Joint meeting of the wildland fire advisory group

The Wildland Fire Advisory Group is serving as an advisory body to the United Nations system and is operating under the auspices of the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR). The group includes members of civil society and agencies of countries organized in Regional Wildland Fire Networks / Global Wildland Fire Network, as well as members of international
organizations (UN, non UN).

The meeting will provide opportunity to discuss the necessary steps to be taken.
Besides a presentation of the status of the fire situation in the regions the following items will be presented and discussed:

- Activities of the Regional Wildland Fire Networks 2007-2011, notably the Regional Consultations to address “Global Change and Wildland Fire: Regional Solutions for Fire Management”
- Creation of a sub-regional network in the European Alpine region
- Discussion about the options for a 2nd International Wildland Fire Summit
- Status of the Fire Management Actions Alliance (a business meeting for the Actions Alliance Advisory Group will be conducted separately without involving the whole WFAG group)
- Financing of the outreach activities of the Regional Wildland Fire Networks
- 5th International Wildland Fire Conference (South Africa, 2011) (a business meeting for the ILC will be conducted separately without involving the whole WFAG group, on 7 July 2008)
- Status and prospects for the Global Wildland Fire Early Warning System
- Global Wildland Fire Assessment 2010 (ground – with FAO, Space with GOFC-GOLD)
- The Rosersberg Initiative – towards improvement of preparedness to and governance in responding to environmental emergencies, including wildfires, through international cooperation
- Other topics to be added, general discussion.