br and mma.gov.br/icmbio), and recently several restoration initiatives are taking place in the valley (observatoriodarestauracao.org). 2.2. Methodological Procedures The study adopts a mixed approach to data collection and analysis, combining quantitative and qualitative methods to capture multiple dimensions of fire governance in the study region. The methodological procedures were organized into two complementary axes: application and analysis of a survey with key stakeholders related to fire management; and assessment of environmental administrative structures, legislation, and municipal actions related to fire. Initially, we identified governmental and non-governmental actors that met formal requirements established by the National Environmental Policy [39] and by the National Civil Protection and Defense Policy [40], from the 39 municipalities. In addition, the national law [17] instituted the National Committee for IFM, composed of a list of important stakeholders, also used as a reference in this study. The population was composed of institutions that work or have worked directly with wildfire prevention, fighting, or management in the study area, including municipal, state, and federal environmental agencies (described previously), fire departments, civil defense, non-governmental organizations, research institutes, and rural landowners. At the federal level, both the Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA) and the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation (ICMBio) play a complementary role in fire management, regarding prevention and firefighting. In the state of São Paulo, (i) the Secretariat of Environment, Infrastructure and Logistics (SEMIL) coordinates SP without Fire operation state program, which aims at firefighting, especially during dry season; (ii) the Environmental Research Institute (IPA), promotes scientific understanding and monitoring of fire role in ecosystems; (iii) the Forestry Foundation (FF), prevention and fighting of forest fires, focusing on protected areas; and (IV) the Environmental Company of São Paulo state (CETESB) regulates fire use in agricultural, pastoral, or forestry activities, under controlled burning and with prior authorization. Municipalities cooperate with the state and federal governments, cooperate among themselves, elaborate municipal plans of IFM, and local regulations, monitor and fight fires, and perform environmental awareness actions. Civil Defense role in each municipality focuses on the prevention, preparedness, response, and mitigation of fire impacts on the population and infrastructure. Firefighters focus on prevention, planning, technical use of fire, and suppression. Civilian and community fire brigades serve as a vital, proactive first line of defense against fire hazards, particularly in high-risk, remote, or underserved areas. Environmental Military Police act both preventively and repressively, in the inspection and enforcement of fines. Non-governmental organizations serve as bridges between environmental conservation, local communities, and technical-scientific knowledge regarding IFM. Education and research institutions in the region may provide the scientific, technical, and educational foundation necessary to IFM. Lastly, rural landowners are fundamental in executing IFM, compliance with legislation, wildfire monitoring and control, and integrating local knowledge. 2.3. Questionnaire An online questionnaire was developed to document values, statements, and perceptions of fire governance and applied to key stakeholders. This questionnaire was approved by the research ethical committee at Plataforma Brasil (CAAE 56164422.9.0000.0077A), a pre-test with undergraduate students was conducted to ensure all questions were understood and to confirm a reasonable completion time. The questionnaire (Supplementary Material 1) had nine closed-ended questions (some with Likert scale), regarding: (1) Professional engagement with fire management; (2) Role in fire management (such as education, planning, and emergency responses); (3) Location (place of professional activity); (4) Partnerships: identified trust and priorities among institutions; (5) Professional perspectives (values and opinions on the effectiveness and challenges of fire management in the region). A list of 78 institutions was prepared with information collected from official websites (emails were official electronic addresses available at the websites of institutions). An invitation to participate in the survey and a link to the online questionnaire (using the Google Forms tool) were sent to these emails. The questionnaire was open for four weeks. In order to maximize responses, emails were sent three times in the first and fourth weeks. The survey was conducted anonymously, and all respondents provided prior informed consent for their data to be used for research and designing future public policies. The first axe, participant work with fire, was related to working focus (Q1, with four rating scales, from not related to main focus), time working with fire (Q2, with five rating scales, from less than one year to more than 20 years); the second axe was about stakeholder role in fire management (Q3, education and awareness, planning, administrative activities, risk reduction projects, emergency response, recovery and research) and importance statements of several ecosystem services and wells (Q4, with five rating scales from not important to extremely important); third axe was location, regarding work in a small or bigger spatial scale (Q5, with five rating scales, from not focused to focused on the entire study region); fourth axe associated with partnerships and collaborations, concerning organization trust (Q6, with five rating scales from not trust to completely trust) and priorities (Q7, with five rating scales from not different to completely different); respondents reported what were limiting factors for fire management (Q8, with five rating scales from not limiting to completely limiting) and opinions on several statements related to IFM (Q9, with five rating scales from not agree to completely agree) in fifth axe. Responses were pooled together, and the data were analyzed collectively, considering each institution as a sample. All questions related to working focus, time, role, importance statements, location, institution trust, priorities, limiting factors, and IFM-related statements were developed based on a previous survey used in an internship at the Natural Resource Policy and Management Lab, Portland State University, USA, and adapted to the Atlantic Forest reality. The final version of this questionnaire was sent to several experts who work with fire management in the study region, who approved its last version. Descriptive statistics, including cross-tabulations and frequency analyses, were performed. Responses collected on questions Q1, Q2, Q3, and Q5 were considered independent variables, while Q4, Q6 to Q9 were dependent ones. The qualitative data, obtained using a Likert-type ordinal scale, were transformed into scores from 1 to 5, where 1 (in general, the negative response) represented the lowest importance given to a question and 5, the highest importance (in general, the absolute positive response). For example, when we asked if lack of previous experiences was a factor that could limit effective fire management, the highest value for this response was “completely” (scoring 5). This allowed each question to be analyzed collectively, to understand perceptions of the territory institutions about fire management. Then, we applied Spearman correlation tests to associate each independent to dependent variables and to associate dependent variables among them, performed in R, with 0.05 significance (RStudio Team, 2024). 2.4. Fire management actions and legislation Data was also collected on municipal-level legislation on fire management. A systematic search of official city hall and city council websites was performed with materials available from 2000 to 2025, and for each municipality, we searched for information on (i) Secretariat or equivalent environmental agencies, (ii) Civil Defense, and (iii) legislation (classified into restriction or incentive legislation). Lastly, fire prevention and firefighting actions were identified on websites and classified into five categories: (i) training; (ii) firefighting; (iii) education and awareness; (iv) equipment acquisition; and (v) inter-institutional coordination. This approach allowed for evaluating the type, frequency, and seasonal distribution of fire-related actions registered on official websites. 3. Results 3.1. Questionnaire From the sample of 78 identified professionals for whom the questionnaire was sent, 31 (40%) responded. More than half of the respondents work with fire management as one of their job tasks, for less than five years, and in only one municipality of the study region (Table 1 ). Regarding the role of all respondents in fire management, 84% are related to Education and Awareness, 77% to Emergency Responses, 55% to Paper Work and other Administration Tasks, 52% to Planning, 32% to Recovery, and 19% to Risk reduction projects. Most evaluated services were considered extremely important, but firefighting and fire brigade safety, air quality, and wildlife habitat had the greatest importance values, while wood, recreation, and scenic beauty had the lowest (Table 1 ). In general, respondent trust in fire governance organizations was high, with the highest values attributed to fire brigades, firefighters, and Civil Defense; the least trusted stakeholders were landowners, academic institutions, and NGOs (Table 1 ). Most priorities of respondents and institutions were identified as similar, but they were more similar to fire brigades, civil defense, and firefighters, and less similar to landowners, federal protected area managers (ICMBio), and state technicians at IPA. The most voted limiting factors to fire management were a lack of human resources, a lack of planning, and a lack of understanding that fire is an important issue. On the other side, the less important limiting factors were a lack of policies and other regulations, and a lack of a main institution responsible for fire management (Table 1 ). Lastly, respondents agreed to most statements they were presented, regarding fire management (Table 1 ), especially: "Native forest areas must be protected from fire"; “Areas of natural regeneration and restoration should be protected from fire”; and “Coordination among stakeholders is needed in fire management”. On the other hand, some respondents partially agreed, and some disagreed that “Fragmented landscape worsens fire” and that “Areas of high-altitude grasslands should be managed using fire”. Table 1 Questions, answers, numbers, and percentages of the majority of responses of a questionnaire about perceptions regarding fire management in the Southeast Atlantic Forest biome, Brazil. Question Answer Number (percentage) of responses 1) Are you professionally involved in fire management? It is one of the subjects I work with 20 (62.5%) 2) How long have you been working with fire management? 1–5 years 11–20 years 11 (34.4%) 9 (28.1%) 3) What is your role in fire management? Education, Emergency responses, Administration 3 4) How important is ... air quality? Extremely important 26 (81.3%) ... water supply? Extremely important 21 (75%) … wildlife habitat? Extremely important 26 (81.3%) … recreation? Very important Moderately important 11 (34.4%) 9 (28.1%) … public safety? Extremely important 18 (56.3%) … firefighter and fire brigade safety? Extremely important 28 (87.5%) … houses? Extremely important 21 (75%) … infraestructure? Extremely important 18 (56.3%) … wood? Extremely important Moderately important 9 (28.1%) 9 (28.1%) … scenic? Extremely important Very important 12 (37.5%) 9 (28.1%) … ecological quality? Extremely important 21 (75%) … local economy? Extremely important Very important 11 (34.4%) 11(34.4%) 5) Where do you work with fire? Only one municipality 20 (62.5%) 6) How much do you trust in…, regarding fire management? … municipal governments and agencies? A lot Moderately 10 (32%) 10 (32%) … state technicians at IPA A lot Totally 12 (37.5%) 7 (21.9%) … state protected area managers A lot 16 (50%) … federal protected area managers A lot 16 (50%) … federal technicians at IBAMA Totally Moderately 9 (28.1%) 9 (28.1%) … state technicians at CETESB A lot Moderately 9 (28.1%) 8 (25%) … state technicians at SEMIL Moderately A lot 10 (32%) 8 (25%) … civil defense Totally 20 (62.5%) … firefighter Totally 20 (62.5%) … fire brigades Totally 20 (62.5%) … environmental police Totally A lot 13 (40.6%) 10 (32%) … NGOS Moderately Totally A lot 11 (34.4%) 7 (21.9%) 7 (21.9%) … research institutes A lot Moderately 9 (28.1%) 9 (28.1%) … landowners A lot Moderately 10 (32%) 7 (21.9%) 7) How different are your priorities compared to …? … municipal governments and agencies? Not different Moderate difference Small difference 11 (34.4%) 7 (21.9%) 7 (21.9%) … state technicians at IPA Moderate difference Small difference 13 (40.6%) 12 (37.5%) … state protected area managers Small difference Moderate difference 11 (34.4%) 8 (25%) … federal protected area managers Small difference Moderate difference 12 (37.5%) 9 (28.1%) … federal technicians at IBAMA Small difference Moderate difference 13 (40.6%) 10 (32%) … state technicians at CETESB Small difference Moderate difference 13 (40.6%) 10 (32%) … state technicians at SEMIL Small difference Moderate difference 12 (37.5%) 10 (32%) … civil defense Not different Small difference 15 (46.9%) 6 (18.8%) … firefighter Not different Small difference 14 (43.8%) 7 (21.9%) … fire brigades Not different Small difference 13 (40.6%) 9 (28.1%) … environmental police Not different Small difference 10 (32%) 8 (25%) … NGOS Small difference Moderate difference 10 (32%) 9 (28.1%) … research institutes Moderate difference Small difference 12 (37.5%) 11 (34.4%) … landowners Small difference Moderate difference 11 (34.4%) 6 (18.8%) 8) Which of the following factors may limit fire management? Lack of prior experience Completely A lot Moderately 8 (25%) 7 (21.9%) 6 (18.8%) Lack of funding A lot Completely 12 (37.5%) 10 (32%) Lack of human resources Completely 19 (59.4%) Lack of coordination between institutions Completely A lot 10 (32%) 10 (32%) Lack of policies and other regulations