UNISDR Global Wildland Fire Network (GWFN)
Consultations and Conferences of the Global Wildland Fire Network in 2004-2005
The reports of regional consultations, workshops, meetings, conferences and exercises of the Regional Wildland Fire Networks / Global Wildland Fire Network are listed in a sequence starting with the most recent event on top and ending with the first meeting in 2004 (the foundation meeting of the Regional Northeast Asia Wildland Fire Network, Seoul, South Korea, 5-6 March 2004):
- First International Northeast Asia Forest Fire Conference and 3rd Meeting of the Regional Northeast Asia Wildland Fire Network (28 to 30 September 2006, Khabarovsk, Russia)
- Development of the Draft Fire Management Code for discussion and inputs by international stakeholders (FAO Forest Department, Rome, Italy, 12-14 July 2006)
- 24th Session of the Latin American and Caribbean Forestry Commission (LACFC), Pre-Commission Workshop on Regional and Subregional Cooperation Strategies for the Prevention, Control and Combat of Wildland Fires (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, 25 June 2006)
- Meeting of the Regional Southeast Europe Wildland Fire Network in tandem with the 33rd Session of the FAO European Forestry Commission (Zvolen, Slovakia, 23-26 May 2006)
- Conference on Promoting Partnerships for the Implementation of the ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution (Ha Noi, Viet Nam 11-12 May 2006)
- FAO International Expert Consultation on Wildland Fire (Madrid, Spain, 10-12 May 2006)
- Fourth International Symposium on Sustainable Management of Forest Resources with meeting of the Regional Caribbean Wildland Fire Network (Pinar del Río, Cuba, 18-25 April 2006)
- Third International Early Warning Conference (EWC-III) with thematic workshop on the Development of a Global Early Warning System for Wildland Fire (Bonn, Germany, 29-29 March 2006)
- FAO wildland fire expert meeting (FAO Forest Department, Rome, Italy, 20-22 March 2006)
- Preparatory meeting for the 3rd Meeting of the Regional Northeast Asia Wildland Fire Network, in tandem with the 5th Symposium – International Symposium on Forest Fire Protection, National Research Institute of Fire and Disaster (NRIFD) (Tokyo, Japan, 2 December2005)
- Regional Meeting on the Development of a Regional Strategy for International Cooperation in Wildland Fire Management in Latin America and the Caribbean (FAO Project TCP/RLA/3010 C, supported by the GFMC) (Santiago, Chile, 3-4 November 2005)
- Report of the Wildland Fire Advisory Group / Global Wildland Fire Network to the 12th Meeting of the ISDR Inter-Agency Task Force for Disaster Reduction (Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland, 22-24 November 2005)
- Regional Central Asia Fire Management Study Tour and International Conference on Forest and Steppe Fires (Mongolia, Buryatia, Irkutsk Oblast, August-September 2005)
- Report of the Wildland Fire Advisory Group / Global Wildland Fire Network to the 11th Meeting of the ISDR Inter-Agency Task Force for Disaster Reduction (Geneva, 24-26 May 2005)
- Side Event at the 5th Session of the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF) “Development of a Strategy or Agreement on International Cooperation in Wildland Fire Management” (New York, 18 May 2005)
- Eastern European, Near East and Central Asian States Exercise on Wildland Fire Information and Resources Exchange – EASTEX FIRE 2005 (Haskovo, Bulgaria, 20-22 April 2005)
- Regional Southeast Europe Wildland Fire Network: Regional Scientific and Technical Consultation 2005 (Ohrid, Macedonia F.Y.R., 4-5 April 2005)
- UN World Conference on Disaster Reduction (WCDR) (18-22 January 2005, Kobe, Hygo, Japan) with GFMC / Global Wildland Fire Network presentations
- 2nd Meeting of the Northeast Asia Wildland Fire Network (Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, 18 January 2004)
- Summary publication of the activities of the Global Wildland Fire Network in 2004 (Special Issue of ECE/FAO International Forest Fire News – IFFN No.31)
- First Meeting of the UN-ISDR Wildland Fire Advisory Group and the Global Wildland Fire Network (GFMC / Germany, 3-4 December 2004)
- Regional Central Asian Forest Congress Forest Policy: Problems and Solutions (Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic, 25-27 November 2004)
- ASEAN Haze Technical Task Force (HTTF) meeting and ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Haze (back-to-back with the First Meeting of COP to the ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution (8-11 November 2004, Viet Nam) (see also Status Paper of the Global Wildland Fire Network, 24 December 2004)
- Pan-American Wildland Fire Conference in conjunction with the Meeting of the Regional Wildland Fire Networks of South America, Mesoamerica and the Caribbean (San José, Costa Rica, 21-24 October 2004)
- 3rd South American Symposium on Wildland Fire Control and 7th Joint Technical Meeting FUPEF/SIF/IPEF on Wildland Fire Control jointly with the Foundation of the Regional South America Wildland Fire Network (14-17 June 2004, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil)
- Joint UN Inter-Agency Advanced Wildland Fire Management Training Course and Regional Consultation for the Southern African Development Community (SADC) (Nelspruit, South Africa, 30 May 5 June 2004)
- Regional Baltic Meeting on Cooperation in Wildland Fire Management (10 May 2004, Helsinki, Finland) (by invitation only; more information will be added in May 2004)
- 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 (30 March – 3 April 2004, Antalya, Turkey)
- Foundation Meeting of the Regional Northeast Asia Wildland Fire Network (5-6 March 2004, Seoul, Korea)
