The 2017 Asia Forest Fire Management Training & Pan-Asia Wildland Fire Network Conference was successfully held from 15 to 22 October 2017 in Republic of Korea.

The National Institute of Forest Science (NIFoS), a chair of the UNISDR Pan-Asia Wildland Fire Network, hosted Forest Fire Management for Training of Trainers targeting ASEAN member countries jointly with ASEAN-Korea Forest Cooperation in 2015. To further contribute to enhanced fire management capabilities of Asian countries, the NIFoS hostedthe 2017 Asia Forest Fire Management Training to foster specialists who are capable of managing forest fires in their countries, and to share information on local forest fire issues among participants.

In conjunction with the training, the 2nd Pan-Asia Wildland Fire Conference was held as stipulated in the statement of the UNISDR Pan-Asia Wildland Fire Network Meeting 2013.