Global Wildland Fire Network Activities 2009
Global Wildland Fire Network
Activities 2009
Activities of the Global Wildland Fire Network in 2009:
- Development of regional wildland fire policies in Madagascar (Boeny and Diana regions) and inclusion of Madagascar to the UNISDR Global Wildland Fire Network / Regional Sub-Sahara Africa Wildland Fire Network (11-21 January 2009, Antananarivo – Mahajanga, Madagascar)
- Government of Nepal endorses final work plan for the project Development of a Forest Fire Management Strategy and Implementation Plan for Nepal; with Emphasis on Community Participation and Regional Cooperation sponsored by the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO), to be implemented by the GFMC (J.G. Goldammer) and the National Chapter of the UNISDR Regional South Asia Wildland Fire Network (S. Sharma) between 1 February and 31 July 2009 (22 January 2009, Katmandu, Yokohama, Freiburg)
- Pan-Asia Forest Fire Consultation for the UNISDR Regional Wildland Fire Networks of Northeast Asia, Central Asia, Southeast Asia (ASEAN), and South Asia (1-6 February 2009, Busan, South Korea)
- Initiation of the field work and stakeholder consultations of the project Development of a Forest Fire Management Strategy and Implementation Plan for Nepal; with Emphasis on Community Participation and Regional Cooperation, sponsored by the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO), to be implemented by the GFMC and the National Chapter of the UNISDR Regional South Asia Wildland Fire Network (7-13 March 2009, Kathmandu, Hetauda, Nepal)
- Inauguration Meeting of the UNECE/FAO Team of Specialists on Forest Fire for the work period 2008-2013 (1 April 2009, United Nations, Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland)
- ILC Preparatory Meeting for the 5th International Wildland Fire Conference 2011 “WildFire2011”. The WildFire 2011 National Organizing Committee and the Scientific Advisory Committee to present the current status of preparation and future action items (19-21 May 2009, Sun City / Pilanesberg National Park, South Africa)
- Second meeting of the UNISDR Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction, with GFMC Side Event Global Change and Wildfire in which the White Paper on Vegetation Fires and Global Change was introduced to the UN system (18 June 2009) (15-19 June 2009, Geneva, Switzerland)
- National Round Table for the Establishment of a National Inter-Agency Fire Management Committee in Georgia, conducted in the frame of the ENVSEC / GFMC project Enhancing National Capacity on Fire Management and Risk Reduction in the South Caucasus (3-9 September 2009, Tbilisi, Georgia)
- Advanced Seminar Wildfires and Human Security: Fire Management on Terrain Contaminated by Radioactivity, Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) and Land Mines, conducted by the Global Fire Monitoring Center (GFMC) in the frame of the activities of the Council of Europe (CoE) and the joint project Enhancing National Capacity on Fire Management and Risk Reduction in the South Caucasus (Environment and Security Initiative [ENVSEC], the UNISDR Regional Southeast Europe / Caucasus and Central Asia Wildland Fire Networks and the UNECE / FAO Team of Specialists on Forest Fire (6-8 October 2009, Kyiv / Chernobyl, Ukraine)
- 43nd Annual Meeting of the North American Forest Commission Fire Management Working Group (6-8 October 2009, Sacramento, California, USA)
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