Fire Ecology & Management Congress: Call for papers, abstracts & poster presentations

The Association for Fire Ecology (AFE) is pleased to announce the call for Paper/Abstracts and Poster Presentations for the Fourth International Fire Ecology and Management Congress: Fire as a Global Process. Please note that the special sessions call deadline has been extended to 1 September 2009.

Our key-note speaker will be Bruce Babbitt, former Secretary of the Interior. He will put current and future Global Fire concepts into perspective. Plenary sessions will feature invited speakers including Winston Trollope, South Africa; David Bowman, Australia; Cliff White, Canada; Ioannis Z. Gitas, Greece; Dale Wade, USA; Dr. Ronald Wakimoto, USA; Oyunsanaa Byambasuren, Mongolia; Dante Arturo Rodriguez-Trejo, Mexico; . The speakers will focus on the regional dichotomy between indigenous cultural use and understanding of fire and modern cultural attitudes toward fire.

The theme for the 4th International Fire Congress is “Fire as a Global Process.” The program sessions will include presentations on topics related, 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 by downloading the form online (http://www.fireecology.net/Congress09/Home.html). Please limit abstract length to 300 words and submit abstracts in pdf format. Submit your completed online submission form and abstract (pdf) by e-mail to micah-john.beierle@ttu.edu . Submissions will be reviewed and placed in the appropriate session by the Program Committee. Authors will be notified of the Program Committee’s decisions by e-mail by 21 September 2009. Authors will also be encouraged to submit papers for a special Congress issue of Fire Ecology: the Journal of the Association for Fire Ecology.

For additional information on the Fire Congress, please visit:
http://www.fireecology.net/Congress09/Home.html .

We look forward to seeing you in Savannah!

The 4th International Fire Ecology and Management Congress Steering and Program Committee

Sandra Rideout-Hanzak, PhD (USA)
Steering Committee Chari
e-mail: Sandra.rideout-hanzak@ttu.edu

Robert W. Gray (Canada)
Program Committee Co-Chair
e-mail: bobgray@shaw.ca

Francisco Seijo, PhD (Spain)
Program Committee Co-Chair
e-mail: fjseijo@hotmail.com