GFMC: International Forest Fire News No. 19 – September 1998
International
Forest Fire
News
No. 19 – September 1998
IFFN No. 19 – September 1998 (14.1 MB)
Guest Editorial
South East Asia Fire Special
- Transboundary Haze Pollution in South East Asia
- Singapore Environment Council Presents NGOs Concerns about Southeast Asian Fires to ASEAN Senior Officials
- Singapore Environment Council International Policy Dialogue on the Southeast Asian Fires Statement to the ASEAN Senior Officials for the Environment
- Singapore Environment Council International Policy Dialogue on the Southeast Asian Fires
- ASEAN: Regional Technical Assistance
- Remote Sensing of Fires I: National University of Singapore
- Remote Sensing of Fires II: The GTZ-Indonesian Integrated Forest Fire Management Project
- Rehabilitation of Fire-affected Forests in East Kalimantan
- WMO Workshop on Regional Transboundary Smoke and Haze in Southeast Asia
- Germany-Singapore Environmental Technology Agency (GSETA): Asia-Pacific Regional Workshop on Transboundary Atmospheric Pollution, 27-28 May 1998, Singapore
Americas Fire Special
- History of Forest Fires in Mexico
- Fire Activities in the Guyana Shield, the Orinoco and Amazon Basin during March 1998
- Overview of the Southern United States Fire Situation January – July 1998
- Influences on Prescribed Burning Activity in the US National Forest System
- 21st Tall Timbers Fire Ecology Conference
- Fire Support in the Philippines: BLM provides Experts to Help with threatening Wildfires
- BLM International Exchanges, Summer 1998
Country Notes
Bulgaria:
People’s Republic of China:
Latvia:
Mongolia:
- Fire in Forest Ecosystems of Mongolia
- The German – Mongolian Technical Cooperation GTZ Integrated Fire Management Project
Namibia:
South Africa:
- A Structured versus a Laissez Faire Approach to Controlled Burning in the Kruger National Park in South Africa
- 1998 Southern African Fire Season – An Early Start
Spain:
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CIHEAM: International Course on Protection against Forest Fires, 4-15 May 1998, Zaragoza
News from Fire Research
News from ECE/FAO
- Report of the UN-FAO/ECE/ILO Team of Specialists on Forest Fire
- Recommendations of the First Baltic Conference on Forest Fires, Poland, 4-8 May 1998
Recent Publications
- Pollution in South East Asia”>Transboundary Pollution in South East Asia
- Dendroecological Studies in Forest and Fire History
- Forest Fire and Environmental Management
- Ecology and Biogeography of Pinus
Meetings Planned for 1998-99
Portugal:
- Third International Conference on Forest Fire Research, 16-20 November 1998, Coimbra,
in conjunction with the 14th Fire and Forest Meteorology Conference and the - Working Meeting of the EARSeL Special Interest Group (SIG) on Forest Fires
U.S.A.:
- Information Technology in Fire Management, 16-19 November 1998, San Diego
- Fire Economics, Planning and Policy: Bottom lines, 5-9 April 1999, San Diego
Israel:
- MEDPINE International Workshop, January / February 1999, Beit-Oren
Poland:
- IUFRO Conference on Remote Sensing and Forest Monitoring, 1-3 June, Rogów