Regional
Eurasian
Wildland Fire Network
A Region of the Global Wildland Fire Network
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Regional Network Meetings, Conferences and Capacity Building |
This provides links to documented key activities within temperate-boreal Eurasia, i.e. not including activities in the Mediterranean region (see website of the Mediterranean Network). The activities were conducted by GFMC with members of the UNECE/FAO Team of Specialists on Forest Fire. Many activities are overlapping with the outreach work of the UNISDR Regional Wildland Fire Networks of Southeast Europe / Caucasus, Central Asia and Northeast Asia. The boundaries of these regions are overlapping (see map), and activities concerning the territory of the Eurasian Network (Council of Europe and UNECE Member States in Eurasia) are provided below, starting at bottom with one of the major events in the 1990s and two UNECE regional conference held in 2004 (Turkey and Finland). The most recent event is on top of this list.
Armenia: First National Fire Management Training Course, Forest Fire Exercise
and National Round Table on Fire Management (Kapan / Yerevan, Armenia, 12-14
September 2011)
A first fire management training course, a national forest fire exercise and the
first National Conference & Round Table on Fire Management was conducted in
September 2011 in Armenia. This was a contribution of Phase II of the
Environment and Security Initiative (ENVSEC) “Enhancing National Capacity on
Fire Management and Wildfire Disaster Risk Reduction in the South Caucasus”
through GFMC and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)
Azerbaijan: Wildland Fire Assessment Mission and First National Round Table on
Fire Management (Baku, Azerbaijan, 30 June - 6 July 2011)
A nationwide Wildland Fire Assessment Mission and First National Round Table for
developing a National Fire Management Policy for Azerbaijan, a contribution of
Phase II of the Environment and Security Initiative (ENVSEC) “Enhancing National
Capacity on Fire Management and Wildfire Disaster Risk Reduction in the South
Caucasus” through GFMC and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in
Europe (OSCE) (J.G. Goldammer); Baku and field sites, Azerbaijan.
Regional Southeast Europe / Caucasus Fire Monitoring Center (RFMC) established
In 2010 the GFMC and the Council of Europe (EUR-OPA) supported the establishment
of the Regional Fire Monitoring Center for the Southeast Europe / Caucasus
Region (RFMC). The RFMC is based at the Faculty of Forestry, FY Republic of
Macedonia. The RFMC website was launched in December 2010:
Fire Management Training Course – Southern Caucasus Region (Borjomi, Georgia,
12-14 July 2010) and Second and Third National Round Table on Fire Management in
preparation of a National Fire Management Policy for Georgia
The second Fire Management Training Course – Southern Caucasus Region was
conducted in the frame of the ENVSEC / GFMC project “Phase Two - Enhancing
National Capacity on Fire Management and Wildfire Disaster Risk Reduction in the
South Caucasus”, followed by a workshop for representatives of local communities
“Community participation in fire management”. Both events were conducted in
Borjomi-Kharagauli National Park. These events were followed by the Second and
Third National Round Tables on Fire Management in preparation of a National Fire
Management Policy for Georgia) (15 July and 13 December 2010).
International Meeting on Open Burning and the Arctic: Causes, Impacts, and
Mitigation Approaches
Between
8-9 November 2010
over seventy policymakers, scientists, activists, and academics from Russia,
Europe and North America met in St Petersburg, Russia, for a two-day conference
to discuss the causes and impacts of set fires in forests, peatlands, croplands,
and steppe in Northern Eurasia and North America.
International Conference “Forest Fires: Management and International Cooperation
for Preventing Forest Fires in the APEC Region” (2010)
The International Conference “Forest Fires: Management and International
Cooperation in Preventing forest Fires in APEC Region” was convened at the
initiative of the Russian Federation in Khabarovsk, Russia, 4-6 October 2010.
The conference aimed to strengthen cooperation between the emergency services of
the APEC member economies in order to express readiness of the region to reduce
the risks of wildfire disasters. 53 representatives from 8 APEC member economies
and key experts from the world, including the Global Fire Monitoring Center (GFMC)
and representatives of the Global Wildland Fire Network, took part in this
event.
