The conference will be held from 24 to 26 November 2016,  and includes two days of technical visits and one day of seminar for scientists to present their works and discuss their ideas on different topics related to post-fire land management and also the effects of post-fire on terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

 

On November 23, a specific seminar is planned for young researchers to present their work and discuss their ideas. The activities planned for this day will be, however, dependent on a minimum number of registered participants (20).

 

On November 24 there will be a technical visit to some of the experimental areas of the EU RECARE, project in Miranda do Corvo (Coimbra District). After a fire on August 2015, erosion plots were installed on burned eucalypt plantations to study the effects of post-fire erosion mitigation techniques, namely mulching and logging, on soils, vegetation, soil hydrological and erosion processes and water quality of downstream aquatic systems.

 

On November 25 there will be a seminar for presenting as well to debate and discuss scientific works on different topics related to post-fire land management. In this seminar their will be three or four lectures by invited keynote speakers:

• Doctor José Antonio Vega, Centro de Investigación Forestal de Lourizán, Consellería do Medio Rural e do Mar, Xunta de Galicia

• Prof. Doctor V. Ramon Vallejo do Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Universidade de Barcelona

• Doctor Jesús San-Miguel-Ayanz, Forest Information System for Europe, Unit Forest Resources and Climate, Institute for Environment and Sustainability, Joint Research Centre (to be confirmed)

• Eng. João Pinho, Vice-Presidente do Conselho Diretivo do Instituto da Conservação da Natureza e das Florestas, Lisboa

 

On November 26 there will be a technical visit to the Caramulo Mountains to show some of the erosion mitigation measures, i.e. wood barriers and breaking of soil water repellent layer, implemented by the forest services of the Tondela Municipality after the summer fires of 2013.

Original works related to the effects of post-fire on terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems theme can be submitted for oral or poster presentation. Abstracts in Portuguese, Spanish or English are admitted.

 

The authors are invited to indicate their preference as regards to the type of communication to be presented, i.e. oral or poster, but the final format will be decided by the Scientific Committee.

 

Abstracts should be prepared following the specifications defined by organizing committee using a template available in this site (see Downloads tab). Abstracts should be sent by e-mail to (cesam-fuegored2016@ua.pt) before September 1.

 

Posters must indicate the title of the work, author(s) name(s) and email(s) and the institution or organization where the work was developed .

Posters must be printed with A0 size (ISO 216 standarts) - a 841mm width and 1189mm height.

 

The author is responsible for the poster printing. The poster display must be done by the author following the conference organization rules. If you experience any problems with the submission form, please contact us (cesam-fuegored2016@ua.pt).

 

The deadline for abstract submission is 14 October 2016.

 

Notification of acceptance abstracts will by done via email until 20 October 2016.

 

Important notes:

Each corresponding author can submit up to one (1) oral and one (1) poster contribution.

One full registration covers only one (1) paper and one (1) poster contribution.

Jan Jacob Keizer (CESAM & Departamento de Ambiente e Ordenamento, Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal) Chairman

 

António Ferreira (Escola Superior Agrária de Coimbra, Portugal)

Artemi Cerdà (Departament de Geografía, Universidad de València, Espanha)

Celeste Coelho (CESAM & Departamento de Ambiente e Ordenamento, Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal)

Dalila Serpa (CESAM & Departamento de Ambiente e Ordenamento, Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal)

Diana Vieira (CESAM & Departamento de Ambiente e Ordenamento, Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal)

Jesús Notario del Pino (Departamento de Edafología e Química Agrícola, Universidad de La Laguna, Espanha)

João Pedro Nunes (CESAM & Departamento de Ambiente e Ordenamento, Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal)

José Antonio Vega (Centro de Investigação Forestal – Lourizán, Junta da Galiza, Espanha)

Maruxa Malvar Cortizo (CESAM & Departamento de Ambiente e Ordenamento, Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal)

Ramon Vallejo (Departamento de Biología Vegetal, Universidad de Barcelona, Espanha)

João Rocha (CESAM & Departamento de Ambiente e Ordenamento, Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal)

Martinho Martins (CESAM & Departamento de Ambiente e Ordenamento, Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal)