Global Wildland Fire Network Activities 2007
Activities of the Global Wildland Fire Network in 2007:
- Regional Wildland Fire Consultation on the Development of a Strategy on International Cooperation in Wildland Fire Management in the Regional South East European / Caucasus Wildland Fire Network (19-21 March 2007, Sofia, Bulgaria)
- Memorandum of Understanding and a Work Plan for Cooperation and Networking in Fire Management South America signed (March 2007, Brazil and COFLAC Secretariat)
- Foundation Meeting of the Regional South Asia Wildland Fire Network (2-3 April 2007, Kathmandu, Nepal)
- 4th International Wildland Fire Conference with meeting of the UNISDR Global Wildland Fire Network (12-18 May 2007, Sevilla, Spain)
- GWFN poster presentations at the 4th International Wildland Fire Conference
- First meeting of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction under the auspices of the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) (5-7 June 2007, UN Geneva, Switzerland)
- International Meeting on Reduction of Disaster Risk from Catastrophic Wildfires in the Chernobyl Irradiated Forests (25-28 July 2007, Kiev, Ukraine)
- 41st Annual Meeting of the North American Forest Commission Fire Management Working Group (24-28 September 2007, Guadalajara, Jalisco, México)
- Foro Centroamericano sobre Manejo del Fuego: Incendios forestales una realidad en Centroamerica . GTZ Trifinio trilateral fire management project El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras (28 October – 3 November 2007, San Salvador, El Salvador)
- SILVOTECNA 2007: Forest fires: threats and challenges under a scenario of global warming (8-9 November 2007, Concepción, Chile)
- National Round Table on Fire Management, Nepal (11-19 December 2007, Kathmandu, Nepal)