Global Fire Monitoring Center (GFMC) and Global Wildland Fire Network (GWFN) Mission Statement


In accordance with the decision of the former Inter-Agency Task Force for Disaster Reduction (IATF) of the UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR), based on the proposal of the IATF Working Group 4 “Wildland Fire”, 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 and eight Regional Fire Monitoring / Fire Management Resource Centers of different / individual origins and mandates. Its 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.

Website of the Global Wildland Fire Network with 14 Regional Websites and access to the Regional Centers:

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