Editing Controlled burn (section)

===Africa===
The [[Maasai people|Maasai ethnic group]] conduct traditional burning in [[Savanna|savanna ecosystems]] before the [[Wet season|rainy season]] to provide varied [[grazing]] land for livestock and to prevent larger fires when the grass is drier and the weather is hotter. In the past few decades, the practice of burning savanna has decreased because rain has become inadequate and unpredictable, there are more frequent occurrences of large accidental fires and [[Tanzania]]n government policies prevent burning savanna.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Butz |first=Ramona J. |date=2009 |title=Traditional fire management: historical fire regimes and land use change in pastoral East Africa |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/wf07067 |journal=International Journal of Wildland Fire |volume=18 |issue=4 |pages=442 |doi=10.1071/wf07067 |issn=1049-8001|url-access=subscription }}</ref>

{{Anchor|Field burning}}