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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