GFMC Calendar 2009
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January 2009
1-31 January 2009
Preparation of projects of GFMC / Global Wildland Fire Network in the first
half of 2009:
1 January 2009
GFMC staff Ms. Michaela Spielmann taking over temporarily position of GFMC
General Manager and administration of GFMC Fire Paradox (until end of February
2009; D. Kraus to return from leave).
4 January 2009
Temporary GFMC staff Mr. Sundar Sharma returning to Nepal.
11-21 January 2009
Development of a regional wildland fire policies in Madagascar (Boeny and
Diana regions) and inclusion of Madagascar to the UNISDR Global Wildland Fire
Network / Regional Sub-Sahara Africa Wildland Fire Network (J.G. Goldammer);
Antananarivo - Mahajanga, Madagascar.
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22 January 2009
Government of
Nepal endorses final work plan for the project “Development of a Forest Fire
Management Strategy and Implementation Plan for Nepal; with Emphasis on
Community Participation and Regional Cooperation” sponsored by the International
Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO), to be implemented by the GFMC (J.G.
Goldammer) and the National Chapter of the UNISDR Regional South Asia Wildland
Fire Network (S. Sharma) between 1 February and 31 July 2009; Katmandu,
Yokohama, Freiburg.
22-28 January 2009
2nd Workshop on fire detection and assessment of fire use patterns through the
Multidisciplinary Landscape Assessment (MLA2) with training field exercise (D.
Kraus); Mukteshwar, Uttarakhand, India.
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27 January 2009
GOFC-GOLD international telephone conference (J.G.Goldammer); AT&T.
February 2009
1-6
February 2009
Pan-Asia Forest Fire Consultation for
the UNISDR Regional Wildland Fire Networks of Northeast Asia, Central Asia,
Southeast Asia (ASEAN), and South Asia (J.G. Goldammer); Busan, South Korea.
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| Meeting between Minister for Forests of Korea (Chung Kwang Soo) and GFMC (Johann G. Goldammer); Group at consultation and during field trip in forests burned 29 April 2007 in Ulin | ||
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February 2009
Coordination meeting Fire Paradox
project on the preparation of the Prescribed Burning Technical Handbook for
Europe (M. Spielmann); Brussels, EC,
Belgium.
18-21
February 2009
Aerial Fire Fighting Conference (J.G.
Goldammer); Anaheim, California.
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Andrey Eritsov (left) reading a joint presentation by Avialesookhrana of Russia and GFMC on international aerial firefighting operations; 10 Tanker (DC-10) test drops joined by A. Eritsov and J.G. Goldammer |
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23-25
February 2009
Max Planck Institute for Chemistry Scientific Advisory Board meeting and
institute review (J.G. Goldammer); MPI Chemistry, Mainz, Germany.
March 2009
2-7 March 2009
Training course „Intermediate and Advanced Incident Command System“, an activity of the Working on Fire / AfriFireNet / UNISDR Regional Subshara Wildland Fire Network / GFMC (A. Held, D. Kraus); Sunwa Resort, Parys, South Africa.
3 March 2009
Mr. Fabian Poeschel, Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaft und Kunst (FH), Goettingen, joining GFMC for developing a BSc thesis on “Objectives and practices of prescribed burning in nature conservation, landscape management and forestry in temperate-boreal Europe”; GFMC.
Prescribed burning operations in Drover Heide Nature Reserve. Experimental fires to regenerate overmature Calluna vulgaris heath (M. Spielmann; with René Mause, Biological Station, Düren County); Nideggen-Brück, Germany.
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4 March 2009
Prescribed burning operations in Mehlinger Heide Nature Reserve. Experimental fires to regenerate overmature Calluna vulgaris heath (J.G. Goldammer, F. Poeschel); Mehlingen, Germany.
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7-13 March 2009
Initiation of the field work and stakeholder consultations of the project “Development of a Forest Fire Management Strategy and Implementation Plan for Nepal; with Emphasis on Community Participation and Regional Cooperation”, sponsored by the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO), to be implemented by the GFMC (J.G. Goldammer) and the National Chapter of the UNISDR Regional South Asia Wildland Fire Network (S. Sharma) (see 22 February 2009); Kathmandu, Hetauda, Nepal.
