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International Strategy for Disaster Reduction 9 th Inter-Agency Task Force Meeting Geneva, 4-5 May 200 4 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
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International Strategy for Disaster Reduction 9thInter-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 9thInter-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)
Building of the International Wildland Fire Accord
The UN-ISDR / GFMC Global Wildland Fire Network Regions of the ISDR / GFMC Global Wildland Fire Network: Zonal, socio-economic 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 DepartmentFood and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FRA 2005Global Forest Fire Assessment 2000-2005Forest Resources Assessment ProgrammeRome 2005
International Strategy for Disaster Reduction 9thInter-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 9thInter-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 9thInter-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 9thInter-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 ?