Completely Moderately 10 (32%) 10 (32%) Lack of a main institution responsible for fire management A lot Moderately 13 (40.6%) 6 (18.8%) Lack of understanding that fire is an issue A lot Completely 14 (43.8%) 8 (25%) Lack of planning Completely A lot 14 (43.8%) 9 (28.1%) Lack of scientific knowledge Completely A lot Moderately A little 12 (37.5%) 6 (18.8%) 6 (18.8%) 6 (18.8%) 9) Please, indicate whether you agree or disagree with the following statements: Invasive species worsen fire. Completely agree Partially agree 11 (34.4%) 9 (28.1%) Climate change worsens fire. Completely agree 18 (56.3%) Fragmented landscape worsens fire. Partially agree Completely agree 15 (46.9%) 9 (28.1%) Native forest areas must be protected from fire. Completely agree 30 (96.8%) Areas of high-altitude grasslands should be managed using fire. Completely disagree 18 (56.3%) Areas of natural regeneration and restoration should be protected from fire. Completely agree 28 (87.5%) Pastures should be managed using fire. Completely disagree 17 (53.2%) A fire management policy tends to reduce fires. Completely agree Partially agree 15 (46.9%) 6 (18.8%) A fire management policy tends to suppress subsequent fires. Partially agree Completely agree 12 (37.5%) 10 (32%) The study region should have a fire management policy. Completely agree 20 (62.5%) Coordination among stakeholders is needed in fire management. Completely agree 26 (81.3%) Most of the correlations did not show significant results, indicating that evaluation of fire-related services, institutional trust and priorities, limiting factors, and statements about fire management did not depend on job focus, time of working, role, and location. Despite that, we identified that the more focused the job is on fire management, the less the trust in landowners, in state-protected area managers, and in NGOs (Supplementary Material 1). In addition, the more time spent working with fire management, the less the importance given to infrastructure (Supplementary Material 1). In general, respondents who gave higher importance to fire-related services had greater trust in institutions (R2 = 0.637, P < 0.001; Fig. 2a) and those who trusted more in institutions tended to agree more to fire management statements (R2 = 0.433, P = 0.015; Fig. 2b). 3.2. Municipal administrative structure, legislation, and actions All 39 municipalities assessed have some environmental government body (Department of the Environment or equivalent) and a Civil Defense structure. Fire-related legislation was identified in 18 of the 39 municipalities surveyed (46.15%; Table 2 ). The most frequent category of legislation was restrictive (n = 15; 83%), i.e., laws explicitly banning fire activities within municipal limits and creating financial or administrative penalties for non-compliance. Incentives legislation and policies (n = 6; 34%), included fire-prevention week (Jacareí), "Gray August" campaign (Piquete and São José dos Campos), and a Volunteer Civil Fire Brigade creation (Monteiro Lobato) for firefighting, integrating legislative and capacity-building functions. Table 2 Municipal level legislation on fire prevention and wildfire suppression in the Southeast Atlantic Forest biome, Brazil. Municipality Type Main issue Law Aparecida Restriction Ban on using fire N° 3845/2013 Caçapava Restriction Ban on using fire N° 4678/2007 Cachoeira Paulista Restriction/ Incentive Code of Conduct (penalty for burning trash/vegetation) N° 2175/2016 Campos do Jordão Restriction Ban on using fire N° 3430/2011 Guaratinguetá Incentive Campaign to raise awareness about urban fires N° 3687/2003 Igaratá Restriction Ban on using fire N° 1934/2018 Jacareí Restriction Incentive Ban on using fire Municipal Week for Fire Awareness, Prevention and Fighting N° 6471/2022 N° 6508/2022 Lagoinha Restriction Ban on using fire N° 728/2010 Lavrinhas Restriction Ban on using fire N° 1568/2021 Lorena Restriction Ban on using fire N° 3379/2021 Monteiro Lobato Restriction Incentive Ban on using fire Creates Civil Volunteer Brigade for rural fires N° 1785/2020 N° 1809/2021 Natividade da Serra Restriction Ban on using fire N° 1094/2024 Paraibuna Restriction Ban on using fire N° 3277/2021 Pindamonhangaba Incentive Campaign to fight Wildfires N° 4956/2009 Piquete Incentive "Gray August" program for wildfire prevention N° 2116/2021 Santo Antônio do Pinhal Restriction Ban on using fire N° 1580/2022 São José dos Campos Restriction Incentive Ban on using fire "Gray August" program for wildfire prevention Campaign about harmful effects of urban fires N° 6188/2002 N° 10606/2022 N° 11010/2024 São Luís do Paraitinga Restriction Ban on using fire N° 2411/2024 A total of 121 fire prevention and fighting actions were identified in 23 municipalities (Table 3 ). Awareness campaigns, alerts, and public communication (33.88%) constituted the most common actions, followed by training and capacity-building activities (26.45%), operational fire-fighting responses (23.14%), acquisition and distribution of equipment (10.74%), and inter-institutional coordination (5.79%). Fire-related actions among municipalities were heterogeneous, with Pindamonhangaba showing the highest number of actions (n = 25), covering all five categories, indicating a high degree of institutional engagement with fire risk management, followed by Caçapava (n = 13), Ubatuba (n = 9), Guaratinguetá (n = 9), and Lorena (n = 9). Conversely, six municipalities registered only a single action, i.e., education, training, or equipment acquisition. Table 3 Fire-related actions by category promoted by local and state governments in the Southeast Atlantic Forest biome, Brazil. Municipality Training Fire fighting Education and awareness Equipment acquisition Inter-institutional coordination Total Areias 1 – – – – 1 Caçapava 4 – 5 3 1 13 Cachoeira Paulista – – 1 – – 1 Caraguatatuba – 1 2 – 1 4 Cruzeiro 1 – 1 – – 2 Guaratinguetá 1 5 2 – 1 9 Ilhabela 2 2 1 2 – 7 Jacareí 2 – 5 – – 7 Jambeiro 1 – – – – 1 Lagoinha – – 3 – – 3 Lavrinhas – – 1 1 – 2 Lorena 2 4 2 – 1 9 Paraibuna – 3 1 – 1 5 Pindamonhangaba 8 8 6 2 1 25 Potim – – 1 – – 1 Roseira – – – 1 – 1 Santo Antônio do Pinhal 2 – 1 – – 3 São Bento do Sapucaí – – 1 – – 1 São José dos Campos 1 4 – – – 5 São Luís do Paraitinga 1 – 1 – – 2 São Sebastião 5 – 1 2 – 8 Taubaté – – 2 – – 2 Ubatuba 1 1 4 2 1 9 Total 32 28 41 13 7 121* Orange cells indicate "Inter-institutional articulation" encompassing coordination meetings, joint planning sessions, and formal participation in state-level operations (e.g., Operation Drought; SP Without Fire). A seasonal pattern emerged when analyzing the 121 actions, with 61.6% of them concentrated from June to September, in the dry season (Fig. 3 ). June recorded the highest number (n = 25), followed by July (n = 24) and August (n = 19). Also, a peak was observed in May (n = 22), mainly associated with the training and preparation activities immediately before the beginning of the dry season, especially in Pindamonhangaba, Jacareí, Ilhabela, and São Sebastião. In contrast, from October to April there were almost no actions (Fig. 3 ). 4. Discussion The assessment of the environmental administrative structure in 39 municipalities of the study area revealed that, although all formally have an environmental secretariat or similar body and a Civil Defense structure, the effective capacity to respond to fires is markedly heterogeneous. Based on research conducted on official websites, fewer than half had specific legislation on wildfire prevention or fighting, and only one (Monteiro Lobato) had progressed towards creating its own operational structure, such as a volunteer civil brigade. These data were consistent with broader diagnoses of fire governance in Brazil, which identified normative fragmentation and absence of local instruments as core barriers to the effectiveness of the national policy [14–41]. In addition, the prevalence of prohibitive laws and penalties in municipal legal frameworks signaled a shallow approach to governance, favoring punitive action over structural, long-term solutions. Although 21 municipalities lacked specific fire legislation, this does not mean they are necessarily unregulated, since they remained under state and federal provisions. Nevertheless, the absence of local instruments may reduce enforcement and limit municipal resources for prevention activities. Our study region indicated that recent Brazilian federal IFM legislation is a long way from being implemented at the municipal level in the Paraíba do Sul river valley. The assessment of fire management actions registered on websites at the municipal level reinforces this interpretation. The prevalence of awareness campaigns as the most frequent type of action, followed by training and operational firefighting, suggests that municipal response is predominantly reactive and focused on risk communication, with low investment in preventive operational capacity. The relative scarcity of inter-institutional coordination actions is particularly relevant, as it indicates that horizontal coordination mechanisms among municipalities and federative entities are still incipient. Pindamonhangaba stood out as the municipality with the highest number of institutionalization actions, bringing together actions in all five categories analyzed, confirming that a combination of local legislation, training programs, and coordination with state operations can enhance the municipal response to fire risk. Lastly, the strong seasonality of fire management actions (concentrated between June and September) is, on the one hand, a rational firefighting response during the dry season in Southeastern Brazil [33] and to altered fire regimes documented for the region [42]. On the other hand, the lower activity in the wet season suggests that local governance still operates predominantly in an emergency response mode, without a perspective of continuous annual planning. In this study, we aimed to understand perceptions and actions regarding fire management in the Southeast Atlantic Forest. The majority of the survey respondents have worked with fire as one of their job tasks for less than five years and in only one municipality of the study region, and may have lower awareness of proactive wildfire mitigation strategies compared to long-term experts [43]. The high percentage of roles related to Emergency Responses (77%) and Education (84%) suggested a reactive and communication focus, while the low involvement in Risk Reduction Projects (19%) may indicate a gap in proactive, long-term fire prevention initiatives among stakeholders and institutions. In this sense, if management strategies are focused on reactive response to fire, there is a threat to the conservation of a fire-sensitive biome and biodiversity hotspot as the Atlantic Forest [13]. Most evaluated services were extremely important, but firefighter and fire brigade safety, air quality, and wildlife habitat had the greatest importance values. The core priorities identified are aligned to recent fire management and environmental planning protocols [44]. On the other hand, wood, recreation, and scenic beauty had the lowest values when compared to ecological protection [45], highlighting a hierarchy of values consistent with the operational profile of respondents, but which may underestimate productive and cultural values relevant to rural landowners and local communities [46,47]. Stakeholder perceptions of wildfire management revealed a consensus regarding trust and collaboration priorities, which was higher for immediate fire operational response organizations and lower for civil society organizations, such as NGOs and universities [48]. The services and trust/collaboration results are probably biased by the fact that most respondents were operational and emergency response employees. Regarding limiting factors and statements, coordination among stakeholders, human resources, planning, and understanding the ecological role of fire were crucial aspects for fire management, as found in Portugal [49]. In operational issues, governance requires systemic integration and strategic allocation of scarce resources [50], resources and planning between prevention, such as prescribed burns, and suppression [51]. Regarding statements, the strong consensus surrounding protecting native forests and regenerating areas against fire is expected in Atlantic Forest, a biome that does not burn easily unless ecosystem dynamics are disrupted by factors such as degradation or extreme drought, making them more vulnerable to fire [14]. On the other side, high altitude grasslands were not considered a fire-managed ecosystem by respondents, which did not consider the ecological role of fire in grasslands [52] and neither were fragmented forests a concern, which may aggravate their degradation. In the same region, a study showed that fire chance was higher in smaller forest remnants surrounded by pastures [15]. Because most of the correlations did not show significant results, trust and risk perception might be more associated with subjective experiences, such as community engagement and collaboration among individuals during fire [53]. Despite this, general trust in institutions was positively associated with service importance and fire-related statements, highlighting that strengthening trust among stakeholders is a strategic dimension of governance and of fire integrated management. Investing in participatory planning processes and formal information-sharing mechanisms can, therefore, simultaneously contribute to building trust and improving integrated management practices [54 − 14]. In parallel, environmental education and technical training are consolidating as the most effective mechanisms for long-term ecosystem conservation, overcoming direct suppression, thus more adequate, adaptive and participatory policies could replace fire suppression only approaches in the Atlantic Forest, such as has been occurring in the Brazilian tropical savannas [55]. Demystifying fire and training smallholders are fundamental to reducing accidental ignitions and improving legal coexistence with fire in rural areas [56, 57, 58]. 5. Conclusion This study provided an integrated diagnosis of fire governance in the Southeast Atlantic Forest and indicated that, although a universally present formal institutional base exists, the operational, legislative, and collaborative capacity of municipalities is markedly unequal and insufficient for challenges posed by the increasing incidence of fires in the region, in the context of climate change and landscape fragmentation. Stakeholder perceptions pointed to structural barriers, especially human resources and planning deficits, limiting the transition from a reactive model to a preventive and integrated governance model. These findings have direct implications for public policy. First, strengthening municipal capacity should be prioritized, whether through training for volunteer brigades or through technical and financial support for the development of municipal integrated fire management plans, articulated with state policies and the National Policy for Integrated Fire Management (PNMIF). Second, permanent inter-institutional coordination platforms, which include municipal, state, and federal representatives, rural landowners, research institutes, and NGOs, are a necessary condition to overcome the observed fragmentation and to convert existing operational trust into more comprehensive and effective governance networks. Third, the dissemination of ecological knowledge about fire regimes in local ecosystems is fundamental for qualified public debate and for overcoming perceptions that may compromise adopting prescribed management where ecologically appropriate. This study had limitations, such as a small sample of respondents that may not capture different perspectives of actors less formally embedded in governance networks, such as subsistence rural landowners and traditional communities. Furthermore, surveying municipal actions based on official communication portals may underestimate initiatives that have not been digitized or publicized, particularly in municipalities with less institutional capacity. In summary, our results reinforce that fire governance effectiveness in the study area depends on building institutional capacities, increasing trust among actors, and creating multi-scalar coordination mechanisms that transform legal compliance into collaborative and preventive action in the territory. The window of opportunity opened by the 2024 fire crisis and the new national legislation should be seized to move in this direction, before new crisis cycles impose even greater costs on ecosystems, populations, and economies. Abbreviations IFM Integrated Fire Management IBAMA Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources ICMBio Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation SEMIL Secretariat of Environment, Infrastructure and Logistics (São Paulo State) IPA Environmental Research Institute (São Paulo State) FF Forestry Foundation (São Paulo State) CETESB Environmental Company of São Paulo State PNMIF Política Nacional de Manejo Integrado do Fogo (National Integrated Fire Management Policy) NGO Non-governmental organization Declarations Acknowledgments The authors thank all survey respondents for their participation and contribution to fire management knowledge in the Southeast Atlantic Forest biome. Funding The authors declare that no funding was received for the preparation of this manuscript. Author contributions F.S. and K.M. contributed equally to the conception, design, data collection, analysis, and writing of this manuscript. 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Introduction","content":"\u003cp\u003eThe inaugural State of Wildfires report, signed by more than 40 worldwide fire researchers [1], indicated that the 2023\u0026ndash;2024 fire season saw an alarming 390\u0026nbsp;million ha burned globally. Recently, significant increases in forest fire burn severity have been observed in tropical and subtropical regions [2]. Human-caused climate change is increasing the likelihood of extreme climate-driven fire years across forested regions worldwide [3]. Tropical rainforest loss allowed in 2025, but fire is a growing threat to forests worldwide, according to a recent report [4].\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn Brazil, the tropical rainforests of the Atlantic Forest biome, which originally encompassed 1.6\u0026nbsp;million km\u0026sup2;, are home to 70% of the Brazilian population, 80% of the country economy [5], and, thus, are highly fragmented and degraded [6]. Besides tropical rainforests, the biome includes seasonal forests, mangroves, and high-altitude grasslands, among other phytophysiognomies [7], and is considered a biodiversity hotspot [8]. In the past, Atlantic Forest occupation was based on natural resources extraction and fire use for deforestation [9], which still happens today [10], mainly in the dry season [11]. Currently, with only 22.9% of the original forest cover remaining [6], more than eight million hectares have been burned between 1985 and 2024 [12], showing a steady fire pattern in most of the biome [13].\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFire is understood as an ecological factor in savanna and grassland ecosystems, due to the vegetation evolutionary adaptation to natural fire regimes, but as a natural disaster in tropical forests, such as in the Atlantic Forest. In this case, fire causes high tree mortality, resulting in changes in forest structure, biodiversity, and ecosystem services [14]. Climate, fuel availability, and other biophysical factors, such as topography, interact to influence fires. Habitat fragmentation in the Atlantic Forest, driven by urban and agricultural expansion, additionally increases the vulnerability of small forest patches to edge effects and wildfires [15], compromising restoration and conservation efforts [16]. Wildfires are defined as any uncontrolled and unplanned fire that affects forests and other forms of vegetation, native or planted, in rural areas and that, regardless of the ignition source, requires a response [17].\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith climate change [18], increased wildfire risk in the Atlantic Forest [12], a need to restore degraded areas [19], and the ineffectiveness of fire restrictive approaches [20], adopting Integrated Fire Management (IFM) is a way to reduce fire-related disasters and promote the beneficial use of fire. In Brazil, IFM combines ecological, sociocultural, and technical aspects and relies on fire governance, among other needs, for policy implementation [17]. Fire governance in Brazil is a complex and multi-level challenge, anchored in the Federal Constitution (Article 225) [21], Forest Code [22], requiring coordination between federal and state agencies, and civil society organizations.\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEnvironmental governance, a process involving the participation of governmental and non-governmental actors reaching decisions, for mutual benefits, through negotiation [23], is an improvement over the traditional top-down, centralized, and hierarchical governance model, in which the State holds exclusive power in public policies [24]. Fire governance transcends technical execution and is understood as a collaborative and polycentric process, where multiple actors, local communities, non-governmental organizations, and state agencies play crucial and equitable roles in decision-making [25]. The same authors revised literature dealing with this complex network of actors with different interests and outlooks in the tropics, and found that most studies explored only one attribute or dimension of governance. In 2024, due to profound wildfire crises in Brazil, several studies underscored an urgent need for integrated fire governance strategies, transboundary cooperation, and strengthened legal frameworks to prevent further collapse of Brazilian critical ecosystems [26-20-27-13]. Additionally, integrated fire management state law in S\u0026atilde;o [28] and the national law [17] recognize shared responsibility between different governmental spheres and civil society.\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this context, we aimed to understand perceptions and actions regarding fire management in the Southeast Atlantic Forest (a fire-sensitive biome) to respond to and manage fire, strengthen collaborative networks, mitigate fire impacts, and promote ecosystem resilience. We also aimed to assess how municipalities respond to fire based on their administrative structure and actions. A significant part of this region is covered by tropical rainforest, indicating a high risk of biodiversity and ecosystem service loss, and this study addresses the important issue of fire governance, mitigating fire impacts, and promoting ecosystem resilience. While fire is becoming more frequent due to anthropogenic factors, municipal responses often lack the necessary data and structural capacity.\u003c/p\u003e"},{"header":"2. Methods","content":"\u003cdiv id=\"Sec3\" class=\"Section2\"\u003e \u003ch2\u003e2.1. Study Site\u003c/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe study area comprises the Para\u0026iacute;ba do Sul river valley, Mantiqueira mountain range, and the northern coast of S\u0026atilde;o Paulo state, Southeastern Brazil, in the southeast Atlantic Forest biome (Fig.\u0026nbsp;\u003cspan refid=\"Fig1\" class=\"InternalRef\"\u003e1\u003c/span\u003e). This region has approximately 14,000 km\u0026sup2; encompassing 39 municipalities, is home to more than 2.5\u0026nbsp;million inhabitants [29], and is responsible for 14% of national GDP [30]. Its ecologically important, covering two Brazilian biomes considered Biodiversity Hotspots [8]: the Atlantic Forest (tropical rainforests and other ecosystems: IBGE, 2012) and the Cerrado (tropical savanna and grasslands: IBGE, 2012). It is characterized by flat to high altitude relief, being one of the most mountainous regions in Brazil [31]. Soils are predominantly shallow, sandy, acidic, and poor in nutrients, such as Latosols, Lithic Neosols, Humic Cambisols, and Spodosols, characterized by high erosion vulnerability and frequent rocky outcrops [32]. Climate is mostly Cwa (Subtropical with dry winter: in the valley), Cwb (Highland Tropical: in the mountains), and Af (humid tropical with no dry season, in the coast) [33]. Rainfall and drought extreme events have become recurrent in the region [11]. The Para\u0026iacute;ba do Sul River is of fundamental importance for supplying water, energy, sewage dilution, and irrigation for agriculture [34].\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this region, land use and cover change began in the 18th century with sugar cane, followed by coffee plantations, later replaced by pastures from the 1880 and by eucalyptus forestry since the 1990 [35]. The current landscape is dominated by degraded pastures with a predominance of exotic grasses such as \u003cem\u003eUrochloa\u003c/em\u003e spp., eucalyptus forestry, sprawling urban areas, and, lately, by natural regeneration in abandoned lands [36]. Land tenure is dominated by small and medium rural properties (85.2 ha) and family farmers [37]. This landscape matrix is dotted with fragmented patches of native forest, which are exposed to a growing trend of disturbances, including fire [38], especially the small ones surrounded by pastures [15]. Larger Atlantic Forest remnants are protected by a mosaic of protected areas (datageo.ambiente.sp.gov.br and mma.gov.br/icmbio), and recently several restoration initiatives are taking place in the valley (observatoriodarestauracao.org).\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c/p\u003e \u003c/div\u003e \u003cdiv id=\"Sec4\" class=\"Section2\"\u003e \u003ch2\u003e2.2. Methodological Procedures\u003c/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe study adopts a mixed approach to data collection and analysis, combining quantitative and qualitative methods to capture multiple dimensions of fire governance in the study region. The methodological procedures were organized into two complementary axes: application and analysis of a survey with key stakeholders related to fire management; and assessment of environmental administrative structures, legislation, and municipal actions related to fire.\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInitially, we identified governmental and non-governmental actors that met formal requirements established by the National Environmental Policy [39] and by the National Civil Protection and Defense Policy [40], from the 39 municipalities. In addition, the national law [17] instituted the National Committee for IFM, composed of a list of important stakeholders, also used as a reference in this study. The population was composed of institutions that work or have worked directly with wildfire prevention, fighting, or management in the study area, including municipal, state, and federal environmental agencies (described previously), fire departments, civil defense, non-governmental organizations, research institutes, and rural landowners.\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAt the federal level, both the Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA) and the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation (ICMBio) play a complementary role in fire management, regarding prevention and firefighting. In the state of S\u0026atilde;o Paulo, (i) the Secretariat of Environment, Infrastructure and Logistics (SEMIL) coordinates SP without Fire operation state program, which aims at firefighting, especially during dry season; (ii) the Environmental Research Institute (IPA), promotes scientific understanding and monitoring of fire role in ecosystems; (iii) the Forestry Foundation (FF), prevention and fighting of forest fires, focusing on protected areas; and (IV) the Environmental Company of S\u0026atilde;o Paulo state (CETESB) regulates fire use in agricultural, pastoral, or forestry activities, under controlled burning and with prior authorization. Municipalities cooperate with the state and federal governments, cooperate among themselves, elaborate municipal plans of IFM, and local regulations, monitor and fight fires, and perform environmental awareness actions. Civil Defense role in each municipality focuses on the prevention, preparedness, response, and mitigation of fire impacts on the population and infrastructure. Firefighters focus on prevention, planning, technical use of fire, and suppression. Civilian and community fire brigades serve as a vital, proactive first line of defense against fire hazards, particularly in high-risk, remote, or underserved areas. Environmental Military Police act both preventively and repressively, in the inspection and enforcement of fines. Non-governmental organizations serve as bridges between environmental conservation, local communities, and technical-scientific knowledge regarding IFM. Education and research institutions in the region may provide the scientific, technical, and educational foundation necessary to IFM. Lastly, rural landowners are fundamental in executing IFM, compliance with legislation, wildfire monitoring and control, and integrating local knowledge.