Regional Mesoamerica Wildland Fire Network

A Region of the Global Wildland Fire Network

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TheSymbol of Cooperation: The Mesoamerica Wildland Fire Logo

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Circunferencia :Indica la integración de la Región y el apoyo entre países amigos quienescoordinan esfuerzos para combatir y prevenir un desastre en común.

Circumference: The blue circle indicates theregional integration and the consensus among the countries to coordinate allforces in the prevention and control of disasters.

Segmentos:Cuenta con 8 segmentos, que representan los países participantes.

Segments:The eight segments represent the participating countries.

Fuego: Caracteriza un elemento ancestral y la llama por sí misma representa elrecordatorio de que el fuego es una fuerza permanente en la naturaleza.

Fire:The fire symbol characterizes an ancestral element and reminds that fire is apermanent natural force.

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Network Coordination and Regional Wildland Fire Management Coordination

At a follow-up meeting (10 November 2004, Costa Rica) of the Panamerican Wildland Fire Conference (Costa Rica, 21-24 October 2004), the Country Focal Points of Mesoamerica agreed for Lucky Medina from Honduras to serve as regional coordinator, and for Alberto Vásquez from Costa Rica to serve as assistant coordinator and later by Luis Diego Román Madriz, Coordinator of Programa Nacional de Manejo del Fuego – SINAC-MINAE – Comisión Nacional sobre Incendios Forestales (CONIFOR), San José, Costa Rica. After administrative changes in 2022, Luis Diego Román Madriz continues in his function of network coordinator:

Contact:

Luis Diego Román Madriz
Programa Nacional de Manejo del Fuego – SINAC-MINAE
Comisión Nacional sobre Incendios Forestales (CONIFOR)
San José
Costa Rica

E-mail: ldroman34@gmail.com

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Background Information, Regional and National Wildland Fire Reports,Analysis and StatisticsR

Costa Rica

• Área afectada por incendios forestales dentro y fuera de las Áreas Silvestres Protegidas – Período 1998-2009 (PPT, 0.3 MB)
• Informe Temporada de Incendios Forestales 2002 – 2003 Costa Rica (PDF, 323 KB)
• Informe Temporada de Incendios Forestales 2006 Costa Rica (PDF, 215 KB)
• Campaña “Algo Nuestro se Quema” (“Our Trees are Burning” Campaign) 2011 (PDF, 11 KB)

El Salvador

• Comisión nacional de incendios forestales (PDF, 1.4 MB)
• Wildland fire statistics (Incendios en maleza seca y forestales y area quemada en hectareas) 2008 up to March 2009 (PDF, 0.2 MB)
• Revista en Linea Bosques y Vida (Primera Edición 2013): No mas Incendios Forestales, Juntos Hacemos la Diferencia. Un espacio para conocer y reflexionar sobre la importancia de proteger los bosques (PDF, 13 MB)

Guatemala

• Informe Nacional de Incendios Forestales Guatemala 01.01.-14.09.2005 (PDF, 207 KB)
• Política Nacional de Prevención y Control de Incendios Forestales y Manejo Integrado del Fuego (2009) (PDF, 5.1 MB)

Mexico

• Weekly and bimonthly updates (2004 -2005)

RegionalReports and Analyses

• TheFire Situation in Central America after the El Niño 1998 (in Spanish, PDF, 900 KB)
• Tropical Forest Fires in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNEP 2002) (in English, PDF, 896 KB)
• GTZ Report “Incendios Forestales en Guatemala, Honduras y Nicaragua” (August 2002) (in Spanish, PDF, 365 KB)
• Latin America Wildfire Situation 2003 presented at the International Wildland Fire Summit 2003 (in English, PDF, 1.4 MB)
• Wildfires, the biggest cause of environment degradation in Central American isthmus, fought with mixed results (link to the English version of EIRD Informa – ISDR Latin America and Caribbean, No.7, 2003)
• Principal causa de degradación medioambiental en el istmo centroamericano (link to the Spanish version of EIRD Informa – América Latina y el Caribe, Número 7, 2003)
• FAO Regional Fire Report Caribbean and Mesoamerica Region (Regional fire report of the Global Forest Resources Assessment 2005, PDF 0.4 MB)
• Report of the “Foro Centroamericano sobre Manejo del Fuego: Incendios forestales una realidad en Centroamerica“ (San Salvador, El Salvador, 28 October – 3 November 2007) (PDF, 7 MB)
• REDLATIF: Informe de la reunión anual de REDLATIF 2010 y proyecto SERENA en el marco del XIV simposio internacional SELPER (PDF, 250 KB)

