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Cases / Law, regulation and treaties · Mali · date not stated

Mali fire ban did not end burning and produced conflict

Short record: the main facts, with sources. A full case file has not been prepared.

Nature's voice · report
No measurement of the harm done to me here is on record.
Did nature suffer? Not measured.
Not on record
  • The record does not name which of my species, waters, soils or forests were harmed.
What the record lacks: 2 none on record · 1 not measured · 1 disputed See the gaps

A fire ban in Mali, of colonial origin, did not end fires and produced conflict, a 2008 article reports. The case asks what a fire ban achieves for the landscape it covers.

What?
A fire ban in Mali did not end fires and produced conflict, per a 2008 article Bois et Forêts des Tropiques
Where?
Mali Bois et Forêts des Tropiques
When?
Source dated 2008; the date and duration of the ban are not stated Bois et Forêts des Tropiques
Who?
Gained
None on record
Lost
None on record
Harmed
None on record
Why?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
How?
A fire prohibition in which early burning was permitted Bois et Forêts des Tropiques
5 of 6 questions answered from the record · open: who

What happened

The record, in order.

A fire ban in Mali, of colonial origin, did not end fires and produced conflict, according to a 2008 article in Bois et Forêts des Tropiques.

The article notes that early burning was permitted.

    In court and with insurers

    Every proceeding and every insurer decision on record.

    Lawsuits and rulings

    No court case on record. No court has ruled on this case.

    Insurers

    No insurer decision on record.

    What we don't know

    Undisclosed, unproven, untried: recorded as data.

    Nature

    • Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.

    Record

    • None on record The year the ban was imposed, and its legal basis, are not stated in the sources reviewed.
    • Disputed The parties to the conflict and its scale are not stated.
    • None on record The area burned before and after the ban is not stated.

    Did the harm stop?

    Not stated in the sources reviewed.

    Who paid?

    Not stated in the sources reviewed.

    Sources

    Voices on record: — Company or project— Government and regulators— Courts— Press and investigations— Communities and civil society✓ Researchers

    Researchers

    1. Mali fire ban and early burning
      Bois et Forêts des Tropiques · 2008
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