Calendar
October
2003
3rd International Wildland Fire Conference and
Exhibition 2003 Conference
Venue: Sydney, Australia
Date: 3-6 October 2003
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information
GOFC-GOLD
Fire Implementation Team Meeting
Venue: Sydney, Australia
Date: 7 October, 2003
Contact: Dr
Chris Justice
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information on the Fire Implementation Team
GOFC-GOLD
Southeast Regional Network Meeting
Venue: Sydney, Australia
Date: 7 October, 2003
Contact: Dr
Mastura Mahmud
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information
3rd
International Wildland Fire Conference and Exhibition
Venue: Sydney, Australia
Date: 3-6 October, 2003
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details
Abstract submission deadline is 10 January 2003.
International
Wildland Fire Summit
Venue: Sydney, Australia
Date: 8 October, 2003
Contact: Dr
Duncan Sutherland
Objective of the meeting: to develop a strategy for
the improvement of wildland fire management
(by invitation only)
3rd
International Wildland Fire Conference and Exhibition
Venue: Sydney, Australia
Date: 3-6 October, 2003
Details: see
conference website
Abstract submission deadline is 10 January 2003
September
2003
New Approaches to Forest Fire Management at
an Ecoregional Level
Venue: Khabarovsk, Russia
Date: 9-13 September 2003 (tentative
dates)
Contact: Dr
Ivan Csiszar, University of Maryland
Workshop
Objectives: To share knowledge
and information and develop initial recommendations
for collaborative design, planning and implementation
of a regional framework for comprehensive forest fire
management in the Amur-Sikhote-Alin Ecoregion (Russian
Far East).
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information
XII World Forestry Congress
Venue: Quebec City, Canada
Date: 21-28 September, 2003
Display: Booth number 27.
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information
UNOOSA Expert meeting
Venue: Cordoba, Argentina
Date: 24-26 September, 2003
The Expert Meeting on “Space Technology for Flood
and Fire Disaster Management” organized by the
Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs
(UNOOSA) will be held from the 24-26 November 2003 at
the Instituto de Altos Estudios Espaciales Mario Gulich
in Córdoba, Argentina.
August
2003
4th Meeting of Southern Africa Fire Network
(SAFNET)
Venue: Skukuza Camp, Kruger National
Park, South Africa
Date: 17- 23 August 2003
Contact: Dr
Dianne Davies
Main theme for the meeting: The Use of Remote
Sensing to Support Fire Management in Southern Africa
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information
June
2003
Joint International Workshop of EARSel (European
Association of Remote Sensing Laboratory) Special Interest
Group on Forest Fires and GOFC-GOLD Fire Program, Innovative
Concepts and Methods in Fire Danger Estimation
Venue: Ghent, Belgium
Date: 5-7 June, 2003
Contact: Dr
Emilio Chuivieco
Goals
of meeting
To improve communication between satellite providers,
researchers and data users.
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information
May
2003
Integrated Land Use Change Analysis in Southern
Africa: Process Modeling, Impacts and Implications for
Sustained Development Workshop
Venue: Blantyre, Malawi
Date: 25-30th May, 2003
Contact: Dr
Paul V. Desanker
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March
2003
GOFC-GOLD
Executive Committee Meeting
Venue:
Ispra, Italy
Date: 16-18
March 2003
Contacts: Bryan Lee (blee@nrcan.gc.ca)
or John Townshend (jtownshe@glue.umd.edu).
Goals of meeting
Approximately 18 months ago the 2nd STB
laid out an ambitious set of plans for the implementation
of GOFC/GOLD. The March 2003 meeting of the Executive
Committee of the STB is being held with the following
goals:
1. to assess progress
in carrying out these plans,
2. to further develop
strategies for their implementation and
3. to consider possible
modifications to the plans.
The results of this meeting will, in turn, form the
basis of the next meeting of the STB.
Further
details on the meeting
January
2003
Information
Framework for Global Monitoring of Forests, Land Use
and the Environment
Venue:
Rome, Italy
Date: 22-23
January 2003
Contact: Bryan Lee (blee@nrcan.gc.ca).
Objectives of the meeting
To evaluate approaches for establishing
and developing an Information Framework for Global Monitoring
of Forests, Land Use and the Environment and to define
the initial steps for its implementation and networking.
Further
details on the meeting
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