UNISDR Global Wildland Fire Network (GWFN)
Regional Wildland Fire Networks: Rationale and Introduction
Latest Developments / Activities of the Global Wildland Fire Network
- Cooperation with the UN family in international cooperation in landscape fire management including development of an “International Landscape Fire Management Framework
- Coordination of the Global Wildland Fire Network: UN-ISDR Wildland Fire Advisory Group and Global Fire Monitoring Center (GFMC)
- Thirty Years International Wildland Fire Conferences: Review and Achievements of a Circumglobal Journey from Boston to Campo Grande (PDF, 1.5 MB)
- International Fire Aviation Working Group (IFAWG)
- International Wildfire Preparedness Mechanism (IWPM)
- Since 1 April 2019: IWPM a Voluntary Commitment to the implementation of the Sendai Framework 2015-2030
- Status Paper of Global / Regional Wildland Fire Networks (for historic reasons – Status: 31 January 2014) (PDF, 0.6 MB)
Overview of past activities in the attempt for developing a legally non-binding international instrument (with FAO)
Note: Until 2005, FAO and GFMC intended to develop an “International Wildland Fire Accord”. This terminology was used until 2005. In 2006, the development and wide endorsement of the “Fire Management Voluntary Guidelines” replaced the failed attempt to develop a voluntary or legal instrument.
- Thirty Years International Wildland Fire Conferences: Review and Achievements of a Circumglobal Journey from Boston to Campo Grande (PDF, 1.5 MB)
- Consultations and Conferences of the Global Wildland Fire Network in 2004-2005 in preparation of the Development of an International Wildland Fire Accord
- Framework for the Development of the International Wildland Fire Accord (agreed by GFMC-ISDR-FAO-GOFC/GOLD, April 2005) (en español)
- Agenda of the FAO Ministerial Meeting on International Cooperation in Forest Fire Management (Rome, 14 March 2005) (PDF, 80 KB) (en español)
- FAO Background Paper for the Ministerial Meeting on International Cooperation in Forest Fire Management (PDF, 100 KB) (en español)
- FAO Background Paper for the Meeting of the Committee on Forestry (COFO) on Needs and Opportunities for International Cooperation in Forest Fire Preparedness (Rome, 15-19 March 2005) (PDF, 140 KB)
- Issues Identified by the Regional FAO Forestry Commissions in 2004 (Recommendations towards international cooperation in wildland fire management are highlighted)
- Recommendations of the first meeting of the UN-ISDR Wildland Fire Advisory Group and the Global Wildland Fire Network (GFMC / Germany, 3-4 December 2004)
- Additional statement of the UN-ISDR Wildland Fire Advisory Group Recommendations for the Development of an International Wildland Fire Accord (March 2005) (PDF, 70 KB)
- Global Wildland Fire Network poster exhibition at the Ministerial Meeting / COFO (Rome, 15-19 March 2005) (JPG, 1 MB)
- On-site statement by the UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UN-ISDR) / Wildland Fire Advisory Group / Global Wildland Fire Network at the FAO Ministerial Meeting on Forests, 17th Session of the FAO Committee on Forestry (COFO), 14-19 March 2005 (presented by the Global Fire Monitoring Center (GFLatest Developments of the GlobaMC), 16 March 2005)
- Summary of the Ministerial Meeting on Forests and the Seventeenth Session of the FAO Committee on Forestry, 14-19 March 2005 (published by ENB, 21 March 2005)
- Statement of the Ministerial Meeting on Forests (Rome, 14 March 2005; statements related to wildland fire are marked yellow) (en español)
- Final Report of the 17th Meeting of the FAO Committee on Forestry (COFO) (Rome, 19 March 2005; statements related to wildland fire are marked yellow)
- Follow-up of the Ministerial Meeting and COFO-17: Draft of The Fire Management Code (for international stakeholder discussion and comments, up to 31 October 2006)
- Development of a non-legally binding Strategy to Enhance International Cooperation in Fire Management (2005-2007), with endorsement by COFO-18 (March 2007)
Detailed Background Materials
- International Wildland Fire Summit (8 October 2003)
- International Cooperation in Wildland Fire Management (GFMC publication in FAO Unasylva 217, Vol. 55, 2004 French Spanish)
- Statements on Wildland Fire submitted to the World Summit for Sustainable Development (WSSD)
- Results of the World Summit for Sustainable Development (WSSD)
- International Wildland Fire Websites
