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GFMC: IFFN Specials

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International Forest Fire News – Special Issues


Special Issue on Fire Management in Cultural and Natural Landscapes, Nature Conservation and Forestry in Temperate-Boreal Eurasia (IFFN No. 38, January – December 2009)

  • Fire Management in Cultural and Natural Landscapes, Nature Conservation and Forestry in Temperate-Boreal Eurasia: Introduction to a Symposium and its Follow-up (PDF, 195 KB)
  • Prescribed Fire as a Restoration Tool and its Past, Present and Future Use in Västernorrland County, Sweden (PDF, 413 KB)
  • Prescribed Range Burning in the Pyrenees: From a Traditional Practice to a Modern Management Tool (PDF, 632 KB)
  • Fire as a Restoration Tool in the Netherlands – First Results from Dutch Dune Areas Indicate Potential Pitfalls and Possibilities (PDF, 721 KB)
  • Prescribed Burning of Coastal Heathlands in Western Norway: History and Present Day Experiences (PDF, 6.24 MB)
  • Prescribed Fire Experiments in Krasnoyarsk Region, Russia (PDF, 169 KB)
  • Ecological Monitoring of Slope Vegetation Managed by Prescribed Burning in the Kaiserstuhl Region, Germany (PDF, 143 KB)
  • Fire Management on Federal Real Estate Property in Brandenburg (PDF, 536 KB)
  • The Use of Prescribed Fire for Maintaining open Calluna Heathlands in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (PDF, 180 KB)
  • Fuel Load Assessment Methods in Forest and Non-Forest Vegetation in Central Europe: A Comparative Analysis (PDF, 766 KB)
  • The LIFE Rohrhardsberg Fire Management Project: The use of Prescribed Fire in Maintaining Endangered Habitats and Landscape Features in the Foothills of the Black Forest  (PDF, 304 KB)
  • Application of Prescribed Burning in Pine Stands in Germany to Reduce Wildfire Hazard (PDF, 306 KB)
  • Forest Fuels Management and Firewise Approach in Private Properties: The Pianacci Project, Italy (PDF, 448 KB)
  • Wildland fires in the Alpine Region of Italy: What’’s old, what’’s new? What’s next? (PDF, 137 KB)
  • Major Fire Issues in the Euro-Alpine Region – the Austrian Alps (PDF, 458 KB)
  • Collection and Mapping of Prescribed Burning Practices in Europe: A First Approach (PDF, 533 KB)
  • Report of the Symposium on Fire Management in Cultural and Natural Landscapes, Nature Conservation and Forestry in Temperate-Boreal Eurasia. Global Fire Monitoring Center (GFMC), Freiburg, Germany, 25-27 January 2008 (PDF, 880 KB)
  • White Paper on Use of Prescribed Fire in Land Management, Nature Conservation and Forestry in Temperate-Boreal Eurasia (PDF, 7.67 MB) 

Special Issue on the 4th International Wildland Fire Conference (IFFN No. 36, January – June 2007)

  • The 4th International Wildland Fire Conference: The Announcement (PDF, 29 KB)
  • Opening addresses (PDF, 85,8 KB)
  • Recommendations of Session A: Mesoamérica, Caribe y América del Sur Conclusiones y Recomendaciones (PDF, 26.9 KB)
  • Recommendations of Session B: Australasia and North America (PDF, 20 KB)
  • Recommendations of Session C: Europe, Southeast Europe, Mediterranean North Africa and Caucasus (PDF, 33.6 KB)
  • Recommendations of Session D: Eastern Baltic, Central Asia, and Northeast Asia (PDF, 28 KB)
  • Recommendations of Session E: South Asia and Southeast Asia (PDF, 32.1 KB)
  • Recommendations of Session F: Subsahara Africa (PDF, 29.7 KB)
  • GOFC-GOLD Side Event Report (PDF, 21.9 KB)
  • Workshop on Aviation Management: Communiqué (PDF, 26.7 KB)
  • Conference Statement as agreed by the Representatives of 13 Regional Wildland Fire Networks and Participants of the Joint Regional Sessions (PDF, 26.4 KB)
  • Posters Presented by 14 Regional Wildland Fire Networks (PDF, 2.99 MB)
  • Strategy to Enhance International Cooperation in Fire Management (PDF, 45 KB)