\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/div\u003e \u003cdiv id=\"Sec5\" class=\"Section2\"\u003e \u003ch2\u003e2.3. Questionnaire\u003c/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn online questionnaire was developed to document values, statements, and perceptions of fire governance and applied to key stakeholders. This questionnaire was approved by the research ethical committee at Plataforma Brasil (CAAE 56164422.9.0000.0077A), a pre-test with undergraduate students was conducted to ensure all questions were understood and to confirm a reasonable completion time. The questionnaire (Supplementary Material 1) had nine closed-ended questions (some with Likert scale), regarding: (1) Professional engagement with fire management; (2) Role in fire management (such as education, planning, and emergency responses); (3) Location (place of professional activity); (4) Partnerships: identified trust and priorities among institutions; (5) Professional perspectives (values and opinions on the effectiveness and challenges of fire management in the region).\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA list of 78 institutions was prepared with information collected from official websites (emails were official electronic addresses available at the websites of institutions). An invitation to participate in the survey and a link to the online questionnaire (using the Google Forms tool) were sent to these emails. The questionnaire was open for four weeks. In order to maximize responses, emails were sent three times in the first and fourth weeks. The survey was conducted anonymously, and all respondents provided prior informed consent for their data to be used for research and designing future public policies.\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe first axe, participant work with fire, was related to working focus (Q1, with four rating scales, from not related to main focus), time working with fire (Q2, with five rating scales, from less than one year to more than 20 years); the second axe was about stakeholder role in fire management (Q3, education and awareness, planning, administrative activities, risk reduction projects, emergency response, recovery and research) and importance statements of several ecosystem services and wells (Q4, with five rating scales from not important to extremely important); third axe was location, regarding work in a small or bigger spatial scale (Q5, with five rating scales, from not focused to focused on the entire study region); fourth axe associated with partnerships and collaborations, concerning organization trust (Q6, with five rating scales from not trust to completely trust) and priorities (Q7, with five rating scales from not different to completely different); respondents reported what were limiting factors for fire management (Q8, with five rating scales from not limiting to completely limiting) and opinions on several statements related to IFM (Q9, with five rating scales from not agree to completely agree) in fifth axe. Responses were pooled together, and the data were analyzed collectively, considering each institution as a sample.\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAll questions related to working focus, time, role, importance statements, location, institution trust, priorities, limiting factors, and IFM-related statements were developed based on a previous survey used in an internship at the Natural Resource Policy and Management Lab, Portland State University, USA, and adapted to the Atlantic Forest reality. The final version of this questionnaire was sent to several experts who work with fire management in the study region, who approved its last version.\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDescriptive statistics, including cross-tabulations and frequency analyses, were performed. Responses collected on questions Q1, Q2, Q3, and Q5 were considered independent variables, while Q4, Q6 to Q9 were dependent ones. The qualitative data, obtained using a Likert-type ordinal scale, were transformed into scores from 1 to 5, where 1 (in general, the negative response) represented the lowest importance given to a question and 5, the highest importance (in general, the absolute positive response). For example, when we asked if lack of previous experiences was a factor that could limit effective fire management, the highest value for this response was \u0026ldquo;completely\u0026rdquo; (scoring 5). This allowed each question to be analyzed collectively, to understand perceptions of the territory institutions about fire management. Then, we applied Spearman correlation tests to associate each independent to dependent variables and to associate dependent variables among them, performed in R, with 0.05 significance (RStudio Team, 2024).\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/div\u003e \u003cdiv id=\"Sec6\" class=\"Section2\"\u003e \u003ch2\u003e2.4. Fire management actions and legislation\u003c/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003eData was also collected on municipal-level legislation on fire management. A systematic search of official city hall and city council websites was performed with materials available from 2000 to 2025, and for each municipality, we searched for information on (i) Secretariat or equivalent environmental agencies, (ii) Civil Defense, and (iii) legislation (classified into restriction or incentive legislation). Lastly, fire prevention and firefighting actions were identified on websites and classified into five categories: (i) training; (ii) firefighting; (iii) education and awareness; (iv) equipment acquisition; and (v) inter-institutional coordination. This approach allowed for evaluating the type, frequency, and seasonal distribution of fire-related actions registered on official websites.\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/div\u003e"},{"header":"3. Results","content":"\u003cdiv id=\"Sec8\" class=\"Section2\"\u003e \u003ch2\u003e3.1. Questionnaire\u003c/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom the sample of 78 identified professionals for whom the questionnaire was sent, 31 (40%) responded. More than half of the respondents work with fire management as one of their job tasks, for less than five years, and in only one municipality of the study region (Table\u0026nbsp;\u003cspan refid=\"Tab1\" class=\"InternalRef\"\u003e1\u003c/span\u003e). Regarding the role of all respondents in fire management, 84% are related to Education and Awareness, 77% to Emergency Responses, 55% to Paper Work and other Administration Tasks, 52% to Planning, 32% to Recovery, and 19% to Risk reduction projects.\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMost evaluated services were considered extremely important, but firefighting and fire brigade safety, air quality, and wildlife habitat had the greatest importance values, while wood, recreation, and scenic beauty had the lowest (Table\u0026nbsp;\u003cspan refid=\"Tab1\" class=\"InternalRef\"\u003e1\u003c/span\u003e). In general, respondent trust in fire governance organizations was high, with the highest values attributed to fire brigades, firefighters, and Civil Defense; the least trusted stakeholders were landowners, academic institutions, and NGOs (Table\u0026nbsp;\u003cspan refid=\"Tab1\" class=\"InternalRef\"\u003e1\u003c/span\u003e). Most priorities of respondents and institutions were identified as similar, but they were more similar to fire brigades, civil defense, and firefighters, and less similar to landowners, federal protected area managers (ICMBio), and state technicians at IPA. The most voted limiting factors to fire management were a lack of human resources, a lack of planning, and a lack of understanding that fire is an important issue. On the other side, the less important limiting factors were a lack of policies and other regulations, and a lack of a main institution responsible for fire management (Table\u0026nbsp;\u003cspan refid=\"Tab1\" class=\"InternalRef\"\u003e1\u003c/span\u003e). Lastly, respondents agreed to most statements they were presented, regarding fire management (Table\u0026nbsp;\u003cspan refid=\"Tab1\" class=\"InternalRef\"\u003e1\u003c/span\u003e), especially: \"Native forest areas must be protected from fire\"; \u0026ldquo;Areas of natural regeneration and restoration should be protected from fire\u0026rdquo;; and \u0026ldquo;Coordination among stakeholders is needed in fire management\u0026rdquo;. On the other hand, some respondents partially agreed, and some disagreed that \u0026ldquo;Fragmented landscape worsens fire\u0026rdquo; and that \u0026ldquo;Areas of high-altitude grasslands should be managed using fire\u0026rdquo;.\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"gridtable\"\u003e\u003ctable float=\"Yes\" id=\"Tab1\" border=\"1\"\u003e \u003ccaption language=\"En\"\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"CaptionNumber\"\u003eTable 1\u003c/div\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"CaptionContent\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuestions, answers, numbers, and percentages of the majority of responses of a questionnaire about perceptions regarding fire management in the Southeast Atlantic Forest biome, Brazil.\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/div\u003e \u003c/caption\u003e \u003ccolgroup cols=\"3\"\u003e \u003cdiv align=\"left\" class=\"colspec\" colname=\"c1\" colnum=\"1\"\u003e\u003c/div\u003e \u003cdiv align=\"left\" class=\"colspec\" colname=\"c2\" colnum=\"2\"\u003e\u003c/div\u003e \u003cdiv align=\"left\" class=\"colspec\" colname=\"c3\" colnum=\"3\"\u003e\u003c/div\u003e \u003cthead\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003cth align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuestion\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/th\u003e \u003cth align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnswer\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/th\u003e \u003cth align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eNumber (percentage) of responses\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/th\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003c/thead\u003e \u003ctbody\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e1) Are you professionally involved in fire management?\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eIt is one of the subjects I work with\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 (62.5%)\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e2) How long have you been working with fire management?\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e1\u0026ndash;5 years\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11\u0026ndash;20 years\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 (34.4%)\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 (28.1%)\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e3) What is your role in fire management?\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eEducation, Emergency responses, Administration\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e3\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e4) How important is\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e... air quality?\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eExtremely important\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 (81.3%)\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e... water supply?\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eExtremely important\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 (75%)\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u0026hellip; wildlife habitat?\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eExtremely important\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 (81.3%)\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u0026hellip; recreation?\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eVery important\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eModerately important\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 (34.4%)\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 (28.1%)\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u0026hellip; public safety?\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eExtremely important\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 (56.3%)\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u0026hellip; firefighter and fire brigade safety?\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eExtremely important\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 (87.5%)\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u0026hellip; houses?\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eExtremely important\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 (75%)\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u0026hellip; infraestructure?\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eExtremely important\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 (56.3%)\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u0026hellip; wood?\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eExtremely important\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eModerately important\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 (28.1%)\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 (28.1%)\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u0026hellip; scenic?\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eExtremely important\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVery important\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 (37.5%)\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 (28.1%)\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u0026hellip; ecological quality?