TEMPE, ARIZONA – The simplest way to describe fire worldwide is that there is too much of the wrong kind, too little of the right kind, and too much overall. The wrong kinds are those such as the blaze that just killed 19 firefighters here in Arizona, or those that have put southeast Asia under a pall, that incinerate communities, befoul ecosystems with effluents, and trash biotas by burning at the wrong times and intensities.
坦普，亚利桑那州—描述全世界火情的最简单的话是太多错误的火，太少正确的火，总体而言太多火。错误的火比如刚刚夺去亚利桑那州19名消防员生命的大火、让东南亚笼罩在烟雾之下、烧毁社区、让生态系统受到污水污染、因在错误的时间燃起错误程度的烈焰而毁灭动植物的大火。正确的火是将地表烧掉合理程度而有利于生态的火。