Association for Fire Ecology: Call for workshops and special sessions

The Association for Fire Ecology (AFE) is pleased to announce the call for Workshops and Special Sessionsfor the Fourth International Fire Ecology and Management Congress: Fire as a Global Process to be held in Savannah, GA, USA from Nov. 30-Dec. 4, 2009. The Congress will feature plenary sessions highlighting the relationship between indigenous and modern fire cultures around the globe; Special Sessions addressing these and other global fire issues are especially solicited. Submissions should represent original work pertaining, but not limited, to the following primary themes:

Fire Effects
Human Dimensions
Integrating Science and Management
Fire Behavior
Landscape Level Issues
Fire History
Role of Technology

Authors are invited to submit abstracts until April 3, 2009 via the on-line submission page (Click Here). Please limit your abstract length to 300 words. For more specific themes please visit our web site Scientific Program page (Click Here). Submissions will be reviewed by the Program Committee, and authors will be notified, via the e-mail provided on the proposal form, by May 15, 2009. For additional information on the Congress, please visit the web site at http://www.fireecology.net/Congress09/Home.html .