\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eExtremely important\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 (75%)\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u0026hellip; local economy?\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eExtremely important\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVery important\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 (34.4%)\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11(34.4%)\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e5) Where do you work with fire?\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eOnly one municipality\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 (62.5%)\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e6) How much do you trust in\u0026hellip;, regarding fire management?\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u0026hellip; municipal governments and agencies?\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eA lot\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eModerately\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 (32%)\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 (32%)\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u0026hellip; state technicians at IPA\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eA lot\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTotally\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 (37.5%)\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 (21.9%)\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u0026hellip; state protected area managers\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eA lot\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 (50%)\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u0026hellip; federal protected area managers\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eA lot\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 (50%)\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u0026hellip; federal technicians at IBAMA\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eTotally\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eModerately\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 (28.1%)\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 (28.1%)\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u0026hellip; state technicians at CETESB\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eA lot\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eModerately\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 (28.1%)\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 (25%)\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u0026hellip; state technicians at SEMIL\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eModerately\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA lot\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 (32%)\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 (25%)\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u0026hellip; civil defense\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eTotally\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 (62.5%)\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u0026hellip; firefighter\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eTotally\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 (62.5%)\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u0026hellip; fire brigades\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eTotally\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 (62.5%)\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u0026hellip; environmental police\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eTotally\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA lot\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 (40.6%)\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 (32%)\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u0026hellip; NGOS\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eModerately\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTotally\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA lot\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 (34.4%)\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 (21.9%)\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 (21.9%)\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u0026hellip; research institutes\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eA lot\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eModerately\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 (28.1%)\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 (28.1%)\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u0026hellip; landowners\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eA lot\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eModerately\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 (32%)\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 (21.9%)\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e7) How different are your priorities compared to \u0026hellip;?\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u0026hellip; municipal governments and agencies?\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eNot different\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eModerate difference\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSmall difference\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 (34.4%)\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 (21.9%)\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 (21.9%)\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u0026hellip; state technicians at IPA\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eModerate difference\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSmall difference\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 (40.6%)\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 (37.5%)\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u0026hellip; state protected area managers\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eSmall difference\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eModerate difference\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 (34.4%)\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 (25%)\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u0026hellip; federal protected area managers\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eSmall difference\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eModerate difference\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 (37.5%)\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 (28.1%)\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u0026hellip; federal technicians at IBAMA\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eSmall difference\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eModerate difference\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 (40.6%)\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 (32%)\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u0026hellip; state technicians at CETESB\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eSmall difference\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eModerate difference\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 (40.6%)\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 (32%)\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u0026hellip; state technicians at SEMIL\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eSmall difference\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eModerate difference\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 (37.5%)\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 (32%)\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u0026hellip; civil defense\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eNot different\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSmall difference\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 (46.9%)\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 (18.8%)\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u0026hellip; firefighter\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eNot different\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSmall difference\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 (43.8%)\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 (21.9%)\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u0026hellip; fire brigades\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eNot different\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSmall difference\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 (40.6%)\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 (28.1%)\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u0026hellip; environmental police\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eNot different\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSmall difference\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 (32%)\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 (25%)\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u0026hellip; NGOS\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eSmall difference\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eModerate difference\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 (32%)\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 (28.1%)\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u0026hellip; research institutes\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eModerate difference\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSmall difference\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 (37.5%)\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 (34.4%)\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u0026hellip; landowners\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eSmall difference\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eModerate difference\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 (34.4%)\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 (18.8%)\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e8) Which of the following factors may limit fire management?\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eLack of prior experience\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eCompletely\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA lot\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eModerately\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 (25%)\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 (21.9%)\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 (18.8%)\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eLack of funding\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eA lot\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCompletely\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 (37.5%)\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 (32%)\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eLack of human resources\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eCompletely\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 (59.4%)\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eLack of coordination between institutions\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eCompletely\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA lot\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 (32%)\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 (32%)\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eLack of policies and other regulations\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eCompletely\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eModerately\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 (32%)\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 (32%)\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eLack of a main institution responsible for fire management\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eA lot\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eModerately\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 (40.6%)\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 (18.8%)\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eLack of understanding that fire is an issue\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eA lot\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCompletely\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 (43.8%)\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 (25%)\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eLack of planning\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eCompletely\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA lot\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 (43.8%)\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 (28.1%)\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eLack of scientific knowledge\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eCompletely\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA lot\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eModerately\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA little\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 (37.5%)\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 (18.8%)\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 (18.8%)\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 (18.8%)\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e9) Please, indicate whether you agree or disagree with the following statements:\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eInvasive species worsen fire.\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eCompletely agree\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePartially agree\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 (34.4%)\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 (28.1%)\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eClimate change worsens fire.\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eCompletely agree\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 (56.3%)\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eFragmented landscape worsens fire.