Call for Participants: Land Youth Negotiator Progr

Call for Participants: Land Youth Negotiator ProgrammeThe Korea Forest Service is recruiting young Korean students to participate in the Land Youth Negotiator Programme, with the aim of fostering future global leaders in the forestry sector.□ Background & ObjectivesThe programme aims to cultivate young talent with global competencies in the field of forestry.□ Training Institution & ProgramInstitution: Youth Negotiators AcademyIt is a UK-based non-profit organization that conducts youth negotiator programmes for the UNFCCC and UNCCD.Program Name: Land Youth Negotiator ProgrammeFormat: Hybrid (Online & In-person)Online: March ~ August (approx. 50 hours total)In-person: Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia (August 2026)Number of Participants: Up to 2 individuals (Current undergraduate or graduate students, or students on leave, from forestry-related departments at universities in Korea)Sup...

Korea Forest Service Participates in FAO-UNEP led

Transforming Global Wildfire Response : From Suppression to PreventionThe Korea Forest Service (KFS), led by Minister KIM In-ho, participated virtually in the 4th Global Fire Management Hub Steering Committee Meeting, held in Nairobi, Kenya, from February 4 to 5. The Global Fire Management Hub is a key platform jointly led by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) on global wildfire response. This meeting brought together key countries and institutions to extend Integrated Fire Management (IFM)* globally, which focuses on wildfire planning, prevention, and response in the era of the climate crisis. Participating countries with strong interests in wildfire management included the Republic of Korea, the United States, Germany, Canada, Brazil, and Zimbabwe.* Integrated Fire Management (IFM): A forest fire management principle adopted by major developed countries, including K...

Korea Forest Service Participates in Training Fore

KFS Participates in Training Forest Fire Experts for Climate Disaster Response in Five Asian Countries Joint Korea France Cooperation to Train Forest Fire InstructorsKorea Forest Service, led by Minister KIM In-ho, announced on February 2 that it implemented a forest fire suppression expert training program in Thailand from January 19 to 30, in collaboration with the Republic of Korea, France, and the Asian Forest Cooperation Organization (AFoCO), to strengthen forest fire response capacity in Asia. The program targeted 23 forestry officials from five tropical forest countries?Thailand, Vietnam, Lao PDR, Myanmar, and Bhutan?and was designed to train them as forest fire suppression trainers. A total of seven instructors, including four from Korea and three from France, delivered comprehensive forest fire suppression training with hands-on field exercises covering forest fire prevention, response, and suppression. Through this training, forestry ...