SPECIAL ISSUE (IFFN No. 35, July – December 2006)

  • Introducción: Estrategia Regional de Cooperación para el Manejo del Fuego en América Latina y el Caribe 2006 – 2016 (PDF, 31.1 KB)
  • Estrategia de Cooperación de América del Sur Para El Manejo del Fuego 2006 – 2010 (PDF, 175 KB)
  • Estrategia Centroamericana para el Manejo del Fuego 2005 – 2015 (PDF, 377 KB)
  • Estrategia de Cooperaciòn del Caribe para el Manejo del Fuego 2005 – 2015 (PDF, 251 KB)
  • Apoyo al Desarrollo de una Estrategia Regional de Cooperación para la prevención, control y combate de Incendios Forestales: Resultados y Recomendaciones del Proyecto TCP/RLA/3010 (C). Informe preparado para los Ministerios responsables de los servicios forestales en los países de Latinoamérica y el Caribe miembros de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Agricultura y la Alimentación (PDF, 220 KB)


SPECIAL ISSUE (IFFN No. 34, January – June 2006)

Portugal

  • The Deep Roots of the 2003 Forest Fires in Portugal (PDF, 380 KB)
  • Forest Fires in Portugal in 2005 – An Overview (PDF, 256 KB)
  • The Portuguese National Plan for Prevention and Protection of Forest Against Fires: The First Step (PDF, 41.6 KB)

South Asia

  • Participatory Forest Fire Management: An Approach (PDF, 66.8 KB)
  • Forest fire in the Terai, Nepal. Causes and Community Management Interventions (PDF, 344 KB)
  • Fire Situation in Bhutan (PDF, 383 KB)
  • Effects of Forest Fire Protection on Plant Diversity in a Tropical Deciduous Dipterocarp – Oak Forest, Thailand (PDF, 50.3 KB)
  • Indian Forest Fire Response and Assessment System (INFFRAS) (PDF, 474 KB)

China

  • Forest Fire Situation and Management in Northeast China (PDF, 103 KB)
  • Analysis of original causes of reed fires in Zhalong Nature Wetland Reserve in Heilongjiang Province(PDF, 87.7 KB)

BALKANS AND EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN SPECIAL (IFFN No. 33, July – December 2005)

  • International Technical and Scientific Consultation “Forest Fire Management in the Balkan Region” (Ohrid, Macedonia, 4-5 April 2005): Technical Report of the Consultation (PDF, 238 KB)
  • Eastern European, Near East and Central Asian States Exercise on Wildland Fire Information and Resources Exchange 2005 (EASTEX FIRE 2005): Report and Analysis by the Host Country Bulgaria (PDF, 347 KB)
  • Cooperation in Wildland Fire Management: Italy – Kosovo: Project for the Establishment and Training of a Nucleus for Forest Fire Protection in Pec / Peja – Kosovov (PDF, 471 KB)
  • Albania Country Report 2004 (PDF, 226 KB)
  • Croatia Country Report 2004 (Global Wildland Fire Assessment 2004) (PDF, 97 KB)
  • Forest Fire Management in Cyprus (PDF, 46 KB)
  • Fire situation in Hungary (PDF, 314 KB)
  • Global Wildland Fire Assessment 2004: Country Report Turkey (PDF, 120 KB)
  • Fire Management and Associated Public Policies in Turkey (PDF, 114 KB)
  • Determination of the Basic Principles of a Fire Prevention Plan: The Case Study Manavgat, Turkey (PDF, 427 KB)
  • Determination of Fire Danger Based on Weather Measurements Using GIS: A Case Study in Southern and Western Turkey (PDF, 982 KB)
  • A Critical Approach to the Calculation Method of Economic Value of Forest Fire Damages in Turkish Forestry: A Case of Forest Enterprise From Mediterranean Region (PDF, 97 KB)
  • The Impact of Forest Fire Damages on the Total Economic Value of Forest Resources in Turkey (PDF, 85 KB)
  • The Vital Role of Geographic Information Systems to Fight Forest Fires (PDF, 271 KB)
  • Frank Albini – 1936 – 2005

