The economic relevance of wildland fire management and protection programs is ever growing, particularly considering mounting wildfire costs and losses globally, and the justifications required for budget allocations to management and protection of forest ecosystems. A diversity of wildland uses is affected, from recreation and wildlife interests to traditional commodity outputs. To achieve a balanced distribution of budget funds according to the priorities established in strategic and economic planning processes, appropriate analytical tools and methodologies are needed. The second Fire Economics, Planning, and Policy symposium to be held in Córdoba, Spain (2004) will build on the foundation established with the first symposium conducted in San Diego, California (1999). However, this second edition includes a broader scope of interests and will address a wider geographic area. Based in the southern Europe Mediterranean Basin the forum will provide its international audience the opportunity to exchange ideas regarding the economics of fire management, and to share the latest in development and technologies available for optimizing fire management expenditures.

The symposium is organized around eight major themes:

• Regional and global vision of the forest fire problem 

• Theory and methods for strategic fire planning 

• Forest fires and sustainable forest management 

• Public policies and forest management 

• Trade-offs between fuels treatments and suppression activities 

• Local, regional, and national fire management plans and related research efforts (poster session)
• Where do we go from here? Future economic implications of forest fires (round table session)

Plenary/poster sessions will seek to: 

• Provide a forum to discuss and demonstrate the relevance of strategic fire management planning, economics and public policies for wildland fire management from a global perspective and 
• Share the latest in developments and technologies available for optimizing fire management expenditures. 

Who Should Attend?

This symposium will be of interest to natural resource managers, wildland fire protection managers and practitioners, public policy makers, researchers, educators, and students in fire and economic sciences.

Time and Place of the Symposium

The symposium will be held 19–22 April 2004 at the University of Córdoba, Rabanales Campus (Main Auditorium). The campus is located on the highway from Córdoba to Alcolea (following National Highway IV).

Abstracts and Posters

The Scientific Committee solicits abstract proposals from participants interested in symposium themes. Abstracts should be no longer than 350 words and should indicate the general theme area and whether an oral or poster presentation is proposed. The Scientific Committee will make final acceptance determinations of poster or oral presentations.

All abstracts, posters and final papers should be submitted through the symposium website at:

Spain: http://www.uco.es/cma-enresa/Spanish/index.htm

USA: http://www.rfl.psw.fs.fed.us/firemgt/symposium/en

The deadline for abstracts submission is 30 October 2003.

Sponsorship and Coordination

USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station (USA) 

Joint Fire Sciences Program (USDA Forest Service/DOI Bureau of Land Management, USA)

National Fire Plan (USDA Forest Service, USA) 

Spain’s Ministry of the Environment, (General Directorate for the Conservation of Nature

Spanish Society of Forestry Sciences

TRAGSATEC

Colorado State University, Western Forest Fire Research Center (WESTFIRE) University of Córdoba (Forestry Engineering Department, Environmental Endowed Chair-Enresa)

Collaborating Institution

Córdoba City Hall

Symposium Secretariat

University of Córdoba

Environmental Endowed Chair-Enresa

Address: Campus de Rabanales. Edif. Aulario.Ctra. Madrid s/n

E-14071 Córdoba

Soain

Tel:      +34-957 21 20 36

Fax:     +34-957 21 20 36

e-mail:            bv1gobaa@uco.es

Symposium website addresses:

Spain: http://www.uco.es/cma-enresa/Spanish/index.html

USA: http://www.rfl.psw.fs.fed.us/firemgt/symposium/en

Contacts

In USA

Dr. Armando González-Cabán

USDA Forest Service

Pacific Southwest Research Station

Forest Fire Laboratory

4955 Canyon Crest Drive

Riverside, CA 92507

U.S.A.

Tel:      +1-909-680-1525

Fax :    +1-909-680-1501

e-mail:  agonzalezcaban@fs.fed.us

In Spain

Dr. Francisco Rodríguez y Silva

Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros Agrónomos y de Montes

Departamento de Ingeniería Forestal

Universidad de Córdoba

a/Menéndez Pidal s/n

14080 Córdoba

Spain

Tel/Fax:            +3495-721-8393

e-mail:              ir1rosif@uco.es

Organizing Committee

Dr. Ricardo Vélez Muñoz (Ministerio de Medio Ambiente. DGCN)

Dr. Armando González-Cabán (USDA Forest Service. Pacific Southwest Research Station, Forest Fire Laboratory. Riverside, California)

Dr. Fco. Rodríguez y Silva (Universidad de Córdoba. Departamento de Ingeniería Forestal)

José María Rábade Blanco (Tragsatec)

Carmen Aragoneses (Tragsatec)

Dr. Philip N. Omi (Colorado State University, Western Forest Fire Research Center [WESTFIRE])

Scientific Committee

Dr. Armando González-Cabán (USDA Forest Service. Forest Fire Laboratory)

Dr. Fco. Rodríguez y Silva (University of Córdoba. Forestry Engineering Department)

Dr. José Antonio Vega Hidalgo (Xunta de Galicia. Lourizán Forestry Research Center)

Dr. Philip N. Omi (Colorado State University, Western Forest Fire Research Center [WESTFIRE])

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