REGIONAL SOUTH AMERICA WILDLAND FIRE NETWORK
A Region of the Global Wildland Fire Network
Meetings, Conferences, Wildland Fire Training
Archived Meetings
UNESCO Series of Webinars
“Cambio climático y gestión integral de incendios”
Within the frame of the UNESCO Series of Webinars “Cambio climático y gestión integral de incendios” – Webinar 5 “¿Hacia dónde ir? Manejo integral del fuego” (Where to next: Integrated Fire Management) was held on 29 September 2021.
International ACTO / OTCA Seminar
“Integrated Fire Management: Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation and Mutual Assistance for Integrated Fire Management among ACTO / OTCA Member Countries”
On 12 August 2021, the International ACTO / OTCA Seminar “Integrated Fire Management: Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation and Mutual Assistance for Integrated Fire Management among ACTO / OTCA Member Countries” was held.
- Concept Note and Agenda, with link for registration (PDF, 1.4 MB)
- https://gfmc.online/globalnetworks/southamerica-southamerica_9.html
- The Second Regional Consultation on Cross-boundary Cooperation in Fire Management in South America (Viña del Mar, Chile. 2-3 October 2017)
- The Viña del Mar Declaration on Cross-boundary Cooperation in Fire Management (Spanish Version, complete) (PDF, 1.0 MB)
- The Viña del Mar Declaration on Cross-boundary Cooperation in Fire Management (Main part in English Version) (PDF, 0.6 MB)
- Record video of the Seminar on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waclkCK2OVs
- Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation and Mutual Assistance for Integrated Fire Management among ACTO / OTCA Member Countries (Spanish)(English) and (Spanish) (PDF, 0.2 MB)
On 25 November 2020 an Online Consultation was held to initiate the formation of the National Committee for Integrated Fire Management of Ecuador (Comité Nacional De Manejo Integral del Fuego el Ecuador – CONAMIF) – a key activity of the trilateral project between Ecuador, Brazil and Costa Rica (2019-2021), with the support of GFMC “Strengthening Technical and Institutional Capacities in Ecuador in Integrated Fire Management in Conservation Areas” (Cooperación Trilateral Ecuador – Brasil – Costa Rica – Alemania: “Fortalecimiento de las Capacidades Técnicas e Institucionales en el Ecuador para el Manejo Integral del Fuego en Áreas de Conservación”); . This is an activity of the Programa Amazonia Sin Fuego (PASF). The meeting was organized by the Ministerio del Ambiente y Agua del Ecuador (MAAE), GFMC and Quito (Ecuador) / Online.
- Ecuador-SINAC-Ministry-Environment-GFMC-IFM-PR-13-September-2018 (13 September 2018) (PDF, 0.2 MB)
- CONAMIF Consultation Agenda (PDF, 0.8 MB)
- Press release by the Ministry for Environment and Water of Ecuador: https://www.ambiente.gob.ec/ministerio-fortalece-la-gestion-de-manejo-integral-del-fuego/ (mirrored by GFMC PDF, 0.4 MB)
- Facebook page of the Ministry
- Facebook page for the Programa Amazonia Sin Fuego Ecuador
Seventh International Wildland Fire Conference (IWFC-7)
Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil., 28 October – 01 November 2019
The 7th International Wildland Fire Conference (IWFC-7) “Facing Fire in a Changing World: Reducing Vulnerability of People and Landscapes by Integrated Fire Management” took place in Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, between 28 October and 1 November 2019. IWFC-7 was hosted by the Government of Brazil, the State of Mato Grosso do Sul and the city of Campo Grande and organized by IBAMA and Prevfogo. The conference was attended by more than a thousand government officials, scientists, practitioners, the private sector and civil society from 37 countries, and by UN agencies and other international and regional organizations. The participants of the conference confirmed that in many regions of the world, wildfires are a growing threat to communities and to natural, cultural, rural, urban and industrial landscapes. The conference participants concluded that the paradigm of addressing the problem through individual and disconnected services and actions in fire prevention or suppression should be reframed. Unified and integral planning must ensure and strengthen societal, environmental and economic resilience to landscape fires.
- Conference Website: https://www.ibama.gov.br/wildfire2019-eng
- IWFC Portal with updated post-conference information
- Campo Grande Statement “Building Sustainable and Fire-Resilient Societies and Landscapes (English) (Portuguese) (Spanish)
IWFC-7 Side Meeting between the Regional South America Wildland Fire Network, GFMC and the Secretariat of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO)
Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, 31 October 2019
In following-up the public and political attention on use of fire in land use and land-use change (deforestation) in South America, notably in the Amazon region, the leadership of the Regional South America Wildland Fire Network, the Global Fire Monitoring Center (GFMC) (Secretariat of the Global Wildland Fire Network) and the Secretariat of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO) met at the occasion of IWFC-7.
