GFMC Calendar 2006
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January 2006
1-31
January 2006
Review of UNISDR Regional Wildland Fire Reports for the Thematic Report on
Forest Fires, FAO Forest Resources Assessment 2005 (FRA-2005); GFMC contribution
to the FAO Voluntary Guidelines for Wildland Fire Management and the Global
Strategy for Cooperation in Wildland Fire Management (J.G. Goldammer). GFMC.
http://www.fire.uni-freiburg.de/GlobalNetworks/globalNet.html
http://www.fire.uni-freiburg.de/GlobalNetworks/RationaleandIntroduction.html
19 January 2006
GOFC-GOLD international telephone conference (J.G. Goldammer); AT&T.
FAO-USFS-GFMC international telephone conference (J.G. Goldammer).
23-27 January 2006
On-site work in the Twinning Light Project “Implementation of New
Regulation – Forest Focus – Forest Fire” (HU2004 IB AG02-TL) (D.
Nagy, A. Held and G. Ruecker); Budapest, Hungary.
27 January 2006
UNFF-ISDR-GFMC international telephone conference on UNFF-6 (J.G. Goldammer).
February 2006
2 February 2006
GFMC staff C. Scholz leaving for field work in Costa Rica (until 8 March 2006).
6 February 2006
FAO-USFS-GFMC international telephone conference (J.G. Goldammer).
6-9 February 2006
On-site work in the Twinning Light Project “Implementation of New
Regulation – Forest Focus – Forest Fire” (HU2004 IB AG02-TL) (H.
Abberger); Budapest, Hungary.
8-10 February 2006
Final meeting of the Twinning Light Project “Implementation of New Regulation – Forest Focus – Forest Fire” (HU2004 IB AG02-TL), with German Federal
Ministry of Consumer protection, Food and Agriculture and Ministry of
Agriculture and Regional Development, Hungary, State Forest Service (J.G.
Goldammer and D. Nagy); Budapest, Hungary.
13 February 2006
Meeting of the Executive Board, German National Committee for Disaster Reduction
within the UN-ISDR (Deutsches Komitee für Katastrophenvorsorge - DKKV) (J.G.
Goldammer); Bonn, Germany.
16 February 2006
GOFC-GOLD international telephone conference (J.G. Goldammer); AT&T.
21 February 2006
FAO-USFS-GFMC international telephone conference (J.G. Goldammer).
20-24 February 2006
United Nations Forum on Forests, 6th Session (UNFF-6) (J.G.
Goldammer); UN headquarters, New York, USA.
March 2006
6-10 March 2006
Kick-off meeting EU FIRE PARADOX (J.G. Goldammer, D. Kraus); Lisboa, Portugal.
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March 2006
FAO wildland fire expert meeting (J.G. Goldammer); FAO, Rome, Italy.
27-29 March 2006
Third International Early Warning Conference (EWC-III), with side meeting and
presentation of the concept of the Global Wildland Fire Early Warning System (J.
G. Goldammer); Bonn, Germany.
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Former U.S. President Bill Clinton addressing EWC-III, Bonn,
Germany, 27 March 2006
(background: USG J. Egeland, State Minister G. Erler, DKKV Chair I. Schwaetzer)
and GFMC Presentation of the Global Wildland Fire Early Warning System
April 2006
2-7 April 2006
On-site work in the PHARE Institution Building Programme - Twinning Project “Strengthening
of the Administrative Capacity of the State Forestry Administration of Bulgaria”
(BG/2004/IB/AG/04/UE) (Fire Management) (J.G.
Goldammer); Sofia, Bulgaria.
5
April 2006
Preparation of prescribed burning experiment for maintaining habitats of
Capercaillie (Tetrao
urogallis) in the Black Forest (D. Kraus); Yach, Germany.
18-25 April 2006
Fourth International Symposium on Sustainable Management of Forest Resources (SIMFOR
2006 – co-sponsored by GFMC) and First International Workshop on Fire
Management (D.
Kraus); Pinar del Río, Cuba.
 Field trip to prescribed burning experimental sites near Viñales, Pinar del Río, Cuba |
 Pinus caribaea and Pinus tropicalis stands in the Province of Pinar del Río, Cuba |
20 April 2006
Posthumous award of PhD to Marco Hille, former GFMC scientist and PhD student at Wageningen University, co-promoted by J.G. Goldammer. Marco Hille died in an accident on 4 December 2004. Diploma ceremony in the Office of the Rector Magnificus of Wageningen University; Wageningen, The Netherlands.