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Discussion with Minister for Forest and Soil Conservation, Government of
Nepal (11 March 2009) |
Multi-stakeholder Consultation in Forest Fire Management Strategy for
Nepal (11 March 2009) |
Forest Fire in Sivapuri National Park (10 March 2009) |
16-19 March 2009
Nineteenth Session of the FAO Committee on Forestry (COFO) and World Forest Week, with meetings of the Fire Management Actions Alliance and the International Liaison Committee for Wildfire 2011 (J.G. Goldammer, A. Held); COFO-19 Special Event on “Fire and Climate Change”, with GFMC contribution “Vegetation fires and climate change interactions” (J.G. Goldammer); FAO, Rome, Italy.
COFO-19 Special Event on “Fire and Climate Change”
Source:
http://www.iisd.ca/fao/cof19/mar18.html
23-26 March 2009
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Scoping Meeting for a potential Special Report on "Extreme Events and Disasters: Managing the Risks" (J.G. Goldammer); Oslo, Norway.
April 2009
1 April 2009
Inauguration Meeting of the UNECE/FAO Team of Specialists on Forest Fire for the
work period 2008-2013 (J.G. Goldammer); United Nations, Palais des Nations,
Geneva, Switzerland.
2 April 2009
Meeting of the Joint UNECE/FAO Timber Committee / European Forestry Commission
Bureaux and the Leaders of the UNECE/FAO Teams of Specialists (J.G. Goldammer);
United Nations, Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland.
6-7 April 2009
Prescribed burning operations within the EU-sponsored LIFE Rohrhardsberg
project. Testing the use of prescribed fire in maintaining landscape and
ecosystem structures in grazing systems in the Black Forest (A. Held, D. Kraus);
Prechtaler Schanze, Oberprechtal, Germany.
 Point ignition technique for restoring extensively grazed grasslands |
 Fuel sampling before the prescribed burn |
17 April 2009
Conference of Directors of UNU Research and Training Centres/Programmes (CONDIR
37) at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) (J.G. Goldammer); Zurich,
Switzerland.
21 April 2009
Briefing of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GTZ)
(German Agency for Technical Cooperation), on the three-level national fire
management project “Integrated Wildland Fire Management and Wildland Fire
Disaster Prevention in Mongolia”, funded by the German Federal Ministry for
Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and commissioned by the Deutsche GTZ
- Advisory Project “Disaster Risk Management in Development Cooperation” on
behalf of the BMZ. The project was implemented by the Global Fire Monitoring
Center (GFMC) on behalf of the Mongolian-German project “Conservation and
Sustainable Management of Natural Resources” (J.G. Goldammer); GTZ Eschborn,
Germany.
25-29 April 2009
Rapid fire management planning support mission to Kazakhstan (J.G.
Goldammer); Almaty, Kazakhstan.
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Wetland wildfire South of Ili river, Kazakhstan, extinguised by the KazAviaLesoOkhrana fire crew on 29 April 2009 - pick up of the crew after mission completed
29 April 2009
Briefing of NaturSchutzFonds Brandenburg for the development of a project for
prescribed burning in Heidehof-Golmberg and Jägersberg-Schirknitzberg Nature
Reserves in the frame of an overall management concept on UXO-contaminated
terrain (J.G. Goldammer); Eberswalde, Germany.
May 2009
4-11 May 2009
FAO Wildland Fire Management Training Course (A. Held); Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
The Wildland Fire Management Training Course
included participants from forestry and fire service of Ethiopia
4 May - 30 June 2009
Work exchange of GFMC staff as Fire Analyst Assistant to UT GRAF (D. Kraus);
Tivissa, Spain.
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6-8 May 2009
UN Advisory Group on Environmental Emergencies (AGEE) 8th meeting, co-organized
with the Monitoring and Information Centre (MIC) of the European Commission (J.G.
