The Global Wildland Fire Network and the Regional Wildland Fire Networks Rationale and Introduction

 

Latest Developments of the Global Wildland Fire Network

• Coordination of the Global Wildland Fire Network: UN-ISDR Wildland Fire Advisory Group and Global Fire Monitoring Center (GFMC)

• Status Paper of Global / Regional Wildland Fire Networks (Status: 23 April 2012) (PDF, 0.5 MB)

• International Fire Aviation Working Group (IFAWG)

Development of a legally non-binding international instrument (with FAO): International Wildland Fire Accord (terminology used until 2005) / Fire Management Voluntary Guidelines (designation introduced in 2006)

• Consultations and Conferences of the Global Wildland Fire Network in 2004-2005 in preparation of the Development of an International Wildland Fire Accord
• Framework for the Development of the International Wildland Fire Accord (agreed by GFMC-ISDR-FAO-GOFC/GOLD, April 2005) (en español)
• Agenda of the FAO Ministerial Meeting on International Cooperation in Forest Fire Management (Rome, 14 March 2005) (PDF, 80 KB) (en español)

• FAO Background Paper for the Ministerial Meeting on International Cooperation in Forest Fire Management (PDF, 100 KB) (en español)

• FAO Background Paper for the Meeting of the Committee on Forestry (COFO) on Needs and Opportunities for International Cooperation in Forest Fire Preparedness (Rome, 15-19 March 2005) (PDF, 140 KB)

• Issues Identified by the Regional FAO Forestry Commissions in 2004 (Recommendations towards international cooperation in wildland fire management are highlighted)

• Recommendations of the first meeting of the UN-ISDR Wildland Fire Advisory Group and the Global Wildland Fire Network (GFMC / Germany, 3-4 December 2004)

• Additional statement of the UN-ISDR Wildland Fire Advisory Group “Recommendations for the Development of an International Wildland Fire Accord” (March 2005) (PDF, 70 KB)

• Global Wildland Fire Network poster exhibition at the Ministerial Meeting / COFO (Rome, 15-19 March 2005) (JPG, 1 MB)

• On-site statement by the UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UN-ISDR) / Wildland Fire Advisory Group / Global Wildland Fire Network at the FAO Ministerial Meeting on Forests, 17th Session of the FAO Committee on Forestry (COFO), 14-19 March 2005 (presented by the Global Fire Monitoring Center (GFMC), 16 March 2005)

• Summary of the Ministerial Meeting on Forests and the Seventeenth Session of the FAO Committee on Forestry, 14-19 March 2005 (published by ENB, 21 March 2005)

• Statement of the Ministerial Meeting on Forests (Rome, 14 March 2005; statements related to wildland fire are marked yellow) (en español)

• Final Report of the 17th Meeting of the FAO Committee on Forestry (COFO) (Rome, 19 March 2005; statements related to wildland fire are marked yellow; versions in other FAO languages can be downloaded at: www.fao.org/forestry/site/cofo/en)

• Follow-up of the Ministerial Meeting and COFO-17: Draft of The Fire Management Code (for international stakeholder discussion and comments, up to 31 October 2006)

• Development of a non-legally binding Strategy to Enhance International Cooperation in Fire Management (2005-2007), with endorsement by COFO-18 (March 2007)

Detailed Background Materials

• International Wildland Fire Summit (8 October 2003)
• International Cooperation in Wildland Fire Management (GFMC publication in FAO Unasylva 217, Vol. 55, 2004 – French – Spanish)
• Statements on Wildland Fire submitted to the World Summit for Sustainable Development (WSSD)
• Results of the World Summit for Sustainable Development (WSSD)
• International Wildland Fire Websites 

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