25
April 2006
Meeting with the German Weather Service (Deutscher Wetterdienst – DWD) / World
Meteorological Organization (WMO) concerning wildland fire smoke dispersion
modelling; GFMC.
28 April 2006
Meeting of the Executive Board, German National Committee for Disaster Reduction
within the UN-ISDR (Deutsches Komitee für Katastrophenvorsorge - DKKV) (J.G.
Goldammer); Bonn, Germany.
May 2006
6
May 2006
Meeting of the Phoenix Consortium; GFMC.
8-9
May 2006
Meeting of the International Liaison Committee of the series of International
Wildland Fire Conferences, in preparation of the 4th International
Wildland Fire Conference (to be hosted by the Government of Spain, Madrid, 6-10
May 2007) (J.G. Goldammer); Madrid, Spain.
10-12
May 2006
FAO International Expert Consultation on Wildland Fire (J.G. Goldammer and C.
Scholz); Madrid, Spain.
11-12 May 2006
Conference on Promoting Partnerships for the Implementation of the ASEAN
Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution – a call for partnerships for the
implementation of the Agreement (D. Kraus); Ha
Noi, Viet Nam.
16 May 2006
Work visit of the Co-Director of the EU / GTZ-Indonesia Forest Fire Management
Project, Palembang (Sumatra), Mr. K.-H. Steinmann; GFMC.
18 May 2006
Meeting and field visit with County Administrative Board of Västernorrland, Nature
Conservation Office,
concerning prescribed
burning candidate sites for the European Fire in Nature Conservation Network and
FIRE PARADOX (J.G. Goldammer); Sundsvall,
Sweden.
 A prescribed burning site managed by the County Administrative Board of Västernorrland, Nature Conservation Office, near Sundsvall, Sweden |
 On-site inspection of prescribed burning sites in Jämtgaveln and Stormyran-Lommyran, near Sundsvall, Sweden, with Anna-Maria Eriksson (Department of Natural Sciences, Mid Sweden University), Tomas Rydkvist (County Administrative Board of Västernorrland, Nature Conservation Office), and Bengt Gunnar Jonsson (Department of Natural Sciences, Mid Sweden University). |
23-26 May 2006
Meeting of the Regional Southeast Europe Wildland Fire Network in tandem with
the 33rd Session of the FAO European Forestry Commission (J.G.
Goldammer); Zvolen, Slovakia.
30 May 2006
Meeting with Fire Watch International AG, Luzern, Switzerland; GFMC.
June 2006
13
June 2006
Meeting with the Executive Secretary European
Council, Euro-Mediterranean Major Hazards
Agreement (EUR-OPA), Mr. Eladio Fernandez-Galiano, concerning cooperation with
the European Centre on Forest Fires; GFMC.
15 June 2006
GOFC-GOLD international telephone conference (J.G. Goldammer); AT&T.
18-24 June 2006
On-site work in the PHARE Institution Building Programme - Twinning Project “Strengthening of the Administrative Capacity of the State Forestry Administration of Bulgaria” (BG/2004/IB/AG/04/UE) (Fire Management) (J.G. Goldammer); Sofia, Bulgaria.26
June 2006
Meeting of the Committee of Permanent Correspondents of the European and
Mediterranean Major Hazards Agreement (EUR-OPA) (Open
Partial Agreement on the Prevention of, Protection Against, and Organisation of
Relief in Major Natural and Technological Disasters), Council of Europe (J.G. Goldammer); Paris, France.
30 June - 2 July 2006
Prescribed burning operations for conservation of atlantic Calluna heathlands in NW Germany (C. Scholz, S. Eckert, D.
Kraus, J.G. Goldammer); Lütjenholm, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
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5 July 2006
On-site preparation of prescribed burning experiment for maintaining habitats of Capercaillie
(Tetrao urogallis) in the Black Forest (J.G. Goldammer, D. Kraus); Yach, Germany.
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7 July 2006
Meeting of the Executive Board, German National Committee for Disaster Reduction within the UN-ISDR (Deutsches
Komitee für Katastrophenvorsorge - DKKV) (J.G. Goldammer); Bonn, Germany.