ACTO Technical Report, describing the past and envisaged future involvement and cooperation in fire management in Amazonia:
Side meeting with Lara Steil, Co-Coordinator of the Regional South America Wildland Fire Network (left), Ambassodor Carlos Lazary Texeira, Director Ejecutivo SP/ACTO, and GFMC Director Johann Georg Goldammer, discussing the future cooperation agenda.
Photo: ACTO Secretariat.
Meeting of the International Liaison Committee (ILC) and the Brazilian Conference Organizing Committee for the 7th International Wildland Fire Conference (IWFC-7)
Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, 27 October 2019
ILC members and hosts of IWFC-7 in good spirit at the eve of the conference. Photo: ILC
International Seminar on Planning and Prevention of Landscape Fires and the Role of Landscape Restoration
Santiago de Chile, Chile, 20-21 June 2019
The International Seminar on Planning and Prevention of Landscape Fires and the Role of Landscape Restoration was organized by the Corporación Nacional Forestal (CONAF) and the World Resources Institute (WRI) under the Initiative 20×20, sponsored by the German Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety. The seminar was supported by the GFMC opening keynote address Landscape fires in the new landscape global scenario. Vision of the Global Fire Monitoring Center“.
- Seminar agenda (PDF, 0.8 MB)
- CONAF website of the seminar, including video recording: http://www.conaf.cl/seminario-planificacion-y-prevencion-de-incendios-de-paisaje-y-el-rol-de-la-restauracion-post-incendios/
- Follow-up of the Wildfire Emergency in Chile 2017: The Second Regional Consultation on Cross-boundary Cooperation in Fire Management in South America; Viña del Mar, Chile. 2-3 October 2017
- More details on the Meetings Page of the Regional South America Wildland Fire Network
- Seminar report published in Chile Forestal No. 392 (September-October 2019) (PDF, 0.4 MB)
The Seminar Group, hosted by the Chilean Wildfire Prevention Mascot Forestín.GFMC Director Johann Georg Goldammer delivering the keynote address.Several seminar inputs were provided by video conference.Workshop organizer Patricio Sanhueza (left) and the Executive Director of CONAF, Jose Manuel Rebolledo, in discussion with the head of GFMC. Photos: Ricardo San Martin, CONAF
The Wildfire Emergency in Chile 2017: The Follow-up Process
Second Regional Symposium and Consultation on Cross-boundary Cooperation in Fire Management in South America
On 2-3 October 2017, the National Forest Corporation of Chile (Corporación Nacional Forestal – CONAF) and GFMC convened the Second Regional Symposium and Consultation on Cross-boundary Cooperation in Fire Management in South America in Viña del Mar, Chile. The consultation was supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Interior and Public Safety, and the Ministry of Agriculture of Chile, with the patronage of the German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL). The Consultation was attended by delegates of organizations and agencies of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela. The participants of the consultation released the Declaración de Viña del Mar 2017 / Declaration of Viña del Mar 2017 on Cross-Boundary Cooperation in Fire Management in South America:
- Concept Note of the Regional Consultation (PDF, 0.2 MB)
- Proposal for the establishment of a Regional Fire Management Resource Center – South America Region (RFMRC – SAR) (PDF, 0.3 MB)
- Agenda of the 2nd Consultation (PDF, 0.5 MB)
- Viña del Mar Declaration on Cross-boundary Cooperation in Fire Management (Spanish Version, complete) (PDF, 1.0 MB)
- Viña del Mar Declaration on Cross-boundary Cooperation in Fire Management (Main part in English Version) (PDF, 0.6 MB)
- Website of the Second Regional Consultation on Regional Cooperation in Cross-boundary Fire Management in South America
Country representatives from nine South American countries (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela) agreed on the “Viña del Mar Declaration on Cross-boundary Cooperation in Fire Management”. Photo: CONAF.
The Wildfire Emergency in Chile 2017: Initiation of the Follow-up Process
The wildfire emergency in Chile in early 2017 has demonstrated need and urgency to take the next steps towards the creation of interoperability between neighboring nations for wildfire crisis management. Common standards for training and firefighting operations are essential for enhancing the preparedness for cooperative safe, effective and efficient wildfire response. The GFMC and the Chilean authorities decided to follow up the symposium held in Uruguay in 2016 and to convene a second regional event entitled Second Regional Consultation on Regional Cooperation in Cross-boundary Fire Management in South America. The consultation will be held in Chile, 2-3 October 2017.
