Global Fire Management Hub Plenary
Rome (Italy), 10/06/2025 - 12/06/2025
The first Plenary of the Global Fire Management Hub (“Fire Hub”) will take place on 10–12 June 2025 at FAO headquarters in Rome.
This hybrid event will bring together scientists, policymakers, community leaders, and practitioners to share knowledge, build partnerships, and strengthen global fire management efforts.
With opening remarks by FAO Forestry Director Zhimin Wu, this collaborative event is co-organized by FAO and a wide range of partners including Amazon+, the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization, Global Fire Monitoring Centre, International Tropical Timber Organization, Joint Research Centre of the European Commission, the Regional Community Forestry Training Center for Asia and the Pacific, Spatial Informatics Group, Thompson Rivers University, Tropenbos International, the United Nations Environment Programme, and the World Meteorological Organization.
Silva Mediterranea and the Near East Network on Wildlands Forest Fire (NENFIRE) will co-host a side event titled "Cross-Regional Collaboration for Integrated Fire Management: Opportunities and Solutions in Near East and Mediterranean Regions”. The side event will take place on 10 June at 14.00 (UTC+2).
With wildfires intensifying across both regions, this event will highlight best practices in Integrated Fire Management, community engagement, and post-fire restoration, drawing on expert inputs from Morocco, Spain, and global partners. It will also spotlight the urgent need for stronger cross-regional cooperation.
Furthermore, over three days, the Plenary will feature:
- Nine main sessions led by partners, focusing on key Fire Hub themes, and nine side events for in-depth discussions and networking.
- A key focus on community-based fire management, ensuring solutions that are inclusive, sustainable, and tailored to the needs of Indigenous Peoples and other local knowledge holders, particularly in the Global South.
- Spotlight sessions on Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, and the Amazon, sharing regional challenges and solutions.
You are welcome to join the main sessions online. More information, including details on the speakers, the agenda and webcast links, can be found here. All main sessions will be interpreted in English, French, Spanish and Portuguese.