Regional Central Asia Fire Management Resource Center
(RCAFMRC)
 

Training Course and Consultation on Community-based
Fire Management

  In order to enhance the capacities of fire management personnel in Mongolia through trainings and demonstration activities for implementation of EuroFire standards and community-based approaches in Mongolia, 2 training courses were conducted in Choibalsan city, Dornod province, eastern Mongolia and Bugant village, Selenge province, central Mongolia
 Photo impression of the Training Course and Consultation in Bugant village, Selenge Province, Mongolia

Mr. J.Munkhdalai, State ranger, briefing the fire situation of 2015 in Bugant area

           Demonstration of tools and equipment

 Discussion about role and participation of local stakeholders during the forest fires season

Trainees – representatives of local companies, NGOs, Forest User Groups (FUG) and authorities

Natural regeneration in Scots pine stand near Bugant village

Fire-free season of Bugant village

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Fire Management Resource Center-Central Asia Region
(FMRC-CAR)
 

Opening of the FMRC-CAR

An opening ceremony of the Fire Managament Resource Center-Central Asia Region (FMRC-CAR) was followed by the theRegional Fire Management Training for Mongolia and Central Asia was held on 21-25 September 2015, Forestry Research and Training Center, Batsumber, Tuv province, Mongolia.

Photo impression of the Opening ceremony of the FMRC-CAR
 

           Prof. Dr. Goldammer (GFMC) giving a keynote speech on Wildland Fire Situation in the Central Asian Region

From left: Prof. Dr. Goldammer (GFMC), Deputy Minister M.Khurelsukh (MEGDT, Mongolia), Mr. Daniel Valenghi (Swiss Cooperation Office in Mongolia), Dr. B.Oyunsanaa (FMRC-CAR)

 Opening Remarks by Deputy Minister M.Khurelsukh, MEGDT, Mongolia, and Chief of the National Committee on Forest and Steppe Fire Protection of Mongolia

From left: Dr. Ts.Chuluunbaatar (MEGDT, Mongolia), Ms.Chuluuntsetseg (MEGDT), B.Oyunsanaa (FMRC-CAR), Prof. Dr. J.G.Goldammer (GFMC), Colonel J.Ganbaatar (LEU, Mongolia)

Opening Remarks by Vice President, Prof. Dr. B.Boldgiv (NUM) and Director, Prof. Dr. N.Baatarbileg (NUM)

Consultation on further collobaration with Delegations from Central Asian neighbours. From left: Mr. Emilbek Umaraliev (Kyrgyz Republic), Mr. Duman Dukenbaev, Mr. Yevgeniy Arkhipov (Republic of Kazakhstan), Johann G.Goldammer (GFMC), Mr. Dogdurbek Abdiraev (Kyrgyz Republic), B.Oyunsanaa (FMRC-CAR)

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Regional Central Asia Fire Management Resource Center
(RCAFMRC)
 

Fire Ecology Research

  In order to support the transboundary fire management activities, the RCAFMRC has conducted a research project “Estimating grass fuel loads with a disk pasture meter and GIS tools in north-eastern Mongolian steppe” were the most border crossing fires occurs. Determining and mapping the amount of grass available to burn can help fire managers, land managers accurately predict fire behaviour and manage the risk. The field study was done between 26 June and 7 July 2015 and data analysis is under processing. The results of this research will be delivered to the border authorities, local government of the regions and the national emergency management agency for their use. This research was funded by the National University of Mongolia “Project No. 3C 2015 SEAS-19”.
 Photo impression of the north-eastern Mongolia grassland fuel estimating project
 

Abundant grass in the wet-meadows 2 months after the fire

           Steppe fires often inters to the forests nearby

 Measuring Leaf Are Index (LAI)

Grass biomass sampling by species

Grass biomass sampling for the calibration of the Disk Pasture Meter

Sampling species by species takes time and needs some shelter (+40C)

Border of burnt and unburnt area

Measurement of the Disk Pasture Meter

Direct weighing of the samples

Weighing the samples and cooling down after hot day

Many dried out water bodies, because of early growing season extreme drought

Consultation on cross-boundary fire with the border authorities

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A Region of the Global Wildland Fire Network

Regional Network Meetings

First International Central Asian Wildland Fire Joint Conference and Consultation

“Wildland Fires in Natural Ecosystems of the Central Asian Region:
Ecology and Management Implications”

Associated with the First Central Asian Forest Fire Experiment
2-6 June 2008, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

The Central Asian region for the last two decades is experiencing an increase in occurrence, area burnt and environmental impacts caused by wildland fires. In most Central Asian countries the damages from wildland fires and the costs of suppression, as well as their influence on human health and wellbeing, are increasing. The scale of wildland fire sometimes has transboundary effects and demands international and cooperative efforts for the solution. Reasons for the escalation of destructive wildfires are, among other, result of the rapidly changing socio-economic conditions, declining public budgets for fire management, and side effects of illegal logging; Projected trends of climate change impacts on vegetation cover and fire regimes, as well as observed demographic and socio-economic trends suggest that wildland fire may continue to play a major role in the destruction of vegetation cover in Central and Northeast Asia, resulting, among other, in accelerating steppization, permafrost thawing and desiccation of peatlands / wetlands. There is no international operational mechanism in the region allowing rapid response to large-scale, catastrophic fires. There is a lack of a comprehensive understanding among fire specialists, policy makers and the general public of the nature and the role of fire in natural ecosystem processes, and in the concepts of fire management.

The First International Central Asian Wildland Fire Conference “Wildland Fires in Natural Ecosystems of the Central Asian Region: Ecology and Management Implications” (2-6 June 2008, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia) addressed the most pressing issues in Mongolia and neighbouring countries. A second component was a consultation of the agencies and other stakeholders involved in fire management in Mongolia. The third element of the conference was devoted to demonstrate advanced techniques in fire management. The conference, demonstration experiment and equipment for the Mongolian partners was funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and commissioned by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH – Advisory Project “Disaster Risk Management in Development Cooperation” on behalf of the BMZ. The project was implemented by the Global Fire Monitoring Center (GFMC), the Pacific Forest Forum (PFF) and partners of the UNISDR Regional Northeast Asia Wildland Fire Network.

For more details on the joint conference & consultation and the demonstration experiment on the use of prescribed fire – see documentation and picture gallery below

• Agenda of the Conference, Consultation and Fire Experiment (PDF, 2.7 MB)
• Conference Abstracts, Proceedings and Description of the Experimental Site (PDF, 3.6 MB)
• Background 1: Information on Forest Fires in Mongolia (PDF, 0.8 MB)
• Background 2: Information on Steppe Fires in Mongolia (PDF, 0.3 MB)
• Picture Gallery

Follow-up Activities 2009-2010

• Round Table discussion in preparation of the establishment of a National Inter-Agency Fire Management Council held on 11 September 2008 at the Ministry for Environment, Ulaanbaatar (PDF, 15 KB)
• Statement by His Excellency Mr. M. Enkhbold, Deputy Prime Minister of Mongolia at the Second Session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction, concerning the establishment of the National Inter-Agency Fire Management Council (PDF, 14 KB)
• International Conference on Cross-Border Forest Fires and Cooperation in their Suppression (Irkutsk, Russian Federation, 16-18 June 2010)
  

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