Global Wildland Fire Network Activities 2010
Activities of the Global Wildland Fire Network in 2010:
- SADC Regional Consultative Workshop Development of a SADC Cross-border Fire Management Programme: A Contribution to Regional Disaster Risk Reduction in Response to Global Climate Change (25-27 January 2010, Maputo, Mozambique)
- Advanced Seminar in Wildland Fire Management, 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 / Caucasus Wildland Fire Network and the UNECE / FAO Team of Specialists on Forest Fire (1-4 March 2010, Antalya, Turkey)
- 2010 GOFC-GOLD Fire Implementation Team workshop (23-25 March 2010, ESA / ESRIN, Frascati, Italy)
- Foundation of the Near East Network of Forest and Wildland Fires (5-9 April 2010, Hammamet, Tunisia)
- Workshop on Assessment of Forest Fire Risks and Innovative Strategies for Fire Prevention in Europe (4-7 May 2010, Rhodes, Greece)
- Regional conference on Transboundary Cooperation in Fire Management, 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, U.S.A. (16-18 June 2010, Irkutsk, Russian Federation)
- Joint Meetings of the UNISDR Wildland Fire Advisory Group (WFAG), the Fire Aviation Working Group (FAWG), International Liaison Committee (ILC) for the 5th International Wildland Fire Conference and Fire Management Actions Alliance (FMAA), in cooperation with and supported by the Euro-Mediterranean Major Hazards Agreement (EUR-OPA), Council of Europe (26-29 June 2010, GFMC, Freiburg, Germany)
- National Round Table on Fire Management in preparation of a National Fire Management Policy for Georgia, 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 (15 July 2010, Tbilisi, Georgia)
- Russia fire emergency mission (12-14 August 2010, Moscow Region, Russian Federation)
- Wildland fire field assessment and National Round Table on Fire Management in preparation of a National Fire Management Policy for Armenia, 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 (19-22 September 2010, Yerevan, Khosrov Nature Reserve, Syunik Marz, Armenia)
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International Conference “Forest Fires: Management and International Cooperation for Preventing Forest Fires in the APEC Region”, with GFMC contribution on “Challenges and Options for International Cooperation in Forest Fire Management” (4-6 October 2010, Khabarovsk, Russia.
- UNECE Timber Committee Session, with report and discussion of the activities of the UNECE/FAO Team of Specialists on Forest Fire in 2010 and the planned UNECE Regional Forum on Cross-boundary Fire Management (to be hosted by the Italian Republic and supported by the Council of Europe as a contribution to the UN International Year of Forests in 2011) (14-15 October 2010, Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland)
- 4th National and First Latin American Exercise for Mobilization of Forest Fire Brigades (Quarto Ejercicio Nacional y Primer Latinoamericano de Movilisación para Brigadas de Control de Incendios Forestales) (9-12 November 2010, Guayaquil, Ecuador)
- Second National Round Table on Fire Management in preparation of a National Fire Management Policy for Georgia, 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 (13 December 2010, Tbilisi, Georgia)
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Inception meeting of GTZ financed Trilateral (Germany, Tanzania, South Africa) Fire Management project: Fire Management in Tanzania and Regional Fire Coordination Center (13 December 2010, Pretoria, South Africa)
