Name of the contributor Reported country
AFRICA
Saket, M. Mozambique
Trigg, S. & Le Roux, J. Namibia
De Ronde, C. & Goldammer, J.G. South Africa
Tandjiékpon, A.M. Benin
Eva, H. & Grégoire, J-M. Central African Republic
Bekele, M. & Mengesha, B. Ethiopia
Ndambiri, J.K. & Kahuki, C.D. Kenya
Drame, M. Senegal
Bayoumi, A.A.M.S. Sudan
ASIA
Goldammer, J.G. & Hoffmann, A.A. Indonesia
Wan Ahmad, W.M.S. Malaysia
Pogeyed, M.L. Philippines
Akaakara, S. Thailand
Bahuguna, V.K. & Singh, S. India
Bajracharya, K.M. Nepal
Ariyadasa, K.P. Sri Lanka
Shu, L. & Tian, X. China
Allard, G. Iran
Khaidara, K. & Arkhipov, V. Kazakhstan
Lim, J-H. Republic of Korea
GFMC Mongolia
EUROPE
Hadjikyriakou, G. Cyprus
Xanthopoulos, G. Greece
Scipioni, A., Gabellini, B., Caldari, F. & Cavalensi, R. Italy
Bassil, M. Lebanon
Vélez, R. Spain
Bilgili, E. Turkey
Mysleiko, I.G. & Shamal, V. Belarus
Kütt, V. Estonia
Vainio, T. Finland
Lex, P. & Goldammer, J.G. Germany
Gertners, A. Latvia
Gaigalas, G. Lithuania
Shvidenko, A. & Goldammer, J.G. Russian Federation
Name of the contributor Reported country
OCEANIA
Gill, M. & Moore, P.H.R. Australia
King, T. Fiji
Craig, A. New Zealand
NORTH AMERICA , CENTRAL AMERICA & CARIBBEAN
Stocks, B.J. Canada
Mutch, R.W. USA
Cedeño, O. Mexico
Román Cuesta, R.M. Chiapas
De Dixmude, A.J. Nicaragua
Ramos, M. Cuba
Singh, K. Trinidad & Tobago
SOUTH AMERICA
Dentoni, M.C. Argentina
Martínez, I. & Cordero, W. Bolivia
Mutch, R. Brazil
Sanhueza, P.I. Chile
ADB Asian Development Bank
ADIE Association pour le Développement de
l’Information Environnementale
AIFM ASEAN Institute for Forest Management
ALIDES Alianza Latinoamericana para el Desarrollo Sostenible
API Air
Pollutant Index
ASEAN Association of South East Asian Nations
ATSR Along
Tracking Scanning Radiometer
AVHRR Advanced Very High Resolution
Radiometer
BALTEX Baltic Exercise on Fire Information and Resources
Exchange
BAPEDAL Environmental Impact Management Agency
BIBEX Biomass
Burning Experiment
BIRD Bi-spectral IR Detection
CCAD Central America
Commission for Environment and Development
CDF Centre de Développement
Forestier
CEOS Committee of Earth Observation Satellites
CIFOR Center for
International Forestry Research
CONAF Corporación Nacional Forestal
(Chile)
DBH Diameter at Breast Height
DMSP Defense Meteorological
Satellite Program
DNFFB Direcçao Nacional de Florestas e Fauna Bravia
EDC
Eros Data Centre
ENSO El Niño-Southern Oscillation
EOS Earth Observation
System
ERS-2 SAR European Radar Satellite-2-Synthetic Aperture Radar
EXPRESSO Experiment for Regional Sources and Sinks of Oxidants
EZ
Ecological Zone
FAA Fire-Affected Areas
FAO Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations
FDI Fire Danger Index
FMUs Fire
Management Units
FORIS Forest Resources Information System
FPAs Fire
Protection Associations
FRA Forest Resources Assessment
FREG Fire Ecology
Research Group
FSTCU Forestry Sector Technical Coordination Unit
GDP Gross
Domestic Product
GFMC Global Fire Monitoring Center
GIS Geographic
Information System
GOFC Global Observation of the Forest Cover
GTZ German
Agency for Technical Cooperation
GVFI Global Vegetation Fire Information
system
HTE High-Temperature Events
IBAMA Instituto Brasileiro do Meio
Ambiente e dos Recursos Naturais Renovaveis
ICS Incident Command
System
IDNDR International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction
IFFM
Integrated Forest Fire Management
IFFN International Forest Fire News
IGAC
International Global Atmospheric Chemistry
IGBP International Geosphere and
Biosphere Programme
IGOS International Global Observing Strategy
IIASA
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
ILO International Labour
Organization
INSARAG International Search and Rescue Advisory Group
IR
Infra Red
ISDR International Strategy on disaster Reduction
ITTO
International Tropical Timber Organization
IUCN World Conservation
Union
JFM Joint Forest Management
JICA Japan International Cooperation
Agency
KBDI Keetch/Byram Dryness Index (a metric fire danger
index)
Landsat MSS Landsat Multi-Spectral Scanner
NDVI Normalized
Difference Vegetation Index
NFPA National Forest Priority Areas
NGO
Non-governmental Organization
NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
NTFP Non Timber Forest Products
OCHA UN Office for the
Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
PREVFOGO National system for Wildland
Fire Prevention and Suppression (Brazil)
RECOFTC Regional Community Forestry
Training Center
SADC Southern African Development Community
SAFARI
Southern Africa Fire-Atmosphere Research Initiative
SEAFIRE South East Asian
Fire Experiment
SODEFOR State Reforestation Service
TACIS Project
Technical Assistance to the Commonwealth of Independent States
TOMS Total
Ozone Mapping Spectrometer
TREES Tropical Ecosystem Environment observations
by Satellites
TSP Total Suspended Particulate matter
UNDAC The United
Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination
UN-ECE United Nations Economic
Commission for Europe
UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization
USDA US Department of Agriculture
WMO World
Meteorological Organization
WWF Worldwide Fund of Nature