RUSSIAN FEDERATION SPECIAL ISSUE (IFFN No. 32, January – June 2005)

  • Welcome Address to the Forest Fire Management Conference (PDF, 83 KB)
  • Problems and Prospects of the Regional Forest Fire Policy Implementation in the Southern Far East (PDF, 98 KB)
  • Preliminary Results of Forest Protection and Renewal in 2003 Forest Fire Management (PDF, 124 KB)
  • Important Forest Fire Issues in Russia (PDF, 81 KB)
  • The Current Fire Situation in the Russian Federation: Implications for Enhancing International and Regional Cooperation in the UN Framework and the Global Programs on Fire Monitoring and Assessment (PDF, 5.5 MB)
  • Long-term Environmental Impact of Catastrophic Forest Fires in Russia’s Far East and their Contribution to Global Processes (PDF, 867 KB)
  • Opportunities and Prospects of Mobilizing the Public Opinion in the Region for Promotion of Wildfire Prevention Activities (PDF, 124 KB)
  • Landscape Framework for Regional Forest Fire Monitoring (PDF, 236 KB)
  • Basics of Fire Management in Eurasia (PDF, 97 KB)
  • Forest Fire Management Technologies (PDF, 105 KB)
  • Fire Regimes in Siberian Forests (PDF, 111 KB)
  • Presentation by the Regional Center of the Far Eastern Federal District for Prevention and Control of Forest Fires (PDF, 94 KB)
  • Modern Information Technologies and Prospects for Establishment of Regional Situation Center for Monitoring and Control of Forest Fire (Regional Forest Fire Coordination Centers) (PDF, 1.2 MB)
  • Use of Experimental Prescribed Fires in Building Future Knowledge Bases for Fire Management Decision-Making (PDF, 132 KB)
  • Contribution of GOFC/GOLD-Fire to Fire Monitoring in the Russian Federation (PDF, 668 KB)
  • Forest Management Data Summary for the Far Eastern Federal Okrug (PDF, 145 KB)
  • Minutes of Thematic Sessions at the International Conference “New Approaches to Fire Management at an Ecoregional Level” (PDF, 135 KB)
  • Concept of the Proposed Project on Fire Management in High Conservation Value Forests of the Amur-Sikhote-Alin Ecoregion (Russian Federation) (PDF, 699 KB)
  • Concept of Forest Fire Protection in the Russian Federation (PDF, 142 KB)
  • Transport of Radioactive Materials by Wildland fires in the Chernobyl Accident Zone: How to Address the Problem (PDF, 426 KB)
  • The 10th Anniversary of Avialesookhrana’s Air Fleet (PDF, 956 KB)
  • GFMC Address to the 10th Anniversary of Avialesookhrana’s Air Fleet  (PDF, 404 KB)

SPECIAL ISSUE – THE ISDR GLOBAL WILDLAND FIRE NETWORK (IFFN No. 31, July – December 2004)

Introduction

  • The UN-ISDR Wildland Fire Advisory Group / Global Wildland Fire Network (PDF, 1.1 MB)

Baltic Region

  • Regional Baltic Wildland Fire Network Meeting (PDF, 0.3 MB)
  • Helsinki Declaration on Cooperation in Wildland Fire Management in the Baltic Region (PDF, 0.2 MB)
  • The Wildfire Conference in Scotland – A Follow-Up of the Baltic Network Meeting (PDF, 0.1 MB)

Mediterranean / Balkans / Near East

  • Conference on Forest Fire Management and International Cooperation in Fire Emergencies in the Eastern Mediterranean, Balkans and adjoining Regions of the Near East and Central Asia (Antalya, Turkey, 30 March – 3 April 2004) (PDF, 1.2 MB)
  • Antalya Declaration on Cooperation in Wildland Fire Management in the Balkans, Eastern Mediterranean, Near East and Central Asia (PDF, 0.3 MB)
  • The Forest Fire Emergency in Syria in October 2004 (PDF, 0.3 MB)
  • Workshop on Multilateral Assistance Against Forest Fires in The Mediterranean Basin (Zaragoza, Spain, 10-11 June 2003) (PDF, 0.1 MB)