Regional Conference on Cross-Border Fires (2010)
The “International Conference on Cross-Border Forest Fires and Cooperation in
their Suppression” was hosted by the government of Russia, supported by GFMC,
UNISDR and the UNECE/FAO Team of Specialists on Forest Fire, with participation
of government agencies of China, Belarus, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, South
Korea, and the USA. The conference was held in Irkutsk, Russian Federation,
16-18 June 2010.
Advanced Regional Seminar in Wildland Fire Management in Antalya, Turkey. March
2010
An Advanced Regional Seminar in Wildland Fire Management was conducted by the
General Directorate of Forestry (Orman Genel Müdürlügü, Ankara) in cooperation
with and co-sponsored by Environment and Security Initiative (ENVSEC), the
Global Fire Monitoring Center (GFMC) / United Nations University (UNU), Faculty
of Forestry, Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi, (Trabzon, Turkey), the UNISDR
Regional Southeast Europe Wildland Fire Network and the UNECE / FAO Team of
Specialists on Forest Fire in Antalya, Turkey, 1-3 March 2010:
Advanced Seminar “Wildfires and Human Security: Fire Management on Terrain
Contaminated by Radioactivity, Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) and Land Mines”
This seminar addressed consequences of wildfires and fire management on
contaminated terrain and will be conducted in Kiev and Chornobyl, Ukraine, 6-8
October 2009, by the Global Fire Monitoring Center (GFMC) in the frame of the
activities of the Council of Europe (CoE) and the joint project “Enhancing
National Capacity on Fire Management and Risk Reduction in the South Caucasus”
(Environment and Security Initiative [ENVSEC]), the UNISDR Regional Southeast
Europe / Caucasus and Central Asia Wildland Fire Networks and the UNECE / FAO
Team of Specialists on Forest Fire.
Participation in the Pan-Asia Wildland Fire Network (initiated in 2009)
Besides the role of the Central Asian network as one of six networks within the
region of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UN-ECE) (see also:
UNECE/FAO Team of Specialists on Forest Fire) it is now also belonging to
one of four networks within the Pan-Asia Wildland Fire Network, which was
founded in the Republic of Korea in February 2009:
Regional Consultation 2008 of the UNISDR Regional Southeast Europe / Caucasus
Wildland Fire Network
The 2008 meeting of the network was held at the Ministry of Agriculture,
Forestry and Water Economy, Skopje, Republic Macedonia, 4-6 December 2008. The
main objectives of the meeting were the review of the fire situation in the
region in 2007-2008 and the preparation for the 2009 Regional Seminar on “Fire
Management on Terrain contaminated by Unexploded Ordnance (UXO), Land Mines and
Radioactivity.
First International Central Asian Wildland Fire Joint Conference, Consultation
and Forest Fire Experiment (2008)
The First International Central Asian Wildland Fire Conference “Wildland Fires
in Natural Ecosystems of the Central Asian Region: Ecology and Management
Implications” (2-6 June 2008, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia) addressed the most pressing
issues in Mongolia and neighbouring countries. A second component was a
consultation of the agencies and other stakeholders involved in fire management
in Mongolia. The third element of the conference was devoted to demonstrate
advanced techniques in fire management. The events were a cooperative effort
with the UNECE/FAAO Team of Specialists on Forest Fire:
Ukraine: Second National Round Table and Consultation on Irradiated Forests
The Ministry of Ukraine on Emergencies and Affairs of Populations Affected by
the consequences of the Chernobyl catastrophe convened a Round Table on
„Reduction of Risk of Disaster from Wildfires in the Chernobyl Irradiated
Forests. The meeting was held on 6 October 2008 at the Ministry and cosponsored
by Yale University School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Global
Institute of Sustainable Forestry (U.S.A.) and the Global Fire Monitoring Center
(GFMC).
Fourth Meeting of the Regional Northeast Asia Wildland Fire Network
On 16-17 December 2007 the 4th meeting of the network was convened in Harbin,
China, with participation of UNECE member state Russia
International Consultation on Fire in Irradiated Forests
An International Meeting on “Reduction of Disaster Risk from Catastrophic
Wildfires in the Chernobyl Irradiated Forests” was held under the auspices of
the National Agricultural University of
Ukraine, Yale University, GFMC / UNISDR / UNECE/FAO in Kiev, Ukraine,
25-28 July 2007.
