Global Wildland Fire Network Activities 2013

Activities of the Global Wildland Fire Network in 2013:

Note: Photographic documentation of some activities is posted on the GFMC Calendar 2013

1 January 2013
Esteban Beltrán joining GFMC staff, Latin America / Caribbean Desk for the Global Wildland Fire Network

15 January 2013
International Symposium on Strategy Development of Advanced Forest Fire Policy and Organization, hosted by the Korea Forest Research Institute (KFRI), supported by the Korea Forest (KFS), the UNECE/FAO Team of Specialists on Forest Fire, and GFMC; Seoul, Republic of Korea.

5-7 February 2013
9th Southern African Fire Network (SAFNet) meeting “Strengthening the ties with ongoing initiatives on fire research and management within the region – Collaborative fire information, resource sharing, training and research in support of integrated fire management in Southern African countries”; Tanzania Forestry Research Institute, Morogoro, Tanzania.

11-13 February 2013
SADC Regional Forestry Stakeholder Workshop, including presentation of the SADC Fire Management Programme, Regional Networking (SAFNet, Global Wildland Fire Network); Birchwood, Johannesburg, South Africa

4 March 2013
Inauguration of the Regional Eastern European Fire Monitoring Center (REEFMC) and Regional Seminar and Consultation “Wildfires in the Eastern European Region: Science, Policies and Management”, at National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine (NULESU) / Regional Eastern European Fire Monitoring Center; supported by GFMC, UNECE/FAO Team of Specialists on Forest Fire and Council of Europe; Kyiv, Ukraine.

5 March 2013
Stakeholders workshop of the GEF project “Conserving, Enhancing and Managing Carbon Stocks and Biodiversity while Promoting Sustainable Development in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone through the Establishment of a Research and Environmental Protection Centre and Protected Area”, with GFMC contribution to the fire management component; Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources, Kyiv, Ukraine.

10 March 2013
Preparation of the National Round Table on Fire Management Greece (Athens, 14 May 2013) and the Second Regional Workshop “Development of Guidelines for the Defense of Rural Populations, Settlements and other Assets Against Wildfires and Smoke Pollution for the EECCA Region”; Thessaloniki, Greece.

14-15 March 2013
Kick-off meeting of the “International Working Group on Cooperation in Wildfire Preparedness and Response” for the development of a proposal for international voluntary standards for harmonization, standardization and promotion of best-practice and for safe and efficient sharing of wildfire emergency response resources between countries for wildfire emergency analysis & assessment, wildfire emergency advisory support to nations in distress and wildfire emergency response (in preparation of the UNECE/FAO Forum on Cross-boundary Fire Management (United Nations, Geneva, 28-29 November 2013); GFMC.

4-11 April 2013
Consultations on Fire Management in Mongolia and neighbouring Central Asian States in the frame of the UNISDR Central Asia Wildland Fire Network; Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.

10-11 April 2013
Aerial Firefighting Europe: International Conference and Exhibition, cosponsored and under the co-auspices of GFMC / UNISDR Wildland Fire Advisory Group / International Fire Aviation Working Group (IFAWG), with participation of members of the UNECE/FAO Team of Specialists on Forest Fire and GFMC contribution “International Cooperation in Fire Management: Political and Ground-to-Aerial Perspectives”); Aix-en-Provence, France.

22-25 April 2013
Thirty-fifth session of the Joint FAO/UNECE Working Party on Forest Statistics, Economics and Management, Economic Commission for Europe Food and Agriculture Organization, Timber Committee European Forestry Commission, with presentation of the report of the UNECE/FAO Team of Specialists on Forest Fire; United Nations, Geneva, Switzerland.

13 May 2013
Workshop “Defense of Villages, Farms and Other Rural Assets against Wildfires: Guidelines for Rural Populations, Local Community and Municipality Leaders in the Balkan Region”, supported by Council of Europe, the Regional Fire Monitoring Center SE Europe / Caucasus (RFMC), Regional Eastern European Fire Monitoring Center (REEFMC) and the UNECE/FAO Team of Specialists on Forest Fire; European Center of Forest Fires (ECFF), National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece.

14 May 2013
National Round Table on Fire Management “Sharing Responsibilities and Resources at Economically Difficult Times”, under the co-auspices of the Hellenic Agricultural Organization “Dimitra”, General Secretariat for Civil Protection, General Secretariat of Forests, General Secretariat of the Ministry of Environment, Energy and Climate Change, and the UNECE/FAO Team of Specialists on Forest Fire; supported by Council of Europe and Maria Tsakos Foundation; Evgenideio Conference Center, Athens, Greece.

20-23 May 2013
4th Session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction, with contribution of the Global Wildland Fire Network / UNISDR Wildland Fire Advisory Group; United Nations, Geneva, Switzerland.

3-4 June 2013
Second meeting of the “International Working Group on Cooperation in Wildfire Preparedness and Response” for the development of a proposal for international voluntary standards for harmonization, standardization and promotion of best-practice and for safe and efficient sharing of wildfire emergency response resources between countries for wildfire emergency analysis & assessment, wildfire emergency advisory support to nations in distress and wildfire emergency response (in preparation of the UNECE/FAO Forum on Cross-boundary Fire Management, United Nations, Geneva, 28-29 November 2013); GFMC.