Sub-Sahara Africa

  • Advanced Wildland Fire Management Training Course (PDF, 0.9 MB)
  • Nelspruit Declaration on Cooperation in Wildland Fire Management in the SADC Region and adjoining Countries of Sub-Sahara Africa (PDF, 0.6 MB)
  • Training Course for Instructors in Community Based Forest Fire Management (CBFiM) (PDF, 0.8 MB)
  • The South African Working on Fire Programme and the Regional Subsahara Wildland Fire Network (Afrifirenet)  (PDF, 0.9 MB)

South America

  • Foundation meeting of the Regional South America Wildland Fire Network (PDF, 0.4 MB)
  • Declaración de Curitiba sobre la Cooperación en el Manejo de Incendios Forestales en América del Sur ( Curitiba, 17 Junio 2004) (PDF, 0.4 MB)

Pan-American Wildland Fire Conference (San José, Costa Rica, 23 October 2004)

  • Introduction and Conference Materials (PDF, 1.3 MB)
  • San José Declaration on Pan-American Cooperation in Wildland Fire Management (PDF, 0.1 MB)

South East Asia

  • The ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution (PDF, 0.3 MB)

Northeast Asia

  • Foundation meeting of the Regional Northeast Asia Wildland Fire Network (Seoul, South Korea, 2004) and follow-up meeting (Sendai, Japan, 2005) (PDF, 0.5 MB)

Central Asia

  • Towards Building the Regional Central Asia Wildland Fire Network (PDF, 1.6 MB)
  • Recent Trends of Forest Fires in Central Asia and Opportunities for Regional Cooperation in Forest Fire Management (PDF, 1.5 MB)
  • Resolution of the Regional Forest Congress «Forest Policy: Problems and Solutions» (PDF, 0.1 MB)

UN-ISDR Wildland Fire Advisory Group / Global Wildland Fire Network

  • Recommendations of the First Meeting in support of The Framework for the Development of the International Wildland Fire Accord (International Accord on Cooperation in Wildland Fire Management) (GFMC, Freiburg, Germany, 3-4 December 2004) (PDF, 1.2 MB)
  • Follow-Up Recommendations for the Development of an International Wildland Fire Accord (PDF, 0.2 MB)

Background Papers of the UN-ISDR Wildland Fire Advisory Group

  • Assessment of Global Emissions from Vegetation Fires (PDF, 0.2 MB)
  • Forest Fires in the Boreal Zone: Climate Change and Carbon Implications (PDF, 0.5 MB)
  • The WHO/UNEP/WMO Health Guidelines for Vegetation Fire Events – An Update (PDF, 0.3 MB)
  • Collection of Forest fire statistics in the countries of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (PDF, 0.1 MB)
  • II International Symposium on Fire Economics, Planning, and Policy: A Global View, Findings and Conclusions (PDF, 0.1 MB)

PRESCRIBED BURNING IN NORTHWEST EUROPE AND THE BALTIC REGION (IFFN No. 30, January – June 2004)

Introduction

  • The Use of Prescribed Fire in the Land Management of Western and Baltic Europe: An Overview (PDF, 610 KB)

Denmark

  • Restoration of Dune Habitats along the Danish West Coast (PDF, 680 KB)

Finland

  • Planning of the Sustainable Slash-and-Burn Cultivation Programme in Koli National Park (PDF, 608 KB)
  • Forest Fire Research in Finland (PDF, 1.2 MB)

