Program
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| Tuesday 13th November |
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| 8:00 |
Registration and coffee in restaurant Karanka, Kaukametsä |
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Fire as a management tool in protected areas forests
Conference hall Kouta |
| Chair: |
Aimo Saano, Metsähallitus, Natural Heritage Services, Southern Finland
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| 9:00 |
Opening of the symposium
Sanna-Kaisa Rautio, Metsähallitus, Natural Heritage Services, Ostrobothnia
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| 9:05 |
Fire continuums and their restoration in Fennoscandia
Jari Kouki, Faculty of Forest Sciences, University of Joensuu
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| 9:35 |
Human influence on Fennoscandian fire history
Tuomo Wallenius, Finnish Forest Research Institute, Kolari Research Unit
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| 10:05 |
Use of fire in forestry on privately owned forests in Finland
Lauri Saaristo, Forestry Development Centre Tapio, Helsinki
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| 10:35 |
Fire implications in forest restoration and management
Timo Kuuluvainen, Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Helsinki
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Discussion
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| 11:45 |
Lunch in restaurant Karanka, Kaukametsä
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| Chair: |
Harri Tukia, Finnish Environment Institute, Expert Services Department, Nature Division
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| 13:00 |
Principles and practices in Finland
Esko Hyvärinen, Metsähallitus , Natural Heritage Services, Southern Finland
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| 13:45 |
Principles and practices in Sweden
Tomas Rydkvist, County Administrative Board of Västernorrland
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| 14:15 |
Coffee break in restaurant Karanka, Kaukametsä
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| 14:45 |
Forest fires in Russian Taiga
Heikki Kauhanen, Finnish Forest Research Institute, Kolari Research Unit
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| 15:15 |
Principles and practices in Norway
Målfrid Toeneiet, Norwegian Forest and Landscape Institute
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Discussion
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| 16:35 |
Premiere of the Restoration DVD
Ismo Tuormaa, DocIsland Ky
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Poster session in the lobby of Kouta hall
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| 19:00 |
Dinner in restaurant Karanka, Kaukametsä
Vocal ensemple Nais-Girls
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| Wednesday 14th November |
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Ecological and economical research of prescribed fires
Conference hall Kouta |
| Chair: |
Pasi Puttonen, Finnish Forest Research Institute, Helsinki Unit
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| 8:00 |
Research and forest fires
Pasi Puttonen, Finnish Forest Research Institute, Helsinki Unit
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| 8:30 |
Green Belt LIFE
Anne Tolvanen, Finnish Forest Research Institute, Muhos Research Unit
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| 8:45 |
Tree regeneration after fire
Michelle de Chantal, Finnish Forest Research Institute, Vantaa Research Unit
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| 9:15 |
Coffee break in restaurant Karanka, Kaukametsä
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| 9:30 |
New studies from Sweden
Anders Granström, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Forest Ecology and Management
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| 10:00 |
The prehistory of prescribed fires – an archaeological view on slash-and-burn cultivation and fire history
Tuija Kirkinen, Institute for Cultural Research, Department of Archaeology, University of Helsinki
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Discussion
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| 11:00 |
Lunch in restaurant Karanka, Kaukametsä
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| Chair: |
Matti Hovi, Metsähallitus, Natural Heritage Services, Ostrobothnia
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| 11:45 |
Prescribed fires in a landscape context: their potential in sustainable forest management planning
Pasi Reunanen, Department of Biological and Environmental Science, University of Jyväskylä
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| 12:15 |
Socio-economic issues in forest biodiversity management
Paula Horne, Finnish Forest Research Institute, Vantaa Research Unit
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| 12:45 |
Final discussion and summing-up
Aimo Saano, Metsähallitus, Natural Heritage Services, Southern Finland
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| 13:15 |
Coffee break in restaurant Karanka, Kaukametsä |