\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003ePartially agree\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCompletely agree\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 (46.9%)\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 (28.1%)\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eNative forest areas must be protected from fire.\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eCompletely agree\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e30 (96.8%)\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eAreas of high-altitude grasslands should be managed using fire.\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eCompletely disagree\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 (56.3%)\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eAreas of natural regeneration and restoration should be protected from fire.\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eCompletely agree\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 (87.5%)\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003ePastures should be managed using fire.\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eCompletely disagree\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 (53.2%)\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eA fire management policy tends to reduce fires.\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eCompletely agree\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePartially agree\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 (46.9%)\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 (18.8%)\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eA fire management policy tends to suppress subsequent fires.\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003ePartially agree\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCompletely agree\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 (37.5%)\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 (32%)\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe study region should have a fire management policy.\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eCompletely agree\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 (62.5%)\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eCoordination among stakeholders is needed in fire management.\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eCompletely agree\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 (81.3%)\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003c/tbody\u003e \u003c/colgroup\u003e \u003c/table\u003e\u003c/div\u003e \u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMost of the correlations did not show significant results, indicating that evaluation of fire-related services, institutional trust and priorities, limiting factors, and statements about fire management did not depend on job focus, time of working, role, and location. Despite that, we identified that the more focused the job is on fire management, the less the trust in landowners, in state-protected area managers, and in NGOs (Supplementary Material 1). In addition, the more time spent working with fire management, the less the importance given to infrastructure (Supplementary Material 1). In general, respondents who gave higher importance to fire-related services had greater trust in institutions (R2\u0026thinsp;=\u0026thinsp;0.637, P\u0026thinsp;\u0026lt;\u0026thinsp;0.001; Fig.\u0026nbsp;2a) and those who trusted more in institutions tended to agree more to fire management statements (R2\u0026thinsp;=\u0026thinsp;0.433, P\u0026thinsp;=\u0026thinsp;0.015; Fig.\u0026nbsp;2b).\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/div\u003e \u003cdiv id=\"Sec9\" class=\"Section2\"\u003e \u003ch2\u003e3.2. Municipal administrative structure, legislation, and actions\u003c/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003eAll 39 municipalities assessed have some environmental government body (Department of the Environment or equivalent) and a Civil Defense structure. Fire-related legislation was identified in 18 of the 39 municipalities surveyed (46.15%; Table\u0026nbsp;\u003cspan refid=\"Tab2\" class=\"InternalRef\"\u003e2\u003c/span\u003e). The most frequent category of legislation was restrictive (n\u0026thinsp;=\u0026thinsp;15; 83%), i.e., laws explicitly banning fire activities within municipal limits and creating financial or administrative penalties for non-compliance. Incentives legislation and policies (n\u0026thinsp;=\u0026thinsp;6; 34%), included fire-prevention week (Jacare\u0026iacute;), \"Gray August\" campaign (Piquete and S\u0026atilde;o Jos\u0026eacute; dos Campos), and a Volunteer Civil Fire Brigade creation (Monteiro Lobato) for firefighting, integrating legislative and capacity-building functions.\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"gridtable\"\u003e\u003ctable float=\"Yes\" id=\"Tab2\" border=\"1\"\u003e \u003ccaption language=\"En\"\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"CaptionNumber\"\u003eTable 2\u003c/div\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"CaptionContent\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eMunicipal level legislation on fire prevention and wildfire suppression in the Southeast Atlantic Forest biome, Brazil.\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/div\u003e \u003c/caption\u003e \u003ccolgroup cols=\"4\"\u003e \u003cdiv align=\"left\" class=\"colspec\" colname=\"c1\" colnum=\"1\"\u003e\u003c/div\u003e \u003cdiv align=\"left\" class=\"colspec\" colname=\"c2\" colnum=\"2\"\u003e\u003c/div\u003e \u003cdiv align=\"left\" class=\"colspec\" colname=\"c3\" colnum=\"3\"\u003e\u003c/div\u003e \u003cdiv align=\"left\" class=\"colspec\" colname=\"c4\" colnum=\"4\"\u003e\u003c/div\u003e \u003cthead\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003cth align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eMunicipality\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/th\u003e \u003cth align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eType\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/th\u003e \u003cth align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eMain issue\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/th\u003e \u003cth align=\"left\" colname=\"c4\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eLaw\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/th\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003c/thead\u003e \u003ctbody\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eAparecida\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eRestriction\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eBan on using fire\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c4\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eN\u0026deg; 3845/2013\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eCa\u0026ccedil;apava\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eRestriction\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eBan on using fire\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c4\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eN\u0026deg; 4678/2007\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eCachoeira Paulista\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eRestriction/\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIncentive\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eCode of Conduct (penalty for burning trash/vegetation)\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c4\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eN\u0026deg; 2175/2016\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eCampos do Jord\u0026atilde;o\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eRestriction\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eBan on using fire\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c4\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eN\u0026deg; 3430/2011\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eGuaratinguet\u0026aacute;\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eIncentive\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eCampaign to raise awareness about urban fires\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c4\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eN\u0026deg; 3687/2003\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eIgarat\u0026aacute;\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eRestriction\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eBan on using fire\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c4\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eN\u0026deg; 1934/2018\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eJacare\u0026iacute;\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eRestriction\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIncentive\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eBan on using fire\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMunicipal Week for Fire Awareness, Prevention and Fighting\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c4\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eN\u0026deg; 6471/2022\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eN\u0026deg; 6508/2022\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eLagoinha\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eRestriction\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eBan on using fire\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c4\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eN\u0026deg; 728/2010\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eLavrinhas\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eRestriction\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eBan on using fire\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c4\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eN\u0026deg; 1568/2021\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eLorena\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eRestriction\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eBan on using fire\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c4\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eN\u0026deg; 3379/2021\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eMonteiro Lobato\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eRestriction\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIncentive\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eBan on using fire\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCreates Civil Volunteer Brigade for rural fires\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c4\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eN\u0026deg; 1785/2020\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eN\u0026deg; 1809/2021\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eNatividade da Serra\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eRestriction\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eBan on using fire\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c4\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eN\u0026deg; 1094/2024\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eParaibuna\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eRestriction\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eBan on using fire\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c4\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eN\u0026deg; 3277/2021\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003ePindamonhangaba\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eIncentive\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eCampaign to fight Wildfires\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c4\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eN\u0026deg; 4956/2009\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003ePiquete\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eIncentive\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Gray August\" program for wildfire prevention\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c4\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eN\u0026deg; 2116/2021\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eSanto Ant\u0026ocirc;nio do Pinhal\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eRestriction\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eBan on using fire\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c4\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eN\u0026deg; 1580/2022\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eS\u0026atilde;o Jos\u0026eacute; dos Campos\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eRestriction\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIncentive\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eBan on using fire\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Gray August\" program for wildfire prevention\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCampaign about harmful effects of urban fires\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c4\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eN\u0026deg; 6188/2002\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eN\u0026deg; 10606/2022\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eN\u0026deg; 11010/2024\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eS\u0026atilde;o Lu\u0026iacute;s do Paraitinga\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eRestriction\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eBan on using fire\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c4\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eN\u0026deg; 2411/2024\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003c/tbody\u003e \u003c/colgroup\u003e \u003c/table\u003e\u003c/div\u003e \u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA total of 121 fire prevention and fighting actions were identified in 23 municipalities (Table\u0026nbsp;\u003cspan refid=\"Tab3\" class=\"InternalRef\"\u003e3\u003c/span\u003e). Awareness campaigns, alerts, and public communication (33.88%) constituted the most common actions, followed by training and capacity-building activities (26.45%), operational fire-fighting responses (23.14%), acquisition and distribution of equipment (10.74%), and inter-institutional coordination (5.79%). Fire-related actions among municipalities were heterogeneous, with Pindamonhangaba showing the highest number of actions (n\u0026thinsp;=\u0026thinsp;25), covering all five categories, indicating a high degree of institutional engagement with fire risk management, followed by Ca\u0026ccedil;apava (n\u0026thinsp;=\u0026thinsp;13), Ubatuba (n\u0026thinsp;=\u0026thinsp;9), Guaratinguet\u0026aacute; (n\u0026thinsp;=\u0026thinsp;9), and Lorena (n\u0026thinsp;=\u0026thinsp;9). Conversely, six municipalities registered only a single action, i.e., education, training, or equipment acquisition.