11 July 2006
Inauguration of the UN Campus in Bonn under the patronage of the Chancellor Merkel, German Government, and UN
Secretary General Kofi Anan (J.G. Goldammer); Bonn, Germany.
UN
Secretary General Kofi Annan delivering an address at the occasion of the
opening of
the UN Campus in Bonn, Germany, 11 July 2006
German
Chancellor Angela Merkel and UN Secretary General Kofi Annan cutting the ribbon
at the occasion
of the opening of the UN Campus in Bonn, Germany, 11 July 2006
12-14 July 2006
Follow-up work with FAO Forest Department on the development of the Fire Management Code and the Strategy
for International Cooperation in Wildland Fire Management (J.G. Goldammer); FAO
Rome, Italy.
20 July 2006
GOFC-GOLD international telephone conference (J.G. Goldammer); AT&T.
21 July 2006
On-site preparation of prescribed burning experiment for FIRE PARADOX: reducing
wildfire hazard (fuel accumulation) and enhancing natural regeneration
maintaining of pine forests in Baden Wuerttemberg State, Forest District Staufen
(J.G. Goldammer, D. Kraus); Breisach Community Forest, Germany.
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28 July 2006
Consultation with German Railways and Ministry for Environment, Bavaria State,
on the use of prescribed fire for reducing wildfire ignition risk along railway
tracks in Germany; Munich, Germany.
August 2006
1 August 2006
Temporary GFMC staff member, Ms. Michaela Spielmann, assuming work for FIRE
PARADOX (German legislation in the field of fire management) (1 August – 30
September 2006); GFMC
8
August 2006
On-site consultations for prescribed burning in Gohrischheide and
Elbniederterrasse Zeithain Nature Reserve in the frame of an overall management
concept and possible contribution for the European Fire in Nature Conservation
Network (EFNCN) and Fire Paradox (J.G. Goldammer); Zeithain, Germany
9
August 2006
On-site consultations for prescribed burning in Heidehof-Golmberg
and Jägersberg-Schirknitzberg Nature
Reserves in the frame of an overall management concept and possible contribution
for the European Fire in Nature Conservation Network (EFNCN) and Fire Paradox (J.G.
Goldammer); Luckenwalde, Germany
 Consultations in Heidehof-Golmberg Nature Reserve – a former military training site (shooting range) near Luckenwalde-Jaenschwalde, Brandenburg State, Germany, on planned prescribed burning operations for maintaining open, biodiversity-rich Calluna vulgaris sites. Participants: Ministry for Rural Space, Brandenburg State, Brandenburg Forest Service, Federal German Forest Service, Teltow-Flaeming Nature Conservation Agency |
 Typical view of the Heidehof-Golmberg Nature Reserve with an explosive ordnance in the inserted photograph – one of the problems to be targeted by prescribed burning operations. |
25-31 August 2006
13th Conference of the International Boreal Forest Research Association (IBFRA)
and field visits of prescribed burning experiments in Västernorrland
and adjoining regions (D. Kraus); Umeå, Sweden.
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30-31 August 2006
International Disaster Reduction Conference, Forest Fire Session and UN-ISDR
WG Environment Meeting (J.G. Goldammer); Davos, Switzerland
September 2006
6-8 September 2006
Follow-up work with FAO Forest Department on the development of the Fire
Management Code and the Strategy for International Cooperation in Wildland Fire
Management (J.G. Goldammer); FAO Rome, Italy.
10-16
September 2006
On-site work in the PHARE Institution Building Programme - Twinning Project “Strengthening of the Administrative Capacity of the State Forestry
Administration of Bulgaria” (BG/2004/IB/AG/04/UE) (Fire Management) (J.G. Goldammer); Sofia, Bulgaria.
21 September 2006
Preparation of OSCE- led Environmental Assessment Mission to Fire-Affected Areas in Nagorno-Karabakh, in Fulfilment of the UNGA Resolution A/60/L.60/Rev.2 “The Situation in the Occupied Territories of Azerbaijan : Revised Draft Resolution / Azerbaijan” (6 September 2006) (J.G. Goldammer); Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), Vienna, Austria.
28-30
September 2006
First International Northeast Asia Forest Fire Conference and Third
International Meeting of the Regional Northeast Asia Wildland Fire Network (J.G.
Goldammer); Khabarovsk, Russia.
