Some 35 participants from state agencies dealing with forest fire management are attending the event, which takes place in Gabal, a district in northern Azerbaijan. The training was delivered by experts from Germany, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Turkey.
"Due to increasing number of emergencies in the region related to extreme weather and as a result of climate change, expected prolonged droughts, forest fires are expected to occur more often," said Emmanuel Huntzinger, the Head of the Economic and Environmental Unit at the OSCE Office in Baku. "OSCE recognizes the importance of this challenge and through training such as this, enhance Azerbaijan's capacity in wildfire management."
Zahid Hasanov representing the State Fire Protection Service of Azerbaijan's Emergency Situations Ministry said: "The development of dedicated policies and implementation strategies can make forest fire management efforts more effective and efficient. We are committed to strengthen our capacity for co-ordinated response to combat forest fire, and welcome the OSCE's assistance in this regard."
The training course will be followed by a meeting with community members of Gabala on 26 September and a national roundtable meeting on wildfire management on 27 September, which will bring together representatives of all state institutions involved in the management of forest fires, civil society representatives and international organizations who will discuss progress and challenges, targeted policies, as well as regional and international co-operation on fire management in Azerbaijan....
A forest in Azerbaijain, shot by Gulustan, Wikimedia Commons, under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license
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