Eurasian Fire in Nature Conservation Network (EFNCN)

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Background Information and Literature
Two review papers (in English), three papers in German and a bibliography provide some background information on the cultural fire history and fire ecology of Central-Northern Europe and the recent discussion on the use of prescribed fire in nature conservation and landscape management:

• The Use of Prescribed Fire in the Land Management of Western and Baltic Europe: An Overview (PDF, 610 KB)

• History of Fire in Land-Use Systems of the Baltic Region <in English>

• Fire History of Central Europe <in English>

• Feuereinsatz im Naturschutz in Mitteleuropa - Ein Positionspapier <Use of fire in nature conservation in Central Europe. A position paper> <in German>

• Nutzung des Feuers in mittel- und nordeuropäischen Landschaften <Use of fire in Central and Northern European landscapes> <in German>

• Rekonstruktion der Feuergeschichte einer nordischen Wald- und Kulturlandschaft: Fallbeispiel Nationalpark Tiveden (Südschweden) <Reconstruction of fire history of a Nordic forest and cultural landscape: The Tiveden National Park example> <in German>

• Bibliography: Feuerökologie Mitteleuropas <Fire ecology of Central Europe>

• Bibliography: Reconstruction of Fire History in the United Kingdom

• Long-Time Record of Fire and Open Canopy in a High Biodiversity Forest in Southeast Sweden (PDF, 0.8 MB)

• The Muirburn Code 2008 (principal legislation constraints that apply for the wise use of fire in moorland management of Scotland) (PDF, 1.6 MB)
  
  
• Prescribed burning on Moorland: Supplement to the Muirburn Code - A Guide to Best Practice (PDF, 1.5 MB)
  
  

• Review of the impacts of heather and grassland burning in the uplands on soils, hydrology and biodiversity (PDF, 1.0 MB)

• Impact of prescribed burning on the nutrient balance of heathlands (Lueneburg heathlands Germany) (PDF, 0.6 MB)

• The Heather and Grass Burning Code 2007 (PDF, 148 KB)

• FIRES Policy Brief 2010 (PDF, 0.4 MB)

• Fire Paradox Policy Brief Integrated Fire Management

• -          English version (PDF, 1.3 MB)

• -          French version (PDF, 1.3 MB)

• -          Spanish version (PDF, 1.3 MB)

• -          Portuguese version (PDF, 1.3 MB)

• -          Italian version (PDF, 1.3 MB)

• -          Greek version (PDF, 1.3 MB)

• -          Russian version (PDF, 1.3 MB)

Background information on the use of prescribed burning outside of Europe is provided:

• Prescribed Fire; Case Studies, Decision Aids, and Planning Guides. Fire Management Today, Vol. 66, No. 1 (Special Issue) (PDF, 3.6 MB)

• Fire Ecology Monitoring Protocol for the Heartland Inventory and Monitoring Network (Natural Resource Report NPS/HTLN/NRR - 2011/294) (PDF, 5.2 MB)