UNISDR Global Wildland Fire Network (GWFN)

In accordance with the decision of the former Inter-Agency Task Force for Disaster Reduction (IATF/DR) of the UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR), the Global Wildland Fire Network (GWFN) and the UNISDR Wildland Fire Advisory Group (WFAG) were created in 2004 under the auspices of UNISDR. The GWFN provides an umbrella of 14 independent Regional Wildland Fire Networks of different / individual origins and mandates. The GWFN mission is to:

• Reduce the negative impacts of landscape fires on the environment and humanity
• Advance the knowledge and application of the ecologically and environmentally benign role of natural fire in fire-dependent ecosystems, and sustainable application of fire in land-use systems.

More details are accessible here:

• The Global Wildland Fire Network: Rationale and Introduction
• Implementation of the recommendations / statements of the International Wildland Fire Summit and the International Wildland Fire Conferences
• Publications about and from the Global Wildland Fire Network / Regional Wildland Fire Networks
• International Fire Aviation Working Group (IFAWG)
• Summary of Thirty Years International Cooperation in Landscape Fire Management: Review of Progress, Achievements and Prospects for the Future (GFMC opening keynote of the 7th International Wildland Fire Conference, held in Campo Grande, Brazil, 28 October 2019).

This world map shows the delineation of the Regional Wildland Fire Networks. The vegetation types display characteristic fire regimes in the regions in a generalized way. Details are described in the background documents on the regional network web pages. The red stars show the locations of the Regional Hubs of GFMC, i.e. the Regional Fire Monitoring Centers and the Regional Fires Management Resource Centers.

Regional Wildland Fire Networks

• Regional Eurasian Wildland Fire Network
• Regional Southeast Europe / Caucasus Wildland Fire Network
• Sub-Regional Euro-Alpine Wildland Fire Network
• Regional Central Asia Wildland Fire Network
• Regional Northeast Asia Wildland Fire Network
• Regional South Asia Wildland Fire Network
• Regional South East Asia Wildland Fire Network (ASEAN)
• Regional Australasia Wildland Fire Network (AFAC)
• Regional Subsahara Africa Wildland Fire Network (Afrifirenet)
• Regional North America Wildland Fire Network
• Regional South America Wildland Fire Network
• Regional Mesoamerica Wildland Fire Network
• Regional Caribbean Wildland Fire Network
• Regional Mediterranean Wildland Fire Network (Silva Mediterranea Forest Fire Working Group)
• Regional Near East Wildland Fire Network (NENFIRE)

Regional Fire Management Resource Centers (RFMRCs) and Regional Fire Monitoring Centers (RFMCs)

• Regional Fire Monitoring Center for Southeast Europe / Caucasus (RFMC)
• Regional Eastern Europe Fire Monitoring Center (REEFMC)
• Regional Central Asia Fire Management Resource Center (RCAFMRC)
• Regional Fire Management Resource Center – South East Asia Region (RFMRC-SEA)
• Regional Eurasia Fire Monitoring Center (REFMC)
• Regional Fire Management Resource Center – South America Region (RFMRC-SAR)
• Regional Eastern Africa Fire Management Resource Center (REAFMRC)
• Regional Western Africa Fire Management Resource Center (RWAFMRC)