National Round Table on development of State Strategy and Action Plan to Improve National System of Landscape Fire Management

On December 1, 2020, National Round Table dedicated to development of State Strategy and Action Plan for Improving National Landscape Fire Management System in Ukraine was held online under the chairmanship of the First Deputy Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of Ukraine Bohdan Borukhovsky. The event was organized by Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Ukraine, Verkhovna Rada Committee on Environmental Policy and Nature Management, Global Fire Monitoring Center (GFMC, Freiburg, Germany), Regional Eastern Europe Fire Monitoring Center (REEFMC) and National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine.

Fig. 2. Participants of the National Round Table

The NRT was held in format of reports and discussions. The event was attended by 44 representatives of key agencies, enterprises and organizations whose activities are related to protection of natural landscapes from fires and their suppression from all over Ukraine, including Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Ukraine, Verkhovna Rada Committee on Environmental Policy and Nature Management, Global Fire Monitoring Center (GFMC, Freiburg, Germany), Regional Eastern Europe Fire Monitoring Center (REEFMC), State Agency of Forest Resources of Ukraine, State Emergency Service of Ukraine, International Association of Civil Protection of Ukraine, Society of Foresters of Ukraine, Zhytomyr Regional Department of Forestry and Hunting, Chernobyl Radiation and Ecological Biosphere Reserve, Agrarian Radio, FSC Ukraine, Kharkiv Regional Council, central and local authorities, public organizations, as well as other departments, organizations and enterprises capacity.