Goldammer); European Commission, Brussels.
AGEE-8 meeting at the European Commission, Brussels
18 May 2009
International Liaison Committee (ILC) visit to AfriFireNet / Working on Fire (WoF)
headquarters (J.G. Goldammer, A. Held), Nelspruit, South Africa.
19-21 May 2009
ILC Preparatory Meeting for the 5th International Wildland Fire Conference 2011
"WildFire2011". The WildFire 2011 National Organizing Committee and the
Scientific Advisory Committee to present the current status of preparation and
future action items (J.G. Goldammer, A. Held); Sun City / Pilanesberg National
Park, South Africa.
Field visitor inspecting the ILC Team
at Pilanesberg Nature Reserve, location of the prescribed burning
field demonstrations during WildFire 2001
22 May 2009
Meeting on Bilateral Wildfire Agreements and International Exchange Programs (J.G.
Goldammer, A. Held), Pretoria, South Africa.
28 May 2009
GOFC-GOLD Fire IT telephone conference (J.G. Goldammer); AT&T / University of
Maryland / GFMC.
June 2009
1-15 June 2009
Fire analysis training with UT GRAF (A. Held); Tivissa, Spain.
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8-10 June 2009
NATO Advanced Research Workshop on “Use of Satellite and in Situ Data to Improve
Sustainability” with contributions “Early detection and monitoring wildland
fires from satellite and in situ data: Preparedness and response” (with
Bill de Groot and Sergiy Zibtsev) and
“Wildfires in the irradiated forests around the failed Chernobyl nuclear power
plant: Needs for development of early warning, detection and monitoring capacity
for disaster risk reduction” (with Sergiy Zibtsev and Chad Oliver) (J.G.
Goldammer); Kiev, Chernobyl, Ukraine.
Fire disaster specialists and NATO ARW Course Organisers (from left to right):
Sergiy Zibtsev
(National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine), Johann G.
Goldammer (GFMC), Felix Kogan (NOAA) and Alfred M. Powell Jr. (NOAA)
8 June 2009
Business meeting regarding involvement in “WildFire 2011” with European General
Dealer of “AirTractor” (A. Held), Barcelona, Spain.
10-12 June 2009
XXe Rencontre du Réseau des Èquipes de Brulage Dirigé (D. Kraus); Tarascon sur Ariége, France.
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15-19 June 2009
Second meeting of the UNISDR Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction, with
GFMC Side Event “Global Change and Wildfire” in which the “White Paper on
Vegetation Fires and Global Change” will be introduced to the UN system (18 June
2009) (J.G. Goldammer); Geneva, Switzerland.
Opening ceremony of the global platform.
15-17 June 2009
Wildfire 2009 conference, Presentation on ICS experiences in South Africa (A.
Held), Lyndhurst, New Forest, Hampshire, United Kingdom.
21-27 June 2009
Fire Management Training Course – Southern Caucasus Region, conducted in the
frame of the ENVSEC / GFMC project “Enhancing National Capacity on fire
Management and Risk Reduction in the South Caucasus” (J.G. Goldammer, with L.
Kondrashov, E. Bilgili and N. Nikolov); Borjomi National Park, Georgia.
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 Presentation of the fire behaviour analysis of the 2008 fires in Borjomi Gorge, Georgia |
 On-site analysis of the consequences of the 2008 wildfires on ecosystem and secondary damages (erosion, sediment transport) |
 On-site information by Department of Forestry Ministry of Environment of Georgia |
The month of July 2009 is largely devoted to the consolidation of the UN “White Paper on Vegetation Fires and Global Change”:
1 July 2009
Defense of BSc thesis of Mr. Fabian Poeschel on “Evaluation of objectives and
practices of prescribed burning in nature conservation, landscape management and
forestry in temperate-boreal Europe” („Auswertung
der Zielsetzungen und Praktiken des kontrollierten Brennens in Naturschutz,
Landschaftspflege und Forstwirtschaft im gemäßigt-borealen Europa“) (J.G.
Goldammer); Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaft
und Kunst, Göttingen,
Germany.