Germany

  • Re-establishment of Traditional Heathland Management Tools in Brandenburg State (PDF, 2.0 MB)
  • Conservation Methods for Calluna Heathlands by Prescribed Fire in Schleswig-Holstein State (PDF, 1.5 MB)
  • Impact of Prescribed Burning and Sheep Grazing on Northwest German Heathland Ecosystem (PDF, 320 KB)
  • Prescribed Burning of Moorlands in the Diepholzer Moorniederung, Lower Saxony State (PDF, 143 KB)
  • Use of Prescribed Fire in Maintaining Open Cultural Landscapes in Baden-Württemberg State (PDF, 529 KB)
  • The First Long-Term Pilot Project in Germany in the Kaiserstuhl Viticulture Area, Baden-Württemberg State (PDF, 1.0 MB)
  • R & D project “Sustainable Development of Xerothermic Slopes of the Middle Rhine Valley” (PDF, 890 KB)
  • Habitat Management in Military Training Areas (PDF, 863 KB)
  • The Use of Prescribed Fire along Railway Tracks for Reducing Wildfire Ignition in Germany (PDF, 592 KB)
  • Slash-and-Burn Experiments to Reconstruct Late Neolithic Shifting Cultivation (PDF, 4.2 MB)

Netherlands

  • Burning of Heathland in Military Areas in the Netherlands (PDF, 163 KB)

Poland

  • Peatland Fires on Biebrza Marshes, Poland (PDF, 94 KB)

Sweden

  • Fire in Sweden – History, Research, Prescribed Burning and Forest Certification (PDF, 587 KB)

United Kingdom

  • Prescribed Fire in a Scottish Pinewood: A Summary of Recent Research at Glen Tanar Estate, Aberdeenshire, Scotland  (PDF, 2.2  MB)

INTERNATIONAL WILDLAND FIRE SUMMIT (IFFN No. 29, July – December 2003)

  • Outcomes of the International Wildland Fire Summit (Sydney, Australia, 8 October 2003): Editorial Remarks and Summit Communiqué (PDF, 43 KB)
  • Guiding Principles for Wildland Fire Management (PDF, 42 KB)
  • International Wildland Fire Management Agreements Template (PDF, 38 KB)
  • Incident Command System (ICS) (PDF, 40 KB)
  • A Strategy for Future Development of International Cooperation in Wildland Fire Management (DOC, 293 KB)
  • Community-Based Fire Management (DOC, 33 KB)
  • Background Paper: An Overview of Vegetation Fires Globally (PDF, 129 KB)
  • Opening Address by the UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs (PDF, 18 KB)
  • Statement by the Convention on Biological Diversity (PDF, 14 KB)

RUSSIAN FEDERATION 2002 FIRE SPECIAL (IFFN No. 28, January-June 2002)

  • The Wildland Fire Season 2002 in the Russian Federation An Assessment by the Global Fire Monitoring Center (GFMC) 
  • The Fire Season 2002 in Russia. Report of the Aerial Forest Fire Service Avialesookhrana  
  • The 2002 Fire Season in the Asian Part of the Russia: A View from Space
  • Fires on Drained Peat Soils of Russia: Causes and Effects. 
  • Main Goals of Forest Fire Protection in the Russian Federation: Recommendations of the Round Table held at the All-Russian Forestry Congress (Moscow, 26 February 2003). 

SOUTH AMERICA FIRE SPECIAL (IFFN No. 28, January – June 2002)

  • Introduction with Briefs on Uruguay and Venezuela
  • Fire Situation in Argentina 
  • Fire Situation in Bolivia
  • Fire Situation in Brazil (1999) 
  • Forest Fires in Roraima, Brazilian Amazonia
  • Fire Situation in Chile
  • Fire Situation in Colombia

NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA FIRE SPECIAL (IFFN No. 27, July – December 2002)

  • Forest Fire Management in Canada
  • Fire Situation in the United States
  • America´s National Fire Plan
  • Fire Management in Mexico
  • Forest Fire Situation in the State of Chiapas, Mexico
  • Fire Situation in Guatemala

EUROPE FIRE SPECIAL (IFFN No. 27, July – December 2002)

  • Fire Situation in Poland
  • Fire Situation in Portugal
  • Country Report for the United Kingdom
  • Forest fires in Europe 1961-1998
  • Towards International Cooperation in Managing Forest Fire Disasters in the Mediterranean Region

ASIA FIRE SPECIAL (IFFN No. 27, July-December 2002)

  • Invasion of Exotic Weeds in the Natural Forests of Tropical India due to Forest Fire- A Threat to Biodiversity (India)
  • Forest Fires in Northern Mongolian Mountains

ASIA AND OCEANIA FIRE SPECIAL (IFFN No. 26, January-June 2002)