\u003c/p\u003e \n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTable 3\u0026nbsp;\u003c/strong\u003eFire-related actions by category promoted by local and state governments in the Southeast Atlantic Forest biome, Brazil.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ctable style=\"border-collapse: collapse;border-width: medium;border-style: none;border-color: currentcolor;border-image: initial;width: 648px;\"\u003e\n \u003ctbody\u003e\n \u003ctr\u003e\n \u003ctd style=\"width: 84.5pt;border: 1pt solid rgb(217, 217, 217);padding: 4pt 5pt 4pt 7pt;height: 39.75pt;vertical-align: top;\"\u003e\n \u003cp style='margin:0cm;line-height:150%;font-size:15px;font-family:\"Arial\",sans-serif;text-align:center;'\u003e\u003cspan style='font-size:16px;line-height:150%;font-family: \"Times New Roman\";'\u003eMunicipality\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003c/td\u003e\n \u003ctd style=\"width: 60.05pt;border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium;border-style: solid solid solid none;border-color: rgb(217, 217, 217) rgb(217, 217, 217) rgb(217, 217, 217) currentcolor;border-image: initial;padding: 4pt 5pt 4pt 7pt;height: 39.75pt;vertical-align: top;\"\u003e\n \u003cp style='margin:0cm;line-height:150%;font-size:15px;font-family:\"Arial\",sans-serif;text-align:center;'\u003e\u003cspan style='font-size:16px;line-height:150%;font-family: \"Times New Roman\";'\u003eTraining\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003c/td\u003e\n \u003ctd style=\"width: 56.25pt;border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium;border-style: solid solid solid none;border-color: rgb(217, 217, 217) rgb(217, 217, 217) rgb(217, 217, 217) currentcolor;border-image: initial;padding: 4pt 5pt 4pt 7pt;height: 39.75pt;vertical-align: top;\"\u003e\n \u003cp style='margin:0cm;line-height:150%;font-size:15px;font-family:\"Arial\",sans-serif;text-align:center;'\u003e\u003cspan style='font-size:16px;line-height:150%;font-family: \"Times New Roman\";'\u003eFire\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003cp style='margin:0cm;line-height:150%;font-size:15px;font-family:\"Arial\",sans-serif;text-align:center;'\u003e\u003cspan style='font-size:16px;line-height:150%;font-family: \"Times New Roman\";'\u003efighting\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003c/td\u003e\n \u003ctd style=\"width: 72pt;border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium;border-style: solid solid solid none;border-color: rgb(217, 217, 217) rgb(217, 217, 217) rgb(217, 217, 217) currentcolor;border-image: initial;padding: 4pt 5pt 4pt 7pt;height: 39.75pt;vertical-align: top;\"\u003e\n \u003cp style='margin:0cm;line-height:150%;font-size:15px;font-family:\"Arial\",sans-serif;text-align:center;'\u003e\u003cspan style='font-size:16px;line-height:150%;font-family: \"Times New Roman\";'\u003eEducation and awareness\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003c/td\u003e\n \u003ctd style=\"width: 79.25pt;border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium;border-style: solid solid solid none;border-color: rgb(217, 217, 217) rgb(217, 217, 217) rgb(217, 217, 217) currentcolor;border-image: initial;padding: 4pt 5pt 4pt 7pt;height: 39.75pt;vertical-align: top;\"\u003e\n \u003cp style='margin:0cm;line-height:150%;font-size:15px;font-family:\"Arial\",sans-serif;text-align:center;'\u003e\u003cspan style='font-size:16px;line-height:150%;font-family: \"Times New Roman\";'\u003eEquipment acquisition\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003c/td\u003e\n \u003ctd style=\"width: 90pt;border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium;border-style: solid solid solid none;border-color: rgb(217, 217, 217) rgb(217, 217, 217) rgb(217, 217, 217) currentcolor;border-image: initial;padding: 4pt 5pt 4pt 7pt;height: 39.75pt;vertical-align: top;\"\u003e\n \u003cp style='margin:0cm;line-height:150%;font-size:15px;font-family:\"Arial\",sans-serif;text-align:center;'\u003e\u003cspan style='font-size:16px;line-height:150%;font-family: \"Times New Roman\";'\u003eInter-institutional coordination\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003c/td\u003e\n \u003ctd style=\"width: 43.4pt;border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium;border-style: solid solid solid none;border-color: rgb(217, 217, 217) rgb(217, 217, 217) rgb(217, 217, 217) currentcolor;border-image: initial;padding: 4pt 5pt 4pt 7pt;height: 39.75pt;vertical-align: top;\"\u003e\n \u003cp style='margin:0cm;line-height:150%;font-size:15px;font-family:\"Arial\",sans-serif;text-align:center;'\u003e\u003cspan style='font-size:16px;line-height:150%;font-family: \"Times New Roman\";'\u003eTotal\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003c/td\u003e\n \u003c/tr\u003e\n \u003ctr\u003e\n \u003ctd style=\"width: 84.5pt;border-width: medium 1pt 1pt;border-style: none solid solid;border-color: currentcolor rgb(217, 217, 217) rgb(217, 217, 217);border-image: initial;padding: 4pt 5pt 4pt 7pt;height: 18.75pt;vertical-align: top;\"\u003e\n \u003cp style='margin:0cm;line-height:150%;font-size:15px;font-family:\"Arial\",sans-serif;text-align:justify;'\u003e\u003cspan style='font-size:16px;line-height:150%;font-family: \"Times New Roman\";'\u003eAreias\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003c/td\u003e\n \u003ctd style=\"width: 60.05pt;border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium;border-style: none solid solid none;border-color: currentcolor rgb(217, 217, 217) rgb(217, 217, 217) currentcolor;background: rgb(252, 229, 205);padding: 4pt 5pt 4pt 7pt;height: 18.75pt;vertical-align: top;\"\u003e\n \u003cp style='margin:0cm;line-height:150%;font-size:15px;font-family:\"Arial\",sans-serif;text-align:center;'\u003e\u003cspan style='font-size:16px;line-height:150%;font-family: \"Times New Roman\";color:black;'\u003e1\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003c/td\u003e\n \u003ctd style=\"width: 56.25pt;border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium;border-style: none solid solid none;border-color: currentcolor rgb(217, 217, 217) rgb(217, 217, 217) currentcolor;background: white;padding: 4pt 5pt 4pt 7pt;height: 18.75pt;vertical-align: top;\"\u003e\n \u003cp style='margin:0cm;line-height:150%;font-size:15px;font-family:\"Arial\",sans-serif;text-align:center;'\u003e\u003cspan style='font-size:16px;line-height:150%;font-family: \"Times New Roman\";color:black;'\u003e\u0026ndash;\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003c/td\u003e\n \u003ctd style=\"width: 72pt;border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium;border-style: none solid solid none;border-color: currentcolor rgb(217, 217, 217) rgb(217, 217, 217) currentcolor;background: white;padding: 4pt 5pt 4pt 7pt;height: 18.75pt;vertical-align: top;\"\u003e\n \u003cp style='margin:0cm;line-height:150%;font-size:15px;font-family:\"Arial\",sans-serif;text-align:center;'\u003e\u003cspan style='font-size:16px;line-height:150%;font-family: \"Times New Roman\";color:black;'\u003e\u0026ndash;\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003c/td\u003e\n \u003ctd style=\"width: 79.25pt;border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium;border-style: none solid solid none;border-color: currentcolor rgb(217, 217, 217) rgb(217, 217, 217) 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style='margin:0cm;line-height:150%;font-size:15px;font-family:\"Arial\",sans-serif;text-align:center;'\u003e\u003cspan style='font-size:16px;line-height:150%;font-family: \"Times New Roman\";color:black;'\u003e\u0026ndash;\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003c/td\u003e\n \u003ctd style=\"width: 43.4pt;border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium;border-style: none solid solid none;border-color: currentcolor rgb(217, 217, 217) rgb(217, 217, 217) currentcolor;padding: 4pt 5pt 4pt 7pt;height: 28.5pt;vertical-align: top;\"\u003e\n \u003cp style='margin:0cm;line-height:150%;font-size:15px;font-family:\"Arial\",sans-serif;text-align:center;'\u003e\u003cspan style='font-size:16px;line-height:150%;font-family: \"Times New Roman\";'\u003e3\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003c/td\u003e\n \u003c/tr\u003e\n \u003ctr\u003e\n \u003ctd style=\"width: 84.5pt;border-width: medium 1pt 1pt;border-style: none solid solid;border-color: currentcolor rgb(217, 217, 217) rgb(217, 217, 217);border-image: 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solid none;border-color: currentcolor rgb(217, 217, 217) rgb(217, 217, 217) currentcolor;padding: 4pt 5pt 4pt 7pt;height: 28.5pt;vertical-align: top;\"\u003e\n \u003cp style='margin:0cm;line-height:150%;font-size:15px;font-family:\"Arial\",sans-serif;text-align:center;'\u003e\u003cspan style='font-size:16px;line-height:150%;font-family: \"Times New Roman\";'\u003e\u0026ndash;\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003c/td\u003e\n \u003ctd style=\"width: 72pt;border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium;border-style: none solid solid none;border-color: currentcolor rgb(217, 217, 217) rgb(217, 217, 217) currentcolor;background: rgb(252, 229, 205);padding: 4pt 5pt 4pt 7pt;height: 28.5pt;vertical-align: top;\"\u003e\n \u003cp style='margin:0cm;line-height:150%;font-size:15px;font-family:\"Arial\",sans-serif;text-align:center;'\u003e\u003cspan style='font-size:16px;line-height:150%;font-family: \"Times New Roman\";color:black;'\u003e1\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003c/td\u003e\n \u003ctd 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style='margin:0cm;line-height:150%;font-size:15px;font-family:\"Arial\",sans-serif;text-align:justify;'\u003e\u003cspan style='font-size:16px;line-height:150%;font-family: \"Times New Roman\";color:black;'\u003eS\u0026atilde;o Jos\u0026eacute; dos Campos\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003c/td\u003e\n \u003ctd style=\"width: 60.05pt;border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium;border-style: none solid solid none;border-color: currentcolor rgb(217, 217, 217) rgb(217, 217, 217) currentcolor;background: rgb(252, 229, 205);padding: 4pt 5pt 4pt 7pt;height: 28.5pt;vertical-align: top;\"\u003e\n \u003cp style='margin:0cm;line-height:150%;font-size:15px;font-family:\"Arial\",sans-serif;text-align:center;'\u003e\u003cspan style='font-size:16px;line-height:150%;font-family: \"Times New Roman\";color:black;'\u003e1\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003c/td\u003e\n \u003ctd style=\"width: 56.25pt;border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium;border-style: none solid solid none;border-color: currentcolor rgb(217, 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79.25pt;border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium;border-style: none solid solid none;border-color: currentcolor rgb(217, 217, 217) rgb(217, 217, 217) currentcolor;background: white;padding: 4pt 5pt 4pt 7pt;height: 28.5pt;vertical-align: top;\"\u003e\n \u003cp style='margin:0cm;line-height:150%;font-size:15px;font-family:\"Arial\",sans-serif;text-align:center;'\u003e\u003cspan style='font-size:16px;line-height:150%;font-family: \"Times New Roman\";color:black;'\u003e\u0026ndash;\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003c/td\u003e\n \u003ctd style=\"width: 90pt;border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium;border-style: none solid solid none;border-color: currentcolor rgb(217, 217, 217) rgb(217, 217, 217) currentcolor;background: white;padding: 4pt 5pt 4pt 7pt;height: 28.5pt;vertical-align: top;\"\u003e\n \u003cp style='margin:0cm;line-height:150%;font-size:15px;font-family:\"Arial\",sans-serif;text-align:center;'\u003e\u003cspan style='font-size:16px;line-height:150%;font-family: \"Times New 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\u0026quot;Inter-institutional articulation\u0026quot; encompassing coordination meetings, joint planning sessions, and formal participation in state-level operations (e.g., Operation Drought; SP Without Fire).\u003c/sub\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA seasonal pattern emerged when analyzing the 121 actions, with 61.6% of them concentrated from June to September, in the dry season (Fig.\u0026nbsp;\u003cspan refid=\"Fig2\" class=\"InternalRef\"\u003e3\u003c/span\u003e). June recorded the highest number (n\u0026thinsp;=\u0026thinsp;25), followed by July (n\u0026thinsp;=\u0026thinsp;24) and August (n\u0026thinsp;=\u0026thinsp;19). Also, a peak was observed in May (n\u0026thinsp;=\u0026thinsp;22), mainly associated with the training and preparation activities immediately before the beginning of the dry season, especially in Pindamonhangaba, Jacare\u0026iacute;, Ilhabela, and S\u0026atilde;o Sebasti\u0026atilde;o. In contrast, from October to April there were almost no actions (Fig.\u0026nbsp;\u003cspan refid=\"Fig2\" class=\"InternalRef\"\u003e3\u003c/span\u003e).\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c/p\u003e \u003c/div\u003e"},{"header":"4. Discussion","content":"\u003cp\u003eThe assessment of the environmental administrative structure in 39 municipalities of the study area revealed that, although all formally have an environmental secretariat or similar body and a Civil Defense structure, the effective capacity to respond to fires is markedly heterogeneous. Based on research conducted on official websites, fewer than half had specific legislation on wildfire prevention or fighting, and only one (Monteiro Lobato) had progressed towards creating its own operational structure, such as a volunteer civil brigade. These data were consistent with broader diagnoses of fire governance in Brazil, which identified normative fragmentation and absence of local instruments as core barriers to the effectiveness of the national policy [14\u0026ndash;41]. In addition, the prevalence of prohibitive laws and penalties in municipal legal frameworks signaled a shallow approach to governance, favoring punitive action over structural, long-term solutions. Although 21 municipalities lacked specific fire legislation, this does not mean they are necessarily unregulated, since they remained under state and federal provisions. Nevertheless, the absence of local instruments may reduce enforcement and limit municipal resources for prevention activities. Our study region indicated that recent Brazilian federal IFM legislation is a long way from being implemented at the municipal level in the Para\u0026iacute;ba do Sul river valley.