Everywhere, an attitude has developed that tends to severely prohibit fires, even in parks and wildlife reserves. The attitude is justified in the protection of the soil. However, the ban on fires in the parks has ended in failure. The most striking example is that of Kruger Park in South Africa where, thanks to effective police power, fires could be completely avoided from 1940 to 1952. After 12 years, animal populations had declined sharply and many animals had even fled the park area to take refuge in the surrounding areas where the practice of fire had been perpetuated.

Thus, the current fire monitoring activity in Ruvubu National Park was carried out as part of the project “Improving the effectiveness of the management system of Protected Areas for the conservation of biodiversity”.