International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
9th Inter-Agency Task Force Meeting
Geneva, 4-5 May 2004
Transition from Working Group 4 Wildland Fire
to the Global Wildland Fire Network
and the Wildland Fire Advisory Group:
Towards an International Wildland Fire Accord
Johann G. Goldammer
Coordinator, WG 4 / Wildland Fire Advisory Group
Global Wildland Fire Network
Global Fire Monitoring Center (GFMC)
International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
9th Inter-Agency Task Force Meeting
Geneva, 4-5 May 2004
Objective of this presentation
 Brief status report on the framework for the
development of an International Wildland Fire Accord
(… Regime)
Currently involved
Wildland Fire Networks within the UN (I)
•
Economic Commission for Europe
(Europe, CIS, USA, Canada)
ECE / FAO / ILO Team of Specialists on Forest Fire
•
North American Forestry Commission
Fire Management Working Group
•
FAO Silva Mediterranea
Forest Fire Working Group
Currently involved
Wildland Fire Networks within the UN (II)
•
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
(OCHA) & United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Joint UNEP/OCHA Environment Unit


Advisory Group on Environmental Emergencies (AGEE)
WSSD Partnership on Environmental Emergencies
Activity 2004:


Joint GFMC / ISDR / FAO / OCHA / UNU / NEPAD Advanced Wildland Fire
Management Training Workshop for SADC Countries, South Africa
Future courses proposed for the Balkan, Eastern Mediterranean, Near
East and Central Asia Regions
Currently involved
Wildland Fire Networks within the UN (III)

Inter-Agency and international cooperation through
•
UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UN-ISDR)
Inter-Agency Task Force for Disaster Reduction
Working Group on Wildland Fire (2001-2003)
UN-ISDR Wildland Fire Advisory Group (since 2004)
Objectives
•
•
•
Advisory body to the UN
Global inter-agency, inter-sectoral and interdisciplinary platform for the
wildland fire community
Facilitation of the Global Wildland Fire Network
Main UN Partners of the
Wildland Fire Advisory Group
Besides the mentioned regional arrangements and networks:
 UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
 World Health Organization (WHO)
 World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
 UNESCO
 International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO)
new
 United Nations University, Inst. Environment and Human Security
 UN Conventions
- Convention on Biodiversity (CBD) (since2003)
- Convention on Combat of Desertification (CCD) (since 2004)
- Framework Convention of Climate change (FCCC) (since 2004)
 UN Forum on Forests (UNFF) (since 2003)
UN Family
Building of the
International Wildland
Fire Accord
Interagency Task Force
for Disaster Reduction (IATF)
International Strategy for
Disaster Reduction (ISDR)
Core Group:
International Liaison
Committee (ILC) for
the series of
International Wildland
Fire Conferences
UN-ISDR
FAO
UNEP, UNESCO
WHO, WMO
CPF, UNFF
UN Conventions
UNU EHS
GFMC
-
Wildland Fire
-
Advisory Group
-
-
Global Wildland
Fire Network
* Joint UNEP/OCHA
Environment Unit, Advisory
Group on Environmental
Emergencies (AGEE)
* Bilateral and multilateral
agreements
Consultative Group:
-
Collaborative Partnership
on Forests (CPF) and
UNFF
FCCC Working
Programme
CBD Working
Programme
Civil Society
NGOs
R&D
Banks
PPPs
CCD Working
Programme
The UN-ISDR / GFMC Global Wildland Fire Network
Regions of the
ISDR / GFMC
Global Wildland
Fire Network:
Zonal, socioeconomic and
political entities
___ North America
___ Mesoamerica and
Caribbean
___ South America
___ Mediterranean
___ Balkan
___ Subsahara Africa
___ Baltic
___ Central Asia
___ North East Asia
___ South Asia
___ South East Asia
___ Australasia
Currently existing and planned
Regional Wildland Fire Networks (I)
•
Regional South East Asia Wildland Fire Network (ASEAN)
ASEAN Transboundary Haze Agreement
•
Regional Subsahara Africa Wildland Fire Network
Afrifirenet / SAFNet
•
Regional Mesoamerica Wildland Fire Network
Mesoamerica Regional Agreement
•
Regional Baltic Wildland Fire Network
UN-ECE Region: FAO / ECE Team of Specialists on Forest Fire
Currently existing and planned
Regional Wildland Fire Networks (II)
•
Regional Mediterranean Wildland Fire Network
FAO Silva Mediterranea
•
Regional Australasia Wildland Fire Network
Australasian Fire Authorities Council (AFAC)
•
Regional North America Wildland Fire Network
FAO NAFC Fire Management Working Group
•
Regional Balkan Wildland Fire Network
UN-ECE Region: Team of Specialists on Forest Fire
•
Regional Central Asia Wildland Fire Network
UN-ECE Region: Team of Specialists on Forest Fire
Currently existing and planned
Regional Wildland Fire Networks (III)
•
Regional North East Asia Wildland Fire Network
Korea Forest Service (with ISDR)
•
Regional South America Wildland Fire Network
Start: June 2004, Curitiba, Brazil
•
Regional South Asia Wildland Fire Network
t.b.d.
Forestry Department
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
FRA 2005
Global Forest Fire Assessment
2000-2005
Forest Resources Assessment Programme
Rome 2005
International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
9th Inter-Agency Task Force Meeting
Geneva, 4-5 May 2004
Roadmap to support the International Wildland
Fire Accord (before 2004)
 IDNDR – Yokohama 1994
 ECE/FAO Conference Forest, Fire and Global Change
(Russian Federation, 1996)
 FAO Consultations (1998, 2001)
 International Wildland Fire Conferences in Vancouver
(1997) and Sydney (2003)
 International Wildland Fire Summit (2003)
International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
9th Inter-Agency Task Force Meeting
Geneva, 4-5 May 2004
Roadmap to support the International Wildland
Fire Accord (2004)
 Regional conferences and consultations in
- Northeast Asia (Korea, March 2004)
- Eastern Mediterranean, Near East, Balkans, Central
Asia (Turkey, April 2004)
- Baltic Region (Finland, May 2004)
- South America (Brazil, June 2004)
- Central America (Costa Rica, October 2004)
International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
9th Inter-Agency Task Force Meeting
Geneva, 4-5 May 2004
Roadmap to support the International Wildland
Fire Accord (2004 +)
 Western Hemispheric Wildland Fire Conference (Costa
Rica, October 2004)
 WCDR Kobe, Hyogo (January 2005)
 International High-Level Meeting (FAO, March 2005)
 UN General Assembly Resolution on Cooperation in
Wildland Fire Management
International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
9th Inter-Agency Task Force Meeting
Geneva, 4-5 May 2004
Roadmap to support the International Wildland
Fire Accord (2004 +)
 WCDR – a springboard to
highlight the dimension of wildland fire threats
underline the necessity and opportunities to act
reach agreement towards the International Wildland
Fire Accord
… an element of a future International Disaster
Reduction Regime ?