3 July 2009
Business meeting regarding involvement in "WildFire 2011" with HAIX (www.haix.com)
(A. Held), Mainburg, Germany
16 July 2009
GOFC-GOLD Fire IT telephone conference (J.G. Goldammer); AT&T / University of
Maryland / GFMC.
24 July 2009
Demonstration mission and aerial fire suppression demonstration drop of the
B-747 Evergreen Supertanker by Evergreen International and GFMC (J.G. Goldammer,
A. Held, M. Spielmann); Hahn Airport, Germany
 Demonstration drop of the Evergreen Supertanker at Frankfurt Hahn Airport, 24 July 2009 |
 GFMC Team (A. Held, J.G. Goldammer, M. Spielmann) with Evergreen Aerial Fire Suppression Trainer Bill Moody (from left to right) |
 View of the retardant storage tanks inside the B-747 Supertanker (capacity: 20,500 gallons / 77.6 t of retardants) |
28 July 2009
Visit of a forestry delegation (Head of Provincial Forest Service of Gansu
Province; Director and staff of the Academy of Water Resource Conservation
Forest, Qilian Mountains, Gansu Province), People's Republic of China, on fire
management in Qulian Mountains; GFMC.
31 July
Workshop for Fire Professionals on CPS, Fire Analysis and Tactics and
Strategies for Wildland FireFighting (A. Held, D. Kraus); Witten, Germany
August 2009
13 August 2009
Meeting with Federal German Technical Relief Agency (Bundesanstalt Technisches
Hilfswerk - THW), Federal German Ministry of Interior, Frankfurt Fire Service,
Rottenburg University for Applied Forest Science and GFMC (J.G. Goldammer), on a
concept for capacity building in wildland fire management in Germany; THW
Berlin, Germany.
13-21 August 2009
Work visit to Professor John Dold, Manchester University, Fire Research Center,
discuss fire research in Southern Africa; Fire Training Exchange introduction
Fire Service North Ireland (pending), Fire Training Exchange introduction
Northumberland Fire Service (A Held); United Kingdom.
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August 2009
Work visit of the Economic and Environmental Affairs Officer of the
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (David Swalley); GFMC.
24-27 August 2009
Work visit with Federal Forest Service of Russia and the Russian Aerial Fire
Protection Service Avialesookhrana (J.G. Goldammer); Moscow / Pushkino, Russian
Federation.
On 25 August 2009 the Federal Forest Agency, Ministry for Agriculture, Government of Russia, awarded the Memorial Medal of the Federal Forest Agency (the highest national Russian Forestry Award) to Johann G. Goldammer, Moscow, Russian Federation.
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August 2009
Work visit at the All-Russian Research Institute of Silviculture and
Forestry Mechanization, Ministry of Agriculture of Russia, Laboratory of
Radioecology, in preparation of the Advanced Seminar “Wildfires and Human
Security - Fire Management on Terrain Contaminated by Radioactivity, Unexploded
Ordnance (UXO) and Land Mines” (Kyiv / Chernobyl, Ukraine, 6-8 October 2009) (J.G.
Goldammer); Pushkino, Russian Federation.
Staff of the Laboratory of Radioecology with visitors of Avialesookhrana (A. Eritsov) and GFMC (J.G. Goldammer)
25-29 August 2009
Final workshop of the project "Forest Fires in India: Integrating ecological and
cultural contexts and consequences" (project sponsored by the Federal German
Ministry for Economic Cooperation) (D. Kraus); Delhi, India.