  • Fire Situation Australia
  • Fire Situation in China
  • Report on the Fire Situation in Fiji
  • Navosa Sustainability Study: Preliminary Results of the Survey on Burning (Fiji)
  • Fire Situation in India
  • Community Involvement in Forest Fire Prevention and Control: Lessons from Joint Forest Management (India)
  • Forest Fire and Biotic Interferences – A Great Threat to Nilgiri Biosphere (India)
  • Fire Situation in Indonesia
  • Community-Based Fire Management: The South Kalimantan Experience (India)
  • Forest Fire Situation in Japan
  • Fire Situation in Republic of Korea
  • Forest Fire Situation in Malaysia
  • Fire Situation in Mongolia
  • Forest Fire Situation in Nepal
  • Wildland Fires in New Zealand in the 1990s: Retrospective and Challenges
  • Fire Situation in the Philippines
  • The Forest Fire Situation in Sri Lanka
  • Special Report on Forest Fire (Thailand)
  • Fire Management Assessment  Tram Chim National Park, 
    Dong Thap Province, Viet Nam

AFRICA FIRE SPECIAL   (IFFN No. 25 – July 2001)

  • Fire Situation in Bénin
  • Fire Situation in Central African Republic
  • Fire Situation in Ethiopia
  • Fire Situation in Kenya
  • Forest Fire Situation in Morocco
  • Fire Situation in Mozambique 
  • Fire Situation in Namibia Fire Environment, Fire Regime and Ecological Role
  • The Namibia-Finland Forestry Programme
  • Impact of the Integrated Forest Fire Management Program on Rural Livelihoods in East Caprivi Region, Namibia
  • Namibia Round Table on Fire Windhoek, 10-11 November 1999
  • National Guidelines on Forest Fire Management in Namibia
  • Fire Situation in Sénégal
  • Fire Situation in South Africa
  • Santam / Cape Argus Ukuvuka Operation Firestop
  • Fire Situation in Sudan

BALTIC FIRE SPECIAL      (IFFN No. 24 – April 2001)

  • BALTEX FIRE 2000 (Baltic Exercise for Fire Information and Resources Exchange)
  • Forest Fire Situation in Belarus
  • Forest Fire Situation in Estonia
  • Fire Situation in Finland
  • Fire Situation in Germany
  • Forest Fire Situation in Latvia
  • Forest Fires in Lithuania
  • Fire Situation in Russia

GTZ  SPECIAL      (IFFN No. 23 – December 2000)

  • Global Fire Issues
  • After the Fires in East Kalimantan/Indonesia – Forest Policy Challenged to Support Sustainable Forest Management (SFM)
  • Fire in Indonesia and the Integrated Forest Fire Management Project – IFFM
  • Integrated Fire Management – The Mongolia Experience
  • Bushfire Management in Sénégal
  • Fire Damages in East Kalimantan in 1997-98 Related to Land Use – ERS-SAR Inventory Results
  • A Fire Information System for East Kalimantan
  • The Use of Simple Fire Danger Rating Systems as a Tool for Early Warning in Forestry
  • Fire Prevention in East Kalimantan
  • Rehabilitation of Fire-affected Forests in East Kalimantan
  • Prevention and Control of Forest Fires in the Nature Conservation Area Rio Doce in Minas Gerais
  • Forest Fire Fighting Equipment. What to Buy?
  • The Ethiopia Fire Emergency between February and April 2000
  • The Culture of Fire on Southern Africa on Example of Lesotho and Madagascar
  • Wildfires in the Andean Patagonia Region of Argentina
  • Community-based Wildfire Management in Mongolia
  • Twelve Fire Management Centres at District Level within the Province of East Kalimantan
  • The Impact of Fire on Native Vegetation – The Example of the Cool-Temperate Forest in Patagonia
  • The 1997-98 Air Pollution Episode in Southeast Asia Generated by Vegetation Fires in Indonesia

AFRICA FIRE SPECIAL (IFFN No. 21 – October 1999)