Country reports presented at the FirstMesoamerican Meeting on Forest Fires (Primera Reunión Mesoamericana de IncendiosForestales, Guatemala, 8-9 July 2002)

• Belize (1 report, PDF, 300 KB)
• Guatemala (6 reports)
• El Salvador (PDF, 760 KB)
• Honduras (PDF, 40 KB)
• México (report and statistics)
• Nicaragua (PDF, 1.3 MB)
• Costa Rica (PDF 71 KB)
• Panama (PDF, 900 KB)

Mesoamerican CountryReports published in International Forest Fire News (IFFN)

• Guatemala
• Mexico
• Nicaragua

OtherNational Reports and Documents

    Costa Rica

• Wildland Fire Statistics for Costa Rica 1998-2011 (PDF, 100KB)
• Estrategia Nacional Manejo del Fuego en Costa Rica 2006-2010 (PDF, 6 MB)
• Decreto de Oficialización de la Estrategia Nacional de Manejo del Fuego (2006-2010) (28 June 2006) (PDF, 700 KB)
• Decreto de Oficialización del Día del Bombero y Bombera Forestal (20 April 2006) (PDF, 100 KB)
• Estrategia Nacional Manejo del Fuego en Costa Rica 2000-2005 (PDF, 1.3 MB)
• Fire Management in Costa Rica: A Novel Experience (PDF, 80 KB)
• Propuesta de un modelo organizacional para la gestión socio-ambiental del fuego en los Distritos de Paquera, Lepanto y Cóbano, Costa Rica (PDF 1.6 MB)
• Implementación del Sistema de Comando de Incidentes (SIC) para la atención de emergencias por incendios forestales por parte del SINAC-MINAET (January 2009) (PDF, 0.2 MB)

   Nicaragua

• The Use of Low Spatial Resolution Remote Sensing for Fire Monitoring in Nicaragua: a survey of three successive burnings seasons (1998)

Other Reports

• Forest Fires Pose Serious Threat (PDF, 84 KB)

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MéxicoFire Reports, Statistics and Other Documents

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• Mexico-Overview-2002 (PDF, 5.8 MB)
• Mexico Fire Statistics
• Fire Management in Chiapas (Word)
• Restauration of Burned Areas in the Biosphere Reserve Sierra de Manantlan (PDF, 500 KB)

• Fire Management Plan, Selva Ocote, Chiapas, Mexico (Word)

• Seminar on Fire Management and Forest Restauration (PDF, 350 KB)

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Rationale and Introduction

As a consequence of the severe fire episode during the El Niño drought of 1998 a series of cooperative efforts in wildland fire management were initiated within Mesoamerica and with international support.

Following the spirit of the mechanisms of the Tuxtla Dialogue and the Declaration of Mérida (DeclaraciónConjunta de la Quinta Cumbre del Mecanismo de Diálogo y Concertación de Tuxtla, Mérida, Yucatán, México, 27-28 June 2002) the First Mesoamerican Meeting of Cooperation Regarding Protection against Forest Fires(Primera Reunión Mesoamericana de Cooperación en Materia de Protección contraIncendios Forestales) was held in Guatemala City, 8-9 July 2002.

The objective of the meeting was to identify specific activities of regional cooperation between Mexico and the Central American countries about prevention and combat of forest fires. The participating countries included Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, México, Nicaragua and Panamá.