17-23 June 2013
Second “International Fire Management Week” in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russian Federation, organized by the GFMC and the Russian Federal Forest Service Rosleskhoz and the National Aerial Forest Fire Center Avialesookhranain the frame of the “German-Russian Forest Fire Task Force” and the UNISDR Regional Eurasia Wildland Fire Network (UNECE/FAO Team of Specialists on Forest Fire), with (a) Scientific Conference “Post-Fire Natural Regeneration of Forests in Siberia”, and (b) revisit of the Bor Forest Island Fire Experiment of 1993; Krasnoyarsk, Bor Forest Island, Russian Federation.

2-5 July 2013
Seminar “Fire Management in Protected Areas”, hosted by the Brazilian Ministry of Environment, with GFMC contribution “Fire Management on Protected Areas with particular emphasis on UNESCO World Cultural and Natural Heritage Sites”; Training Academy of Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation / National Academy of Biodiversity (ACADEBio), Floresta Nacional de Ipanema, Iperó, State of São Paulo, Brazil.

6-10 July 2013
Fire management field campaign at Ecological Station Serra Geral do Tocantins and in State Park Jalapão; State of Tocantins, Brazil.

2 September 2013
General Assembly and 20th Anniversary of Green Cross International (GCI): Ceremony of Green Star Awards of GCI with United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN-OCHA) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to awardees of the Global Wildland Fire Network Nikola Nikolov (Regional Southeast Europe Fire Monitoring Center, Macedonia), Sundar P. Sharma (UNISDR Regional South Asia Wildland Fire Network, Nepal) and Sergiy Zibtsev (Regional Eastern European Fire Monitoring Center, Ukraine); UN Geneva, Switzerland.

Wildfire Green Stars Nikolov, Sharma, Zibtsev with GFMC Chief Goldammer
Nikola Nikolov with trophy
President Mikhail Gorbatchev and GFMC Director J.G. Goldammer listening to the laureates

9-10 September 2013
Third meeting of the “International Working Group on Cooperation in Wildfire Preparedness and Response” (IWG-CWPR) for the development of a proposal for international voluntary standards for harmonization, standardization and promotion of best-practice and for safe and efficient sharing of wildfire emergency response resources between countries for wildfire emergency analysis & assessment, wildfire emergency advisory support to nations in distress and wildfire emergency response (in preparation of the UNECE/FAO Forum on Cross-boundary Fire Management, United Nations, Geneva, 28-29 November 2013); Barcelona, Spain.

17 September 2013
Joint meeting of the Commission for Peace and Security and the Commission for Environment, Energy and Spatial Planning, Socialist Party of Switzerland, on the future role of Switzerland in addressing global wildland fire issues, with a GFMC contribution for brainstorming; Bern, Bundeshaus, Bern, Switzerland.

25 September 2013
GFMC Seminar and consultation on cooperation in fire management between FAO and GFMC; FAO Headquarters, Rome, Italy.

22-23 October 2013
Meeting of the International Liaison Committee (ILC) and the South Korea Conference Organizing Committee (SKCOC) of the 6th International Wildland Fire Conference (South Korea, 2015), hosted by the Korea Forest Research Institute (KFRI) and Korea Forest Service (KFS); Seoul, Republic of Korea.

23-25 October 2013
Meeting of the Pan-Asia Wildland Fire Network (Cluster of the UNISDR Regional Wildland Fire Networks of SE Asia, South Asia, Central Asia, NE Asia and Eurasia), hosted by the Korea Forest Research Institute (KFRI); Seoul, Republic of Korea.

7 November 2013
Consultative Meeting “Improving Coordination on Environmental Emergency Response” (following UNEP Governing Council adopted Decision UNEP/GC.26/15 on Strengthening International Cooperation on the Environmental Aspects of Emergency Response and Preparedness), jointly organized byUNEP and the UNEP/OCHA Joint Environment Unit; UN Geneva, Switzerland.

11-13 November 2013
International Congress and Trade Fair on Forest Fire and Climate Change: Challenges for Fire Management in Natural and Cultural Landscapes of Eurasia. Hosted by the Russian Federation in partnership with the Global Fire Monitoring Center (GFMC); Novosibirsk, Russian Federation.

25-26 November 2013
Annual meeting of the Directors of the European and Mediterranean Centres of the EUR-OPA Major Hazards Agreement Meeting (EUR-OPA) (Open Partial Agreement on the Prevention of, Protection Against, and Organization of Relief in Major Natural and Technological Disasters), Council of Europe; Council of Europe, Strasbourg, France.

27-29 November 2013
UNECE/FAO Regional Forum on Cross-boundary Fire Management, organized by the UNECE/FAO Team of Specialists on Forest Fire through its Coordinator – the Global Fire Monitoring Center (GFMC), Germany, and supported by the Council of Europe and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE); United Nations, Geneva, Switzerland.

9-13 December 2013
Metsä 2013: Joint session of the UNECE Committee on Forests and the Forest Industry and the FAO European Forestry Commission, with side event “Achievements of the UNECE/FAO Team of Specialists on Forest Fire (1981-2013)”; Rovaniemi, Finland.

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