Regional Wildland Fire Consultation 2007
On 19-21 March 2007 the Regional Wildland Fire Consultation on the "Development
of a Strategy on International Cooperation in Wildland Fire Management in the
Regional South East European / Caucasus Wildland Fire Network" was hosted by the
Global Fire Monitoring Center (GFMC) and the National Forestry Board, Ministry
in Sofia, Bulgaria, supported by the UNECE/FAO Team of Specialists on Forest
Fire. The participating countries included Albania, Armenia, Bulgaria, Bosnia
and Herzegovina, Croatia, Georgia, Hungary, Macedonia, Serbia, Slovenia,
Romania, Turkey and Ukraine (due to technical reason invited focal points from
Greece, Slovakia and Azerbaijan could not participate in the meeting).
The First International Northeast Asia Wildland Fire Conference and the Third
Meeting of the UNSIDR Regional Northeast Asia Wildland Fire Network
The meetings were held in tandem in Khabarovsk, Russian Federation, 28-30
September 2006, supported by the UNECE/FAO Team of Specialists on Forest Fire.
For details see:
Network Meeting 2006
The next regional meeting of the UNISDR Regional Southeast European Wildland
Fire Network was held in conjunction with the 33rd Session of the FAO European
Forestry Commission, Zvolen, Slovakia, 22-26 May 2006. The regional network
coordinator together with the GFMC / Coordinator of the Global Wildland Fire
Network presented an initial proposal for the development of a “Regional
Strategy on International Cooperation in Wildland Fire Management in the
Regional South East European Wildland Fire Network”.
Regional Central Asia Fire Management Consultation and Study Tour (2005)
The next follow-up activity was a Regional Central Asia Fire Management
Consultation and Study Tour in 2005 which brought together wildland fire
management specialists from Central Asia. For details see:
Regional Scientific and Technical Consultation 2005
On 4-5 April 2005 the Republic of Macedonia hosted the International Technical
and Scientific Consultation “Forest Fire Management in the Balkan Region”. The
conference was sponsored by the
UNECE/FAO Team of Specialists on Forest Fire, the
UN-ISDR Wildland Fire Advisory Group / Global Wildland Fire Network through
its Coordinator and Secretariat, the Global Fire Monitoring Center (GFMC).
Funding of the consultation was provided by the German Foreign Office
(represented by the GFMC) and contributions by the participating and
contributing countries (Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Hungary, Macedonia,
Serbia and Montenegro, Turkey). Fore more details and participation see:
2nd Meeting of the Regional Northeast Asia Wildland Fire Network in
conjunction with International Symposium "View of Northeast Asia Forest Fires
from Cosmos"
The meetings was held on 18 January 2005, Sendai, Japan. For details see:
Regional Network Meeting
Regional Eurasian (at that time “Baltic”) network meeting convened in Helsinki,
Finland, 10 May 2004, hosted by the Ministry for Interior, Finland
Foundation Meeting of the Regional Northeast Asia Wildland Fire Network in
conjunction with the North East Asia Forest Fire International Symposium
This foundation meeting was held with participation of members of the
UNECE/FAO Team of Specialists on Forest Fire, 5-6 March 2004, Seoul, Korea
First Regional Conference
A regional “Conference on Forest Fire Management and International Cooperation
in Fire Emergencies in the Eastern Mediterranean, Balkans and adjoining Regions
of the Near East and Central Asia” was held in Antalya, Turkey, 30 March - 3
April 2004. The conference provided a forum for the exchange of information of
forest services and fire services of the region and resulted in the release of
the “Antalya Declaration on Cooperation in Wildland Fire Management in the
Balkans, Eastern Mediterranean, Near East and Central Asia”:
Joint FAO/ECE/ILO Seminar on "Forest, Fire, and Global Change"
The UNECE/FAO Team of Specialists on Forest Fire, operating under the auspices
of the Joint FAO/ECE/ILO Committee on Forest Technology, Management and
Training, held the first international conference on the theme "Forest, Fire,
and Global Change" (Shushenskoe, Russian Federation, 4-9 August 1996)