- GFMC Monitoring of the wildfire emergency in Chile in January 2017: https://gfmc.online/gfmcnew/2017-gfmcnew/20170104_ar.html
- GFMC monitoring of the wildfire emergency in Chile in February 2017: https://gfmc.online/gfmcnew/2017-gfmcnew/20170125_cl.html
- Website of the preparatory mission (April 2017) of the Second Regional Consultation
On-site visit of regional fire management teams, reconnaissance flights of burned areas and political consultations with the Corporacion Nacional Forestal (CONAF) and other Chilean agencies (Photos: CONAF)
Regional Seminar on Integrated Fire Management in Tocantins
At this seminar, the results of the Project Cerrado Jalapao were presented, discussed and further steps agreed upon. A highlight of the seminar was opening of the Centro de Monitoramento Ambiental e Manejo do Fogo (Center for Environmental Monitoring and Fire Management); Federal University of Tocantins, Center of Environmental Monitoring and Fire Management, Gurupi, Brazil, 22-23 November 2016.
- https://www.giz.de/en/worldwide/12505.html
- Regional South America Wildland Fire Network: https://gfmc.online/GlobalNetworks/SouthAmerica/SouthAmerica.html
- Seminar website: http://www.cemaf.org/smif/
- Agenda of the Regional Seminar (Brazilian / Portuguese) (PDF, 0.8 MB)
- Agenda of the Regional Seminar (English) (PDF, 0.8 MB)
- Semarh e UFT inauguram Centro de Monitoramento Ambiental e Manejo do Fogo: /http://semarh.to.gov.br/noticia/2016/11/23/semarh-e-uft-inauguram-centro-de-monitoramento-ambiental-e-manejo-do-fogo/
- Special website of the Seminar
Primer Simposio Regional de Cooperación en Manejo del Fuego Inter-Fronterizo en Sudamérica,
Parque Nacional Santa Teresa, Uruguay, 30 de Mayo al 02 Junio 2016
- Agenda First Regional Symposium on Cross-Boundary Cooperation in Fire Management in South America (Spanish, PDF, 0.2 MB)
- Agenda First Regional Symposium on Cross-Boundary Cooperation in Fire Management in South America (English, PDF, 0.2 MB)
- Special website of the Symposium
Participants of the Regional Symposium
National Round Table on Fire Management in Uruguay, supported / facilitated by GFMC and the Regional South America Wildland Fire Network; Dirección Nacional de Bomberos, Montevideo, Uruguay (2 June 2016).
Participants of the First National Round Table on Fire Management at the National Directorate of the Fire Service, Montevideo, Uruguay
I Curso Internacional Gestión en Protección Contra Incendios Forestales, international course hosted in Chile and supported by the International Cooperation Agencies of AGSID (Chile) and JICA (Japan), Chile (21 March – 08 April 2016)
- Announcement (PDF, 327KB)
Doctorado en Ecología y Gestión de Fuegos de Vegetación, PhD program organized by the Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia San Juan Bosco, Chubut, Argentina (2016)
- Announcement (PDF, 0.1 MB)
- Flyer (PDF, 0.1. MB)
- Registration form (Word doc)
Fire management field campaign at Ecological Station Serra Geral do Tocantins and in State Park Jalapão; State of Tocantins, Brazil (6-10 July 2013)
- Naturatins website report (12 July 2013)
- Mirrored Naturatins Report on GFMC Repository (PDF, 0.4 MB)
- GIZ Project “Prevention, control and monitoring of bushfires in the Cerrado” website
- Deutsche Welle Report of the Field Campaign (03 September 2013) (English, long version)
- Deutsche Welle Report of the Field Campaign (03 September 2013) (English, short version)
- Deutsche Welle Report of the Field Campaign (03 September 2013) (German, long version)
- Deutsche Welle Report of the Field Campaign (03 September 2013) (German, short version)
- GIZ website: Preventing, controlling and monitoring fires in the Cerrado (2013)
- IKI website: Prevention, control and monitoring of fires in the Brazilian Cerrado (March 2023)
- IKI website: Prescribed burning – Fire in the Brazilian savannah (19 May 2017)
- IKI website: Video about Brazil’s fight against forest fires (2013)
- Prevention, control and monitoring of fires in the Brazilian Cerrado (GIZ) – IKI Project Evaluation (PDF) (May 2020
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. (2-5 July 2013)
- Fire Management in Protected Areas: Agenda (PDF, 0.3 MB)
Group Photo of Brazilian and International Seminar participants (4 July 2013)
