Eurasian Fire in Nature Conservation Network (EFNCN)

EFNCN Links

Websites

The following websites include information or activities on prescribed burning in nature conservation or on cultural fire history in the Baltic Region and associated countries:

Finland

Koli National Park – Swidden heritage alive (go to: slash-and-burn):
http://www.metla.fi/koli/index-en.htm

Germany

Fire Ecology Research Group (GFMC host) website in German:
https://gfmc.online/feueroekologie/

Federal German Forest Service District Lausitz: Heathland Burning Project
http://www.bundesforst.de/news/aktuelles/archiv/heidebrennen.htm
http://www.naturschutzfonds.de/index.php5?parent=32&nav=62&page=99&from=parent%3D32%26nav%3D62

Fire management in open landscapes of NW Germany – Alfred Toepfer Academy for Nature Conservation:
http://www.nna.de/feuer/teilproj.htm

R&D Project
“Sustainable Development of Xerothermic Slopes of the Middle Rhine Valley” (click on “Themenbereiche, Feuer”)
www.ee-mittelrhein.de

Prescribed Burning in the Highmoor Lowlands of Diepholz, NW Germany (click on Kontrolliertes Brennen)
www.bund-niedersachsen.de/diepholzer-moorniederung

Prescribed Fire and Heather Management in the Nature Reserve Westruper Heide (North Rhine-Westphalia)
http://www.nabu-halternamsee.de/haltern/heide/heidebrennen.html

Reutebrennen in Wolfach, Black Forest (go to: Archiv, then to Rüttebrennen 2002):
http://www.wolfach.de/pages/tourframe.html

Forschungsverbund Offenland (Habitat management in military training areas in the pleistocenic lowland area of northeast Germany)
http://www.offenland.de/

Feuereinsatz in der Landschaftspflege Website des Ministeriums Laendlicher Raum, Baden Wuerttemberg (Fire in landscape management website of the Ministry for Rural Space, Baden Wuerttemberg State, Germany)

http://www.landwirtschaft-mlr.baden-wuerttemberg.de/servlet/PB/menu/1063436_l1/index.html

Prescribed burning components within the project LIFE06 NAT/D/000003 Rohrhardsberg, Upper Elz and Wilde Gutach Baden Wuerttemberg State, Germany)
https://gfmc.online/feueroekologie/EU-Life-project.html
http://rohrhardsberg-life.de/artikel/feuereinsatz
http://rohrhardsberg-life.de/artikel/kontrollierter-feuereinsatz
http://www.landkreis-emmendingen.de/index.phtml?mNavID=1406.32&sNavID=1406.372&La=

Forum 2000 Feuer in the Art and Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republic of Germany (Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland)
http://www2.kah-bonn.de/fo/feuer/0.htm
For obtaining information on the proceedings volume Feuer contact:
forum@kah-bonn.de

Italy

Prescribed burning, grazing and mowing for conservation management of moorlands in Nature Oriented reserve of Vauda (Turin, Italy):
http://www.agroselviter.unito.it/pianificazione/VaudaENG.htm
Experimental Fire Video:
http://www.agroselviter.unito.it/pianificazione/vaudavideoENG.htm

Sweden

Prescribed burning required for forest certification (Chapter 6.4.4) –Swedish FSC Standard for Forest Certification (para 6.3.12, page 39) (PDF, 0.6 MB)

United Kingdom

FIREMAN Fire Management to Maintain Biodiversity and Mitigate Economic Loss
http://www.fireman-europe.com/

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), Heather & Grass Burning Regulations and Code of Practice
http://www.defra.gov.uk/rural/documents/countryside/uplands/hg-burn2007.pdf

Heathlands Europe, Network for any subject related to heathlands:
http://www.english-nature.org.uk/heathlands/default.htm

The Muirburn Code
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2008/04/08154231/0

Prescribed burning on Moorland: Supplement to the Muirburn Code – A Guide to Best Practice
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/library3/environment/msup-00.asp

Fire management in NW Europe – FireBeaters
http://firebeaters.org.uk

FIRES: Interdisciplinary Research on Ecosystem Services: Fire and Climate Change in UK Moorlands and Heaths
http://www.fires-seminars.org.uk/
International
The Nature Conservancy (TNC)
http://nature.org/initiatives/fire/

Fire Regime and Condition Class (FRCC) Website
http://www.frcc.gov/

24. November 2017/by GFMCadmin