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.

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.

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.

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“.

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:

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.

     
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.

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


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)

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)

Fire management field campaign at Ecological Station Serra Geral do Tocantins and in State Park Jalapão; State of Tocantins, Brazil (6-10 July 2013)






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)


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)

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.

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.

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.

Engaged discussions…

… resulting in the foundation of the Regional South America Wildland Fire Network – Curitiba, 14-17 June 2004. Photos: GFMC

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