International Workshop on Fire Management as a Tool for Wildfire Prevention, a collaboration activity between JICA Brasil and the National Center for Wild Fire Prevention and Combat Prevfogo, under the Brazilian Institute of Environment and Natural Renewable Resources Ibama. The workshop was supported with participation of the Global Wildland Fire Network and a GFMC presentation by the coordinator of the UNISDR Regional Subsahara Wildland Fire Network; Brasilia, Brazil (12-14 March 2012)
- IBAMA JICA Fire Workshop 2012 Agenda (PDF)
- IBAMA JICA Fire Workshop 2012 Report (PDF)
- Radio report
- TV report
2011 – Meeting of the Regional Network
The meeting was held in the frame of the 5th South American Symposium and 9th Technical Joint Assembly FUPEF / SIF / IPEF on “Forest Fire Control” and 9th Joint Technical FUPEF / SIF / IPEF Meeting on “Forest Fire Control” (V Simpósio Sul-Americano e 9ª. Reunião Técnica Conjunta FUPEF / SIF / IPEF sobre “Controle de incêndios Florestais”; durante a realização da Semana Florestal Brasileira) in Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil (11-12 April 2011).
2007 – IBAMA and FAO signed a MoU
In March 2007 the Secretaría de Coordinación del Grupo de Trabajo de América del Sur (at IBAMA / PREVFOGO) and the Regional Office and Secretariat of the FAO Regional Forestry Commission of Latin America and the Caribbean (Comisión Forestal para América Latina y el Caribe – COFLAC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding and a Work Plan for cooperation and networking in fire management in South America.
- Memorandum of Understanding between IBAMA / PREVFOGO, March 2007 (PDF, 0.5 MB)
- Biannual Work Plan (Plan Operativo Bianual) (PDF, 1.2 MB)
2004 to 2006 – FAO and GFMC Cooperation
Between 2004 and 2006 the FAO and GFMC supported the development of a “Strategy for Cooperation in Fire Management in South America”, which was part of the “Regional Strategy for Cooperation in Fire Management in Latin America and the Caribbean.
- Strategy for Cooperation in Fire Management in South America, 2006-2010 (Estrategia de Cooperación de América del Sur Para el Manejo del Fuego, 2006-2010) (PDF, 0.2 MB)
- Report of the technical workshop, June 2005 (Taller técnico subregional de Sudamérica, Ciudad de Curitiba; Brasil, 21 al 23 de junio de 2005: Informe) (PDF, 0.5 MB)
- Final report on the Development of the Regional Strategy for Cooperation in Latin America and the Caribbean (Apoyo al Desarrollo de una Estrategia Regional de Cooperación para la prevención, control y combate de Incendios Forestales. Resultados y recomendaciones del proyecto TCP/RLA/3010 (C). Informe preparado para los Ministerios responsables de los servicios forestales en los países de Latinoamérica y el Caribe miembros de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Agricultura y la Alimentación) (PDF, 0.2 MB)
2004 – Foundation of the Regional South America Wildland Fire Network
In June 2004 representatives of South American countries met in Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil, to formally establish partnerships and a regional network to enhance international cooperation in wildland fire management. The foundation meeting of the network was held in conjunction with the 3rd South American Symposium on Wildland Fire Control and the 7th Joint Technical Meeting FUPEF/SIF/IPEF on Wildland Fire Control, 14-17 June 2004, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil.
- Draft Outline and Agenda of the Network Foundation Meeting (Status: 19 May 2004)
- Questionnaire for the preparation and follow-up of the Network Foundation Meeting (English)
- Cuestionario para preparar la Fundación de la Red Regional Sudamericana de Incendios Forestales (español)
- Questionário prévio informal sobre a fundação da Rede Regional Sul-Americana de Incêndios Florestais (português)
- Evaluation of the questionnaires (español)
- Declaración de Curitiba sobre la Cooperación en el Manejo de Incendios en América del Sur (Curitiba Declaration on Cooperation in Wildland Fire Management in South America, 17 June 2004)
- Minutes of the network foundation meeting
Engaged discussions…
… resulting in the foundation of the Regional South America Wildland Fire Network – Curitiba, 14-17 June 2004. Photos: GFMC