The Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), which constitutes the northeastern parts of Siberia, holds the largest area of forest coverage among all the Russian federal subjects, and forest fires in its land exert significant impacts on the global environment. This paper aims to offer a local perspective for the globally important problem of Siberian forest fires, discussing the general patterns and trends of forest fires in Yakutia, their public management system, and their local impacts. State statistical data show a decrease in the frequency of fires but an apparent increase in burned areas in recent decades in Yakutia - for example, from the period 1985–1994 to the period 2005–2014, the average number of fires decreased by 17%, while their average area increased by 73%. These changes reflect transitions of local socioeconomic and political conditions over the last few decades, such as urbanization, the post-Soviet restructuring of the public forest management system, budget scarcity and declining trends of forestry activities. These factors are also likely to be an important determinant for the future trends of forest fires in Siberia, in combination with the effects of global climate change.

构成西伯利亚东北部的萨哈共和国（雅库特）在所有俄罗斯联邦政府中拥有最大的森林覆盖面积，其土地上的森林大火对全球环境产生了重大影响。本文旨在为全球性的西伯利亚森林大火问题提供一个本地视角，讨论雅库特森林大火的一般模式和趋势，公共管理体系及其对当地的影响。国家统计数据显示，雅库特最近几十年发生火灾的次数减少，但烧毁面积明显增加-例如，从1985-1994年到2005-2014年，平均火灾次数减少了17％，而他们的平均面积增加了73％。这些变化反映了过去几十年当地社会经济和政治状况的转变，例如城市化，苏维埃后公共森林管理系统的重组，预算紧缺以及林业活动的下降趋势。结合全球气候变化的影响，这些因素也很可能成为决定西伯利亚森林火灾未来趋势的重要决定因素。