3-9 September 2009
National Round Table for the Establishment of a National Inter-Agency Fire
Management Committee in Georgia, conducted in the frame of the ENVSEC / GFMC
project “Enhancing National Capacity on Fire Management and Risk Reduction in
the South Caucasus” (4 September 2009) and field work in Georgia (J.G. Goldammer);
Tbilisi and provinces of Georgia
All Georgian Ministries and Agencies involved in fire management attended the Round Table
18-19
September 2009
Joint NASA LCLUC Science Team Meeting and
GOFC-GOLD/NERIN, NEESPI, MAIRS Workshop “Monitoring land cover, land use and
fire in agricultural and semi-arid regions of Northern Eurasia”
(J.G. Goldammer and representatives of the UNISDR
Central Asia and South Asia Regional Wildland Fire Networks L. Kondrashov);
exploratory fire mission in the mountain range between Kazakhstan and
Kyrgyzstan; National Center of Space Research and Technologies, National Space
Agency, and Kazavialesookhrana; Almaty, Kazakhstan
View from a MI-17 helicopter during the fire reconnaissance flights
30 September – 01 October 2009
Workshop “Managing military training areas of high ecological value in Central
and Eastern Europe (CEE)”, organised by the Bavarian Academy for Nature
Conservation and Landscape Management and Naturstiftung David in cooperation
with CEEweb, with GFMC presentation “Fire use on military training sites –
Techniques and applications: Fire as a tool in the land manager’s tool box” (D.
Kraus, A. Held); Passau (Germany) / Boletice (Czech Republic).
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October 2009
5-7 October 2009
4th Brazilian-German Symposium on Sustainable Development (IV
Simpósio Brasil-Alemanha – Desenvolvimento Sustentável), with GFMC contribution
on “Fire risk mapping for the Cerrado State Park, Jaguariaíva (PR), Brasil”. (by
L. Koproski, J.G. Goldammer); Curitiba, Brasil.
GFMC Poster (PDF, 1 MB)
6-8 October 2009
Advanced Seminar “Wildfires and Human Security: Fire Management on Terrain Contaminated by Radioactivity, Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) and Land Mines”, conducted by the Global Fire Monitoring Center (GFMC) in the frame of the activities of the Council of Europe (CoE) and the joint project “Enhancing National Capacity on Fire Management and Risk Reduction in the South Caucasus” (Environment and Security Initiative [ENVSEC], the UNISDR Regional Southeast Europe / Caucasus and Central Asia Wildland Fire Networks and the UNECE / FAO Team of Specialists on Forest Fire (J.G. Goldammer); Kyiv / Chernobyl, Ukraine
Seminar report (PDF, 0,1 MB)
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16 October 2009
On-site preparation of the prescribed burning project “Einsatz des
Kontrollierten Brennens zur Realisierung von Naturschutzzielen auf
nutzungsaufgebenen militärischen Übungsplätzen unter den Bedingungen von
Kampfmittelbelastung: NSG „Heidehof-Golmberg“ (2009-2012) (J.G. Goldammer);
Luckenwalde, Germany
18-20 October 2009
Work visit of the Coordinator of the UNISDR Regional Central Asia Wildland Fire
Network, Leonid Kondrashov, for coordination with GFMC and UN SPIDER / UNOOSA;
GFMC.
18-23 October 2009
XVIII World Forestry Congress, with GFMC contributions on “Fire: A Threat to
Conservation in the Tri-National Biodiversity Corridor (Argentina, Brazil,
Paraguay)”, and “Evaluation of wildland fire danger rating indexes to the
Cerrado State Park, Brazil” (by L. Koproski and J.G. Goldammer) (L. Koproski);
Buenos Aires, Argentina.
 GFMC Poster 1: Evaluation of Wildland Fire Danger Rating Indexes to the Cerrado State Park, Brazil |
 GFMC Poster 2: Fire: A Threat to Conservation in the Tri-National Biodiversity Corridor (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay) |
19 October 2009
Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Fire Paradox Integrated Research
Project (EU) in preparation of the closing meeting (February 2010, hosted by
GFMC and EFICENT) (M. Spielmann, D. Kraus, A. Held, J.G. Goldammer); GFMC.
Fire Paradox BoD at GFMC
22-23 October 2009
Kickoff meeting of the project ALP FFIRS (Alpine Forest FIre waRning System):
The forest fire danger prediction in the Alps” (Alpine Space Programme), with
GFMC observer contribution “The Global Wildland Fire Early Warning System and
ALP FFIRS: Towards an integrated approach” (J.G. Goldammer); Turin, Italy.