\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe assessment of fire management actions registered on websites at the municipal level reinforces this interpretation. The prevalence of awareness campaigns as the most frequent type of action, followed by training and operational firefighting, suggests that municipal response is predominantly reactive and focused on risk communication, with low investment in preventive operational capacity. The relative scarcity of inter-institutional coordination actions is particularly relevant, as it indicates that horizontal coordination mechanisms among municipalities and federative entities are still incipient. Pindamonhangaba stood out as the municipality with the highest number of institutionalization actions, bringing together actions in all five categories analyzed, confirming that a combination of local legislation, training programs, and coordination with state operations can enhance the municipal response to fire risk. Lastly, the strong seasonality of fire management actions (concentrated between June and September) is, on the one hand, a rational firefighting response during the dry season in Southeastern Brazil [33] and to altered fire regimes documented for the region [42]. On the other hand, the lower activity in the wet season suggests that local governance still operates predominantly in an emergency response mode, without a perspective of continuous annual planning.\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this study, we aimed to understand perceptions and actions regarding fire management in the Southeast Atlantic Forest. The majority of the survey respondents have worked with fire as one of their job tasks for less than five years and in only one municipality of the study region, and may have lower awareness of proactive wildfire mitigation strategies compared to long-term experts [43]. The high percentage of roles related to Emergency Responses (77%) and Education (84%) suggested a reactive and communication focus, while the low involvement in Risk Reduction Projects (19%) may indicate a gap in proactive, long-term fire prevention initiatives among stakeholders and institutions. In this sense, if management strategies are focused on reactive response to fire, there is a threat to the conservation of a fire-sensitive biome and biodiversity hotspot as the Atlantic Forest [13].\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMost evaluated services were extremely important, but firefighter and fire brigade safety, air quality, and wildlife habitat had the greatest importance values. The core priorities identified are aligned to recent fire management and environmental planning protocols [44]. On the other hand, wood, recreation, and scenic beauty had the lowest values when compared to ecological protection [45], highlighting a hierarchy of values consistent with the operational profile of respondents, but which may underestimate productive and cultural values relevant to rural landowners and local communities [46,47]. Stakeholder perceptions of wildfire management revealed a consensus regarding trust and collaboration priorities, which was higher for immediate fire operational response organizations and lower for civil society organizations, such as NGOs and universities [48]. The services and trust/collaboration results are probably biased by the fact that most respondents were operational and emergency response employees.\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRegarding limiting factors and statements, coordination among stakeholders, human resources, planning, and understanding the ecological role of fire were crucial aspects for fire management, as found in Portugal [49]. In operational issues, governance requires systemic integration and strategic allocation of scarce resources [50], resources and planning between prevention, such as prescribed burns, and suppression [51]. Regarding statements, the strong consensus surrounding protecting native forests and regenerating areas against fire is expected in Atlantic Forest, a biome that does not burn easily unless ecosystem dynamics are disrupted by factors such as degradation or extreme drought, making them more vulnerable to fire [14]. On the other side, high altitude grasslands were not considered a fire-managed ecosystem by respondents, which did not consider the ecological role of fire in grasslands [52] and neither were fragmented forests a concern, which may aggravate their degradation. In the same region, a study showed that fire chance was higher in smaller forest remnants surrounded by pastures [15].\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBecause most of the correlations did not show significant results, trust and risk perception might be more associated with subjective experiences, such as community engagement and collaboration among individuals during fire [53]. Despite this, general trust in institutions was positively associated with service importance and fire-related statements, highlighting that strengthening trust among stakeholders is a strategic dimension of governance and of fire integrated management. Investing in participatory planning processes and formal information-sharing mechanisms can, therefore, simultaneously contribute to building trust and improving integrated management practices [54\u0026thinsp;\u0026minus;\u0026thinsp;14]. In parallel, environmental education and technical training are consolidating as the most effective mechanisms for long-term ecosystem conservation, overcoming direct suppression, thus more adequate, adaptive and participatory policies could replace fire suppression only approaches in the Atlantic Forest, such as has been occurring in the Brazilian tropical savannas [55]. Demystifying fire and training smallholders are fundamental to reducing accidental ignitions and improving legal coexistence with fire in rural areas [56, 57, 58].\u003c/p\u003e"},{"header":"5. Conclusion","content":"\u003cp\u003eThis study provided an integrated diagnosis of fire governance in the Southeast Atlantic Forest and indicated that, although a universally present formal institutional base exists, the operational, legislative, and collaborative capacity of municipalities is markedly unequal and insufficient for challenges posed by the increasing incidence of fires in the region, in the context of climate change and landscape fragmentation. Stakeholder perceptions pointed to structural barriers, especially human resources and planning deficits, limiting the transition from a reactive model to a preventive and integrated governance model. These findings have direct implications for public policy. First, strengthening municipal capacity should be prioritized, whether through training for volunteer brigades or through technical and financial support for the development of municipal integrated fire management plans, articulated with state policies and the National Policy for Integrated Fire Management (PNMIF). Second, permanent inter-institutional coordination platforms, which include municipal, state, and federal representatives, rural landowners, research institutes, and NGOs, are a necessary condition to overcome the observed fragmentation and to convert existing operational trust into more comprehensive and effective governance networks. Third, the dissemination of ecological knowledge about fire regimes in local ecosystems is fundamental for qualified public debate and for overcoming perceptions that may compromise adopting prescribed management where ecologically appropriate. This study had limitations, such as a small sample of respondents that may not capture different perspectives of actors less formally embedded in governance networks, such as subsistence rural landowners and traditional communities. Furthermore, surveying municipal actions based on official communication portals may underestimate initiatives that have not been digitized or publicized, particularly in municipalities with less institutional capacity. In summary, our results reinforce that fire governance effectiveness in the study area depends on building institutional capacities, increasing trust among actors, and creating multi-scalar coordination mechanisms that transform legal compliance into collaborative and preventive action in the territory. The window of opportunity opened by the 2024 fire crisis and the new national legislation should be seized to move in this direction, before new crisis cycles impose even greater costs on ecosystems, populations, and economies.\u003c/p\u003e"},{"header":"Abbreviations","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"DefinitionList\"\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"DefinitionListEntry\"\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"Term\"\u003eIFM\u003c/div\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"Description\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntegrated Fire Management\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/div\u003e \u003c/div\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"DefinitionListEntry\"\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"Term\"\u003eIBAMA\u003c/div\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"Description\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eBrazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/div\u003e \u003c/div\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"DefinitionListEntry\"\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"Term\"\u003eICMBio\u003c/div\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"Description\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eChico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/div\u003e \u003c/div\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"DefinitionListEntry\"\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"Term\"\u003eSEMIL\u003c/div\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"Description\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eSecretariat of Environment, Infrastructure and Logistics (S\u0026atilde;o Paulo State)\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/div\u003e \u003c/div\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"DefinitionListEntry\"\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"Term\"\u003eIPA\u003c/div\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"Description\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eEnvironmental Research Institute (S\u0026atilde;o Paulo State)\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/div\u003e \u003c/div\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"DefinitionListEntry\"\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"Term\"\u003eFF\u003c/div\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"Description\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eForestry Foundation (S\u0026atilde;o Paulo State)\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/div\u003e \u003c/div\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"DefinitionListEntry\"\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"Term\"\u003eCETESB\u003c/div\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"Description\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eEnvironmental Company of S\u0026atilde;o Paulo State\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/div\u003e \u003c/div\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"DefinitionListEntry\"\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"Term\"\u003ePNMIF\u003c/div\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"Description\"\u003e \u003cp\u003ePol\u0026iacute;tica Nacional de Manejo Integrado do Fogo (National Integrated Fire Management Policy)\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/div\u003e \u003c/div\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"DefinitionListEntry\"\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"Term\"\u003eNGO\u003c/div\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"Description\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eNon-governmental organization\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/div\u003e \u003c/div\u003e \u003c/div\u003e"},{"header":"Declarations","content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe authors thank all survey respondents for their participation and contribution to fire management knowledge in the Southeast Atlantic Forest biome.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFunding\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe authors declare that no funding was received for the preparation of this manuscript.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor contributions\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eF.S. and K.M. contributed equally to the conception, design, data collection, analysis, and writing of this manuscript.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCompeting interests\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe authors declare no competing interests.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEthics approval\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis study was approved by the research ethical committee at Plataforma Brasil (CAAE 56164422.9.0000.0077A).\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eConsent to participate\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInformed consent was obtained from all survey participants prior to participation.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eData availability\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe data described in this Data Note can be freely and openly accessed in the supplementary materials.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e"},{"header":"References","content":"\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJones MW, Kelley DI, Burton CA, Di Giuseppe F, Barbosa MLF, Brambleby E, et al. 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