The Korea Forest Service will join forces with Gangwon province to hold the 6th International Wildland Fire Conference in Oct, 2015, in Pyeongchang, Korea, in an effort to exchange views on wildland fire related international issues.
The Conference will bring together not only policy makers, researchers and practitioners but also the international organizations and NGOs from 80 countries to discuss about the global efforts to prevent their damage and forge a concerted response to them. Korea has made its utmost effort to undertake greening works and prevent wildland fire damage for the last four decades.
The Conference will provide a platform for the nation to share its know-how for wildland fire prevention and cutting edge technologies including real time wildland fire control system using ICT that has been recently constructed with the international society.