Editorial

Abstract

Brazil (https://www.ibama.gov.br/wildfire2019-eng). It comprises full articles written by the key speakers who participated at the Plenary Sessions, Special Sessions, and at the Technical Meeting on Criminal Investigation of Forest Fires.The opening article, by Johann Goldammer, presents a retrospective on the series of IWF Conferences, from its first edition, held in Boston, USA, in 1989, until the seventh, in Brazil, after a circumglobal journey. The main advances and achievements along the three decades that separate these two Conferences are discussed, emphasizing the changes observed in the fire regimes around the world, influenced by world population growth, socioeconomic developments, and climate change, pointing out the importance of international cooperation for landscape fire management.