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Group
photograph of participants of the First International Northeast Asia Forest Fire Conference and Third
International Meeting of the Regional Northeast Asia Wildland Fire Network |
 Field assessment of the areas burned in Khabarovsk Krai in 1998 - a stopover in a fire-excluded spot |
 Aerial view of the mountain region burned in Khabarovsk Krai in 1998: High-severity stand-replacement fires resulted in complete forest depletion over extended areas |
October 2006
2-13 October 2006
OSCE-led Environmental Assessment Mission to Fire-Affected Areas in
Nagorno-Karabakh, in Fulfilment of the UNGA Resolution A/RES/60/285 “The
Situation in the Occupied Territories of Azerbaijan: Revised Draft Resolution /
Azerbaijan” (7 September 2006) (J.G. Goldammer, S. Teusan, N. Nikolov); Azerbaijan,
Georgia, Nagorno-Karabakh, Armenia (Baku, Ganja region, Armenia border region,
Tiblisi, Stepanakert / Khankendi region, Yerevan).
UN
General Assembly Resolution A/RES/60/285 (PDF, 0.1. MB)
Caucasus Fire Mission Report to the UN General Assembly
UNGA A/61/696 (English)
UNGA A/61/969 (French)
UNGA A/61/969 (Russian)
UNGA A/61/969 (Spanish)
UNGA A/61/969 (Arabic)
UNGA A/61/969 (Chinese)
 Group photograph of the Mission |
 GFMC Mission member J. Goldammer at the Line of Contact (LoC) |
 GFMC Mission member N. Nikolov, representative and coordinator of the UNISDR Regional Southeast Europe / Caucasus Wildland Fire Network |
 GFMC Mission member S. Teusan in discussion with the military representative of Azerbaijan |
GFMC Fire Assessment Mission to Fire-Affected Areas in
Nagorno-Karabakh and Azerbaijan led by OSCE.
16-20 October 2006
Fire Management workshop, PHARE Institution Building Programme - Twinning Project “Strengthening of the Administrative Capacity of the State Forestry Administration of Bulgaria” (BG/2004/IB/AG/04/UE) (Fire Management) (J.G. Goldammer); Sofia-Borovetz, Bulgaria.
 Participants of the fire management workshop, Borovetz, Bulgaria |
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 This photograph is showing a situation, nearby Samokov, which is characteristic for many regions of Bulgaria: Large tracts of agricultural lands have been abandoned due to rural exodus. The abandoned fields are subjected to succession, increasing fuel loads and hazardous fuel bridges between former open lands and forests (Photo: T. Petkov, Regional Forestry Board Lovetch) |
 Fire management workshop instructors and participants at a forest site near Samokov (from left to right): N. Nikolov (University of Skopje, Macedonia, Leader of the UNISDR Regional South Europe / Caucasus Wildland Fire Network), J.G. Goldammer (GFMC), V. Konstantinov (National Forestry Board, Sofia; standing), P. Panov (Bulgarian Association of Independent Private Forest Engineers), and I. Detchev (Ruse Regional Forestry Board) (Photo: T. Petkov, Regional Forestry Board Lovetch) |
19-20 October 2006
PREVIEW Fire platform meeting and SAB meeting (D. Kraus); Météo-France
headquarters, Paris, France.
23-28
October 2006
United
Nations University (UNU)
/ GFMC Advanced
Training Course for Fire Management in Sub-Saharan Savannah Ecosystems,
sponsored by the German Foreign Office, Office for the Coordination of
Humanitarian Affairs, and conducted with the UNISDR Regional Subsahara Wildland
Fire Network (AfriFireNet) and Working on Fire (WoF) (D. Kraus, A. Held); Kruger
National Park, South Africa.
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October 2006
Mr. Sundar
Sharma, Nepal, resuming work at GFMC to support the establishment of the UNISDR
Regional South Asia Wildland Fire Network; GFMC.
November 2006
8 November 2006
GOFC-GOLD Fire IT / GFMC telephone conference; University of Maryland / GFMC.
Maintenance work / tree felling in GFMC experimental site (D. Kraus, A. Held); GFMC.
9-10
November 2006
Kick-off
meeting of the European Wildland Fire Management Handbook, EU Leonardo da Vinci
programme, a joint effort of GFMC and the Commission on Forest Fires,
International Technical Committee for the Prevention and Extinction of Fire (CTIF),
facilitated by Rural Development Initiatives (J.G. Goldammer, M. Jones, C.
Glaister); London, UK.
