The Association for Fire Ecology’s position is firm: as a professional organization, we cannot and will not condone sexual harassment or gender discrimination in any form, from any source, or in any setting.

This Position Statement was developed and is supported by the Association for Fire Ecology (AFE), the International Association of Wildland Fire (IAWF), and The Nature Conservancy (TNC) in April 2015.

A White Paper developed by Association for Fire Ecology, International Association of Wildland Fire, Tall Timbers Research Station, and The Nature Conservancy in September 2013.

Members of the Association for Fire Ecology adopted The Role of Fire in Managing Long-Term Carbon Stores: Key Challenges paper on December 3, 2009.

Members of the Association for Fire Ecology adopted The San Diego Declaration on Climate Change and Fire Management at the 3rd International Fire Ecology and Management Congress in San Diego, California Nov. 13-17, 2006.