Fesp 8
8th International Conference on Fire Effects on Soil Properties
July 26 to 28, 2021
Guarapuava – Paraná - Brazil
As Organizing Committee of the Meeting, we welcome you to our website. You can access updated information about the Meeting using this website, and all processes regarding the Meeting (i.e., registration, announcements of accepted abstracts and final program) will be performed using the web site as well.
The 8th International Conference on Fire Effects on Soil Properties, will publish a special issue:
Fire and Soils: Impacts, Management and Solutions
Journal of Environmental Management
Preliminary information:
a) Date when author invitations will be sent: July 30, 2021;
b) The date the first paper is expected (submission portal will be open from this date): October 15, 2021;
c) The submission deadline: April 1, 2022;
d) The acceptance deadline: July 30, 2022;
e) Only one submission per person as first author or co-author will be allowed.
The conference aims to gather various fire and soil researchers from all around the world, contribute to scientific communication in the fire and soil research and facilitate future collaboration.
The International Conference on Fire Effects on Soil Properties started in 2007 as the International Meeting of fire effects on soil properties. The meeting took place in Barcelona and it was organized by Mediterranean Environmental Research Group from Universitat de Barcelona, Spain. Since then, the conference has been carried out regularly. In 2021 (July 26 to 28) the 8th International Conference on Fire Effects on Soil Properties, will take place remotely in Guarapuava – Paraná – Brazil. The conference is being organized by Experimental Geomorphology and Soil Erosion Group from Department of Geography – Universidade Estadual do Centro-Oeste.
The main subjects of the meeting are as follows:
1) Fires effects on biological, chemical, and physical soil properties;
2) Agricultural fires (e.g., slash-and-burn), wildfires, and prescribed fires, and laboratory fires;
3) Fire effects on vegetation, soils, and hydrology;
4) Soil recovery after fires;
5) New methodologies to study fire effects on soil;
6) Climate change and fire;
7) Traditional and cultural uses of fire (e.g., traditional community and native people) and the role of local and traditional ethno-ecological knowledge of fire;
Past Events
You can see the more information on the FESP international network website or by clicking on the event bellow if the event website is available. You can also folow the Facebook page for past and future events.
FESP7 – University of Haifa, Israel (2019)
FESP6 - Skukuza, Kruger National Park, South Africa (2017)
FESP5 – University College, Dublin, Ireland (2015)
FESP4 – Vilnius, Lithuania (2013)
FESP3 – University of Minho, Guimarães, Portugal (2011)
FESP2 – Marmaris, Turkey (2009)
FESP1 - Univesitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain (2007)
Submissions - 01/11/21 to 04/30/21
Submissions response - 07/02/2021
Participation registering - 01/11/21 to 07/23/21
Conference - July 26 to 28 of 2021
You can see more information such as time and time zones and add them to your calendar at Program and Schedule page.
The conference will be entirely online and free for both participation and submissions.
By registering your participation in the event, you can collaborate in sharing knowledge and contacting other participants, also you will receive a certificate of the conference. You see more information and register for participation in the registering page or download the form in the button below.
Submissions are now closed. You can see a more information at Submissions page.
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Scientific Committee
Antonio Vieira (Portugal)
Carlos J Vilalba (Paraguay)
Cristina Santin (United Kingdom)
Denis Fox (France)
Gary Sheridan (Australia)
Khaled Ibrahimi (Tunisia)
Lea Wittenberg (Israel)
Marcos Francos (Chile)
Paulo Pereira (Lithuania)
Pete Robichaud (USA)
Pow-Seng Yap (China)
Sandra Bravo (Argentina)
Tercia Strydom (South Africa)
Xavi Úbeda (Spain)
Organizers
Edivaldo L. Thomaz
Fábio L. Melquiades
Valdemir Antonelli
Collaborators
Vitor G. Cristofolini
Yasmmin T. Costa
Amanda M. de Almeida