2017 Asia Forest Fire Management Training

The National Institute of Forest Science (NIFoS), a chair of the UNISDR Pan-Asia Wildland Fire Network, hosted the 2017 Asia Forest Fire Management Training & Pan-Asia Wildland Fire Network Conference from 15 to 22 October 2017 in the Republic of Korea.

The National Institute of Forest Science (NIFoS), a chair of the UNISDR Pan-Asia Wildland Fire Network, hosted Forest Fire Management for Training of Trainers targeting ASEAN member countries jointly with ASEAN-Korea Forest Cooperation in 2015. To further contribute to enhanced fire management capabilities of Asian countries, the NIFoS hosted the 2017 Asia Forest Fire Management Training to foster specialists who are capable of managing forest fires in their countries and to share information on local forest fire issues among participants.

File Presentation:

• Peat land fire behavior and environmental impacts
  Bambang Hero Saharjo
• Ground Suppression Techniques (GST)
  Sundar Prasad Sharma
• Prescribed Burning
  Oyunsanaa Byambasuren
• Fire Safety
  Oyunsanaa Byambasuren
• Community-based Fire Management (CBFiM) Principle and Practices (A case from Nepal)
  Sundar Prasad Sharma
• Fire Behavior and Cause Investigation
  Sungyong Kim

Country Presentation:

• Bhutan
  Akey Dorji
• India
  Dr. Amit Kumar Verma & Namitha Nhandadiyil Kaliyathan
• Indonesia
  Ati Dwi Nurhayati & Astan Manurung
• Malaysia
  Ahmad Ainuddin Nuruddin, Mohd Afzanizam Bin Muda & Hyrul Izwan Bin Mohd Husin
• Mongolia
  Galtzul Sukhbaatar
• Nepal
  Gagan Sharma
• Sri Lanka
  Mahinda Senevirathna
• Thailand
  Chatchaya Buaniam & Wasun Jundang

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