• Declaración de Mérida: Towards Concerted Efforts in Environmental Protection in Mesoamerica (27-28 June 2002) (Spanish)
• Minutes and Resolution of the “First Mesoamerican Meeting of Cooperation Regarding Protection against Forest Fires” (Minuta de la “Primera Reunión Mesoamericana de Cooperación en Materia de Protección contra Incendios Forestales”) (8-9 July 2002) (Spanish / English)
• Strategy elaborated by the “Workshop to Develop a Regional Strategy for Forest Pests and Wildfire Management in Central America” (26-30 August 2002) (for details see Taller para el Desarrollo de un Plan Estratégico Regional para el Manejo del Gorgojo del Pino y los Incendios Forestales en Centroamérica)

Preparatory and Follow-up Documents and Activities

• Call for the “First Mesoamerican Meeting of Cooperation Regarding Protection against Forest Fires”
• Regional Mesoamerica Overview for the “First Mesoamerican Meeting of Cooperation Regarding Protection against Forest Fires”
• Summary of the “First Mesoamerican Meeting of Cooperation Regarding Protection against Forest Fires”
• Press Release of the “First Mesoamerican Meeting of Cooperation Regarding Protection against Forest Fires”
• The Symbol of Cooperation: The Mesoamerica Wildland Fire Logo
• Taller para el Desarrollo de un Plan Estratégico Regional para el Manejo del Gorgojo del Pino y los Incendios Forestales en Centroamérica (“Workshop to Develop a Regional Strategy for Forest Pests and Wildfire Management in Central America”), 26-30 August 2002, ESNACIFOR, Honduras
• Call for the “First Mesoamerican Meeting of Cooperation Regarding Protection against Forest Fires”
• Regional Mesoamerica Overview for the “First Mesoamerican Meeting of Cooperation Regarding Protection against Forest Fires”
• Summary of the “First Mesoamerican Meeting of Cooperation Regarding Protection against Forest Fires”
• Press Release of the “First Mesoamerican Meeting of Cooperation Regarding Protection against Forest Fires”
• The Symbol of Cooperation: The Mesoamerica Wildland Fire Logo
• Taller para el Desarrollo de un Plan Estratégico Regional para el Manejo del Gorgojo del Pino y los Incendios Forestales en Centroamérica (“Workshop to Develop a Regional Strategy for Forest Pests and Wildfire Management in Central America”), 26-30 August 2002, ESNACIFOR, Honduras
  

Memorandum of Understanding betweenSIPECIF (Sistema Nacional de Prevención y Control de Incendios Forestales) and the GFMC, concerning the cooperation in the Global Wildland Fire Network

On 1June 2003 the Mesoamerican Permanent Technical Group on Forest Fires (Grupo TécnicoMesoamericano Permanente sobre Incendios Forestales), represented by Mr. RonaldoHerrarte, President of the Coordinating Council of the Sistema Nacional dePrevención y Control de Incendios Forestales (SIPECIF), Guatemala, and ExecutiveCoordinator of the Presidency of Guatemala and the Global Fire Monitoring Center (GFMC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding concerning the cooperation in the Global Wildland Fire Network through active participation of the Regional Mesoamerica Wildland Fire Network:

• Memorando de Entendimiento(Spanish version)
• Memorandum of Understanding (English version)
  

Development of a Regional Strategy for Cooperation in Fire Management

After 2003 a number of activities resulted in a targeted development of regional cooperation:

• Pan-American Wildland Fire Conference (San José, Costa Rica, 23 October 2004)

• Development of a Regional Strategy for Cooperation in Fire Management(FAO TCP Report, 2006)

• Estrategia Centroamericana para el Manejo del Fuego (2005-2015)
• Foro Centroamericano sobre manejo del fuego (Report of the Central American Fire Management Forum, San Salvador, 30-31 October 2007, English)

Memorandum of Cooperation between Mexico and Guatemala on Fire Management across the common borders

On 2 July 2007 the governments of Mexico (through the Comision Nacional Forestal de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos – CONAFOR) and Guatemala (Sistema Nacional de Prevención y Control de Incendios Forestales – SIPECIF) signed a Memorandum of Cooperation on the Prevention, Detection and Combat of Fires in the border zone between the two countries:

• Memorandum des colaboracion para la prevention, deteccion y combate de incendios forestales a lo largo de la zona fronteriza de Mexico y de Guatemala(PDF, 0.3 MB)

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