Synergy Fieldmeeting COST ACTION Fire in the Earth System Year 1
University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel,
9-12 March 2020
FIRElinks will develop the EU-spanning network of scientists and practitioners involved in forest fire research and land management and connect communities from different scientific and geographic backgrounds, allowing the discussion of different experiences and the emergence of new approaches to fire research.
The synergy meeting aims to bring together people from different working groups to see the fire related issues the Israeli colleagues are dealing with. The meeting will visit three different sites to see where fire impacts in a dryland system and in urban areas.
13:30 Welcome to participants
14:00 Introductory talks by Israeli key scientists (tbd)
15:00 Coffee break
15:30 Introductory talks by Israeli stakeholders (tbd)
16:30 Coffee break
17:00 Discussion with stakeholders and participants of the synergy meeting
18:00 End of the day.
09:00 Keynote by Dan Malkinson on fire effects in the mountains of Israel
9.30 Invited talks by Juli Pausas (tbc)
10:00 Invited talk by Stefan Doerr (tbc)
10:30 Coffee break
11:30 Introduction to the field visits
13:00 Lunch (not provided by organizers)
14:00 Visit to the Hai Bar Carmel Nature Reserve. Guide: Dan Malkinson
18:00 End of the day.
07:00-12:00 Urban fires-hiking in Nahal Ezov. Along the trip there will be
explanations of experts of the sites we will visit. Guide: Lea Wittenberg.
Picknick lunch (not provided by organisation)
12:00-18:00 Field visit to the Siach Nahal Mearot Nature Reserve. Along the trip
there will be explanations of experts of the sites we will visit. Guide: Nurit Shtober
09:00-16:00 Bus excursion to the Judean Mountains. Along the trip there will be
explanations of experts of the sites we visit.
Picknick lunch (not provided by organisation)
16:00 end of meeting