  • Guest Editorial: Ghana with the Wind
  • Wildfire in the Southern African Development Community Conference as part of the Wood for Africa Conference 1999
  • The National Veld and Forest Fire Act Act 101 of 1998 of the Republic of South Africa
  • Integrated Fire Management in Southern Africa
  • Proposed Co-operative Fire Management in the SADC Countries of Southern Africa
  • Reduction in Fire Incidents in East Caprivi
  • Update on the Southern African Regional Science Initiative – SAFARI 2000

SOUTH EAST ASIA FIRE SPECIAL II    (IFFN No. 20 – March 1999)

  • Forest and Land Fire Prevention in Cambodia
  • Forest Fire Prevention and Control Strategies in India
  • Controlling Forest Fire Incidences by Generating Awareness – A Case Study from Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, Coimbatore, India
  • Wide Area Surveillance System (WAS) Phase I: Transboundary Haze Pollution Control and Monitoring System (THPCM)
  • Forest Fires in Lao PDR
  • Forest Fire Prevention and Management in Myanmar
  • Forest and Land Fire Prevention in Sri Lanka
  • International Cross Sectoral Forum on Forest Fire Management in South East Asia, Report of the Meeting

BALTIC FIRE SPECIAL     (IFFN No. 18 – January 1998)

  • Introduction
  • Environmental History: European Regional Smog from Peat-Swamp Burning in Germany
  • Survey of the Forests and Forest Fire Protection in the Republic of Estonia 
  • Automatic Forest Fire Alert by Satellite  
  • Renewing the System for Forest Fire Risk Assessment at the Finnish Meteorological Institute
  • Fire in Nature Conservation and Management: Changing Paradigms?
  • Forest Fires and Environmental Management in Norway  
  • Forest Fire and Fire Management in Sweden  
  • Forest Fire Problems in the Baltic Region of Russia (Leningrad Province and Karelia)
  • The Role of Fire in the Ecology of Heathland in Southern Britain 

SOUTH EAST ASIA FIRE SPECIAL I     (IFFN No. 18 – January 1998)

  • Assessment of 1997 Land and Forest Fires in Indonesia: National Coordination
  • United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination Team (UNDAC) Mission on Forest Fires, Indonesia, September – November 1997
  • Remote Sensing of Fire and Smoke in Indonesia: Use of the NOAA AVHRR
  • Remote Sensing of Fire and Smoke in Indonesia: The Along Track Scanning Radiometer (ATSR) Fire Product of Indonesia
  • Indonesian and Regional Initiatives in Fire and Smoke Management and Policiy Development
  • The 1997 Wildfire Season and the Impact of Fire Management Projects in Indonesia
  • Forest Fires in Sumatra: Possible Ways and Proposals after the Experience of the 1997 Dry Season in the Province of South Sumatra
  • International Workshop on National Guidelines on the Protection of Forests Against Fire Bogor, Indonesia, 8-9 December 1997
  • Special Session on 1997 Forest Fire Events in the Consultative Group on Indonesian Forests
  • Forest Fire in Malaysia: An Overview
  • No Fire Bonus Plan Program of Mountain Province

SWITZERLAND SPECIAL II      (IFFN No. 16 – January 1997)

  • Fire Danger Prediction in the Southern Part of Switzerland 
  • Forest Fire Research in the Swiss National Park – an Overview 

ISRAEL SPECIAL      (IFFN No. 15 – September 1996)

  • Forests and Forest Fires in Israel  
  • Jerusalem Corridor Fire Update 
  • Post-Fire Recovery of an East Mediterranean Aleppo Pine Forest Ecosystem
  • Lightning Fire Modelling at Tel Aviv University

SWITZERLAND SPECIAL I      (IFFN No. 15 – September 1996)

  • Fire Ecology and History Research in the Southern Part of Switzerland

RUSSIA SPECIAL II     (IFFN No. 14 – January 1996)

  • The Russian Forest Fund: A Brief Overview
  • The 1994 Forest Fire Season
  • The 1995 Forest Fire Season

RUSSIA SPECIAL I      (IFFN No. 6 – January 1992)

