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Enhancing Mediterranean Forest Fire Resilience and Prevention

The Silva Mediterranea Working Group on Forest Fires in the Mediterranean Region aims to prevent forest fires through sustainable forest management practices. The group facilitates information exchange, workshops, and initiatives to enhance forest resilience and prevent wildfires. With a focus on collaboration with various countries, the group promotes tools like the Incident Command System and the FAO Voluntary Guidelines on Fire Management. The work plan for 2013-2016 emphasizes updating networks, promoting prevention strategies, and sharing best practices for fire suppression.

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Enhancing Mediterranean Forest Fire Resilience and Prevention

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  1. Enlarged Executive Committee SILVA MEDITERRANEA WORKING GROUP ON FOREST FIRES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN REGION Hammamet, Tunisia, 3-4 December 2013

  2. BACKGROUND • ESTABLISHED as working group in 2002 (18th Session of Silva Mediterranea, Rome) • ROLE: Facilitate information exchanges on experiences, both successes and failures

  3. BACKGROUND • GOAL: Forest fires prevention through SFM practices at local level, building forest resilience at landscape level (in a context of Climate Change) • TOOLS: National Focal Pointsto raise awareness of the common problems in a common framework

  4. BACKGROUND • MEMBERS OF SILVA MEDITERRANEA: 28 Countries and the EU • FOCAL POINTS FFWG: 16 countries and the EU (Europe, Near East, North Africa) • SECRETARIAT: FAO • CHAIR: SPAIN and TURKEY

  5. Work plan 2009-2012: OBJECTIVES • 1: Updating the FFWG network • 2: Promoting the incorporation of all Mediterranean countries to EFFIS • 3: Promoting initiatives of prevention at local level • 4: Promoting bilateral agreements between countries for joint actions on border areas and cooperation in suppression activities • 5: Promoting the participation in the FAO Fire Management Actions Alliance of all Mediterranean countries

  6. Work plan 2009-2012: MAIN RESULTS • Workshops: • FF prevention and regional cooperation, Sabaudia, 2008 • FF Risks and Strategies for prevention, Rhodes, 2010 • Extension of EFFIS for the MENA countries, Rabat, 2011 • MFW, Avignon, 2011: • Agenda of the collaboration with EFFIS • POSITION PAPER ON WILDFIRES PREVENTION (presented South Africa May 2011, published October 2011)

  7. Main results 2009-2012: planned activities • FFWG network contacts updated • Near east network integrated • MENA countries incorporated to EFFIS • Inventory of existing suppression agreetments, presented at the Global Wildfire Network of the UNISDR • Highlights the importance of using the FAO Fire Management Voluntary Guidelines

  8. Planned activities for the period 2012-2013 • Dissemination and promotion of the Position Paper • Implement the conclusions of the rabat workshop related with the EFFIS extension to the MENA countries (focal points designation, training on cause investigation, regular attendance to the EC EG meetings) • Elaboration of WORK PLAN FOR 2013-2016

  9. WORK PLAN 2013-2016 : objectives • 1. FFWG network • 2.Forest Fire Prevention • 3. Forest Fire Supression • 4. Others

  10. O1. FFWG NETWORK • Maintaining the contacts updated at the Silvamediterranea website • Reinforce collaboration with the Forest Fire Expert Group(European Commission) • Collaborate with other Mediterranean regions (Australia, Chile, South Africa, State of California)

  11. O2. FOREST FIRE PREVENTION • Promoting forest fire causes investigation and training • Elaboration of prescribed burning guidelines in the Mediterranean • Promote forest fires awareness and Community Based Fire Management (CBFiM) initiatives • Continue promoting the application and extension of EFFIS to all Mediterranean Basin countries

  12. O3. FOREST FIRE SUPRESSION • Promote the adoption of the Incident Command System(ICS) in the Mediterranean • Promote the adoption of FAO Voluntary Guidelines on Fire Management • Promote forest fires accidents investigations and exchange of lessons learned • Promote bilateral/multilateral agreements between countries

  13. O4. OTHERS • Dynamize Silvamediterranea web page regarding activities of the WG1 • Preparation of the forest fire chapter of the State of Mediterranean Forests

  14. NEEDS • MORE IMPLICATION AND INPUTS OF THE NATIONAL FOCAL POINTS • REACH THE APPROPIATED DECISION MAKERS FORUMS AIM • SILVA MED AND ITS WG: Forum to develop the mediterranean forest policy

  15. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION http://www.fao.org/forestry/35587/en/ Elsa Enríquez Alcalde Spanish Forest Fire Service Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment eenriquez@magrama.es

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