Fire and Soils at the EUROSOIL2012

EUROSOIL2012

BARI, ITALY, July 2-6 2012

S3.4.

Forest fire effects on soil sustainability

Conveners

Cerdà Artemi – University of Valencia – Spain

Certini Giacomo – University of Firenze – Italy

Doerr Stefan H. – Swansea University – United Kingdom

Mataix-Solera Jorge – Universidad M. Hernandez, Alicante – Spain

This message is to inform you about the scientific session on Forest Fire effects on Soil Sustainability that will take place next year in Bari, Italy.

Please find attached a flyer of our session, the details of our proposal and also the last circular for the Meeting. Please pay attention that other very interesting sessions will be organized which make very interesting to attend the meeting.

The congress will take place in July 2-6 2012 during a very warm period in the center of the Mediterranean Sea.

Hope to see you there,

Please, do not hesitate to contact me if you have any problem to upload your abstract at <a href=”http://www.eurosoil2012.eu/d/33/3.Land_Degradation ” target=”_blank”>http://www.eurosoil2012.eu/d/33/3.Land_Degradation <http://www.eurosoil2012.eu/d/33/3.Land_Degradation&gt;

Deadline for abstracts submission is 10 October 2011, and should be done through the Conference website:

http://www.eurosoil2012.eu/ <http://www.eurosoil2012.eu/&gt; https://secure.onlinecongress.it/onlinecongress/scent2.0/default.aspx?guid=7970467778155743295308221&language=2 <https://secure.onlinecongress.it/onlinecongress/scent2.0/default.aspx?guid=7970467778155743295308221&language=2&gt;

Sincerely,

The conveners,

Artemi Cerdà. Soil Erosion and Degradation Research Group (SEDER). Departament de Geografia. Universitat de València. Blasco Ibàñez, 28, 46010-Valencia. Spain. Artemio.cerda@uv.es <mailto:Artemio.cerda@uv.es>

Giacomo Certini. Dipartimento di Scienze delle Produzioni Vegetali, del Suolo e dell’Ambiente Agroforestale (DiPSA). Università degli Studi di Firenze. Piazzale delle Cascine 28, 50144 Firenze, Italy. certini@unifi.it <mailto:certini@unifi.it>

Stefan Helmut Doerr. Editor-in-Chief. Int. J. Wildland Fire. Head of Geography Department. College of Science. Swansea University. Singleton Park, Swansea SA2 8PP, UK. S.Doerr@Swansea.ac.uk <mailto:S.Doerr@Swansea.ac.uk>

Jorge Mataix-Solera. GEA – Grupo de Edafología Ambiental – Environmental Soil Science GroupDepartamento de Agroquímica y Medio Ambiente. Universidad Miguel Hernández. Edificio Alcudia, Avda de la Universidad s/n. 03202 Elche Alicante Spain. jorge.mataix@umh.es <mailto:jorge.mataix@umh.es>

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Author: Willem Van Cotthem

Honorary Professor of Botany, University of Ghent (Belgium). Scientific Consultant for Desertification and Sustainable Development.