  • The Russian Fire Establishment – Impressions from a Study Tour 
  • The 1991 Forest Fire Season in the Russian Federation
  • Monitoring the Extent of Forest Fires in Siberia Using NOAA/AVHRR Satellite Imagery
  • All-Union Research Institute for Forest Fire Protection 
  • Forest Fire Retardants in Russia
  • Agreement Signed Between the United States and the Republic of Russia on Fire Management and Fire Research

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Baltic Fire Special: Introduction (IFFN No. 18 January 1998)

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Introduction

(IFFN No. 18 January 1998)


In the history of land-use in the countries bordering the Baltic Sea fire has been an important element in forestry, agriculture and pastoralism. The use of fire has contributed to shape landscapes of high ecological and cultural diversity. In the Nordic countries, historic natural fires caused by lightning have also significantly influenced ecosystem development.

Today, forest fires in the region of the Baltic Basin are closely linked to modern human activities, e.g. industrialization, socio-economics (land-use change), military installations and activities, problems arising at the forest/residential interface, tourism, etc. The consequences of wildfires are severe because they threaten the limited, but very valuable, forest resources of the region. Some fire events cause new problems, such as fires in industrially polluted terrain or in radioactively contaminated vegetation (e.g. in the region around St.Petersburg [Leningrad Province]).

On the other hand, recognizing the role of historic natural and human-caused fires and other land-use tools in the formation of the cultural landscapes of the Baltic Basin, new concepts are arising to include fire as a management tool in those landscapes, including nature conservation areas, which require periodic disturbances in order to maintain or restore biodiversity (e.g., heathlands, sub-climax forest formations).

The nations bordering the Baltic Basin are now showing increasing interest to promote fire management systems in forests and open landscapes which need to be based on advanced fire science and technology development. The need has been recognized to create a forum in the Central-Northern European region in which the fire problems are entirely different from the Mediterranean region.

At the recent FAO/ECE Seminar “Forests, Fire, and Global Change” (Russia, August 1996) the issue was discussed on how to activate the process of information exchange and international policy development on the forest fire problem in the Baltic region. It was suggested that a forum on the forest fire problem in the Baltic Sea region be organized. At this conference representatives from administrations, research institutes, and other parties involved in forest fire prevention and control from the countries bordering the Baltic Basin will attend.

The first meeting of this forum will be held in Poland in May 1998, entitled “First Baltic Conference on Forest Fire”. The conference will bring together scientists, managers and representatives from administrations of the host country (Poland), the Baltic States (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania), Russia, the Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden), and Germany. The aim of the conference will be to

  • Clarify the natural and cultural history of fire (fire in land-use systems, forest wildfires) in the Baltic Basin;

  • Present the state of knowledge on the impact of the modern industrial societies on forest fire, present new technologies and methods of forest fire management, and to discuss joint strategies in coping with the problem; and

  • Activate a process of information exchange and international fire science, management and policy development on the forest fire problem in the Baltic Basin region.

Host of the conference will be the Polish Ministry of Environment Protection, Natural Resources and Forestry, and General Directorate of State Forests. The conference will be organized by the Forest Research Institute, Department of Forest Fire Prevention (Warsaw), in cooperation with the Fire Ecology Research Group of the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Biogeochemistry Department.

Co-sponsors of the conference are the United Nations, through the European Forestry Commission, FAO/ECE Team of Specialists on Forest Fire, the Polish General Directorate of State Forests, and the Polish National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management.

In preparation of this conference International Forest Fire News has collected and analyzed ed some update information on the state of fire research and management in the Baltic Basin. Contributions in the Special Section of this issue are presented from the host country of the conference and its neighbours Estonia, Finland, Germany, Norway, Russia and Sweden. In the context of the ecology and use of fire in European heathlands I have also added, at the end, a contribution from the United Kingdom.

Johann G. Goldammer, Editor

 

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Fig.1. Site preparation burning in Finland in the mid of the 19th century – a commong practice which was exported by Finnish emigrants to other countries of Skandinavia and the New World. Source: Collection of the Fire Ecology Research Group, Freiburg, Germany.

 

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Fig.2. Slash-and-burn agriculture in Germany ca. 90 years ago. The methods of cutting and broadcast burning were similar throughout Europe. Source: Collection of the Fire Ecology Research Group, Freiburg, Germany.


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