Initiatives to foster the cooperation in wildland fire issues in the Baltic region go back to the late 1990s and are a focus activity of the Work of the UN-ECE/FAO Team of Specialists on Forest Fire. With the creation of the Global Wildland Fire Network the regional cooperation is referred to as “Regional Baltic Wildland Fire Network”. The network is one of six networks within the region of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UN-ECE).

The overall aim of the regional initiative that is described in the documents provided below is in line with the Baltic 21 Action Programme, an initiative for the application of the Agenda 21 in the Baltic Sea Region, Article 15 of the Helsinki Convention, and the objectives of the work of the Nordic Council.

 

• Forest Fires in the Baltic Region: National and International Issues
• The First Baltic Conference on Forest Fires (Poland 1998): Rationale and Results
• The Baltic Exercise for Fire Information and Resources Exchange (BALTEX FIRE 2000): Report
• UN-FAO/ECE/ILO Team of Specialists on Forest Fire
• Helsinki Declaration on Cooperation in Wildland Fire Management in the Baltic Region (10 May 2004)

Related websites:

• Baltic 21 Action Programme for Sustainable Development of the Baltic Sea Region - Sector Report on Forests

• Article 15 of the Helsinki Convention
• The Nordic Council

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