26-27 October 2009
European and Mediterranean workshop “Climate Change Impact on Water-Related and
Marine Risks”, with GFMC presentation “Climate change and forest fires risk” (J.G.
Goldammer, presented by N. Nikolov, UNISDR Regional SE Europe / Caucasus
Wildland Fire Network); Murcia (Spain)
29 October 2009
GOFC-GOLD Fire IT telephone conference (J.G. Goldammer); AT&T / University of
Maryland / GFMC.
November 2009
3-4 November 2009
Conference “Working on Fire: Future Challenges in Firefighting”, in the frame of
HeliWorld International Conference and Airtec 2009, co-sponsored by GFMC,
Working on Fire International and European Rotor and Rescue Conferences, with
GFMC Contributions “International Strategy for Disaster Reduction” (by J.G.
Goldammer), “The African Experience in Aerial Firefighting: Lessons identified
for common wildfire problems” (by A. Held), and “Basics and Concepts of Fire
Analysis” (by D. Kraus); Frankfurt, Germany.
4-6 November 2009
Work meeting with UT GRAF to discuss the development of a qualification system
and assessment procedures (M. Bruce, A. Held, D. Kraus); Barcelona, Spain.
5-6 November 2009
Aerial Firefighting International Conference and Exhibition, cosponsored and
under the auspices of GFMC / UNISDR Wildland Fire Advisory Group / Fire Aviation
Working Group, with GFMC contribution “Aerial Fire Fighting During Armed
Conflicts and in Contaminated Terrains” (by J.G. Goldammer); Rome, Italy.
9-13 November 2009
GFMC contribution to the 45th session of the International Tropical Timber
Council (ITTC), International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO), in
preparation of fire management projects in ITTO member countries and preparation
of WildFire 2011 (J.G. Goldammer); Yokohama, Japan.
15 November 2009
Work meeting with UCM for preparation of a booklet on best practice examples for
prescribed burning in Europe in the frame of Fire Paradox (D. Kraus); Madrid,
Spain.
16 November 2009
General assembly of the German Committee for Disaster Reduction (DKKV) (J.G.
Goldammer); Bonn, Germany.
16-17 November 2009
Training course on High Reliability Organizing (HRO) and Leadership concepts for
European fire managers (D. Kraus); Girona, Spain.
18-19 November 2009
Jornadas Técnicas del Cuerpo de Bomberos: Capacidad de gestión de los incendios
forestales (D. Kraus), Girona, Spain.
20 November 2009
GOFC-GOLD Executive Committee Meeting, START office at AGU (J.G. Goldammer);
Washington D.C., USA
20 November 2009
Fire Paradox workshop series to review guidelines and manuals for the prevention
and extinction of Large Wildfires (D. Kraus); Girona, Spain.
27 November 2009
Annual course "Fire Ecology in Ecosystems of the Tropics and Subtropics",
Faculty for Forest and Environmental Sciences, Freiburg University (Germany),
given by GFMC staff (J.G. Goldammer, A. Held, D. Kraus, S. Maisch); Freiburg,
Germany.
27 November 2009
Annual course “Natural Hazards”, Faculty for Forest and Environmental Sciences,
Freiburg University (Germany), given by GFMC staff (J.G. Goldammer); Freiburg,
Germany
30 November – 1 December 2009
Seminar on "Basic Principles of Fire Ecology and Wildland Fire Suppression" at
Brandenburg Technical University (Germany), given by GFMC staff (A. Held, D.
Kraus); Cottbus, Germany.
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December 2009
15-18 December 2009
Colloquium “Fire in Human Evolution, Human History, and Human Society”,
Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen (KNAW), with GFMC
contribution “Vegetation Fires and Global Change” (J.G. Goldammer); Amsterdam,
Netherlands.
KNAW colloquium agenda and abstracts (PDF, 0.3 MB)
31 December 2009
GFMC greetings for 2010: Happy New Year to all colleagues, cooperators and
especially the members of the Global Wildland Fire Network.