13 November 2006
Meeting of the Executive Board, German National Committee for Disaster Reduction within the UN-ISDR (Deutsches Komitee für Katastrophenvorsorge - DKKV) (J.G. Goldammer); Bonn, Germany.
16-17
November 2006
Lectures
on fire ecology in ecosystems of the tropics and subtropics, Faculty for Forest
and Environmental Sciences, Freiburg University (J.G. Goldammer, D. Kraus);
Freiburg, Germany.
20
November 2006
Preparation of prescribed burning operations with German Railways (Deutsche Bahn) in Bavaria (J.G. Goldammer);
Breitenguessbach-Foertschendorf, Germany
http://www.fire.uni-freiburg.de/iffn/iffn_30/13-IFFN-30-Germany-Railways.pdf
http://www.fire.uni-freiburg.de/media/2005/news_20051120_de.htm
 From left to right: German Railways Vegetation Management Team (Dr. G. Hetzel, S. Schoenecker) with German Railways Managers (N. Wilk and J. Schmidt) discussing the recurrence of grass fires along the railway tracks in Bavaria (Photo: GFMC) |
 Typical high-fire risk embankment along a railway track in Bavaria. Fires caused by sparks recurrently ignite the grass vegetation on slopes and spread uphill to forests. Slope fires are forcing the railway management to halt train traffic (Photo: GFMC). |
23
November 2006
First plenary meeting of the EU-sponsored LIFE Rohrhardsberg with a
component on the use of prescribed fire in maintaining landscape and ecosystem
structures in the Black Forest including habitat management of capercaillie (Tetrao
urogallus) and black grouse (Tetrao tetrix) (J.G. Goldammer, D.
Kraus, M. Spielmann); Simonswald, Germany.
http://mlr.baden-wuerttemberg.de/content.pl?ARTIKEL_ID=45091
27-28
November 2006
Meeting of
the International Liaison Committee (ILC), 4th International Wildland
Fire Conference (13-17
May 2007, Sevilla, Spain) (J.G. Goldammer); Coimbra, Portugal.
28-30
November 2006
Group of
Earth Observations Plenary (M. Brady); Bonn, Germany.
28-30 November 2006
2nd PREVIEW Progress Meeting (D. Kraus); Toulouse, France.
December 2006
30
November – 1 December 2006
International
Early Warning Programme (IEWP) Advisory Group Meeting, hosted by the UN/ISDR
Platform for the Promotion of Early Warning, topics among other: Development of
the Global Wildland Fire Early Warning System (J.G. Goldammer, M. Brady); Bonn,
Germany.
4-22 December 2006
GFMC facility undergoing major renovations (sponsored by Freiburg University). Visitors are welcome if assisting in managing the
mess.
4-6
December 2006
2nd GOFC/GOLD Workshop on Geostationary Fire Monitoring
and Applications (J.G. Goldammer); Darmstadt, Germany.
11-15
December 2006
2nd FIRE PARADOX Plenary (J.G. Goldammer, D. Kraus); Las
Palmas, Spain.
 Field trip to rx demonstration sites in Gran Canaria |
 Pinus canariensis stands in Gran Canaria |
18
December 2006
Lectures on Global Wildland Fire hazards, Master Programme "Forest Ecology
and Management", Faculty for Forest and Environmental Sciences, Freiburg
University (J.G. Goldammer); Freiburg, Germany.
18-19
December 2006
Work visit of the GEO Secretariat (Mr. G. Rum) in preparation of the Global
Wildland Fire Information System (J.G. Goldammer); GFMC.
20
December 2006
Preparation of a prescribed burning project of nature reserves contaminated with
Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) in Brandenburg State (J.G. Goldammer); Berlin, Germany
22
December 2006
Planning meeting of the fire component in the EU-sponsored LIFE
Rohrhardsberg project (use of prescribed fire in maintaining landscape and
ecosystem structures in the Black Forest including habitat management of
capercaillie [Tetrao urogallus] and black grouse [Tetrao tetrix] (J.G.
Goldammer); GFMC.
28
December 2006
Planning meeting with the German Agency for Technical Cooperation (Deutsche
Gesellschaft fuer Technische Zusammenarbeit, GTZ);GFMC.
31
December 2006
GFMC greetings for 2007: Happy new Year to all colleagues, cooperators and
especially the members of the Global Wildland Fire Network.
