Links
LIFE+ and forest protection in EU
LIFE+
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/life/index.htm
DG Environment for Forests
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/forests/home_en.htm
European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS)
http://effis.jrc.ec.europa.eu
European forest institutions
Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe (MCPFE)
http://www.mcpfe.org
Silva Mediterranea, Commission on Forests in the Mediterranean Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
http://www.fao.org/forestry/silvamed/en
European Forest Institute
http://www.efi.int/portal
Related projects
Cost FP0701 Action Post-Fire Forest Management in Southern Europe
http://uaeco.biol.uoa.gr/cost
LIFE+ “Demonstration of conservation actions for the brown bear and the black pine forests in northern Pindos http://www.pindoslife.gr/
Μεθοδολογία Αποκατάστασης Πυρόπληκτων Μεσογειακών Δασών - Ασφάλεια & Αποδοτικότητα 4 Παρεμβάσεων στην NATURA 2000 της Ρόδου http://www.ellet.gr/framme/en/
Pinus nigra banatica - The forests with Pinus nigra banatica - part of NATURA 2000 (Romania) http://www.pinusnigrabanatica.ro/eng/index.php#
LIFE09 NAT/GR/000326 – VERENIKE "Innovative practices & new technology in the production of high quality forestry seedlings in order to enhance regeneration success & increase biodiversity" www.verenikelife2009.gr
LIFE07 NAT/E/000759 - Inagua – Restoration of burnt endemic pine woods and recovery of its threatened flora and fauna http://www.lifeinagua.org/
Scientific Institutions dealing with forest fires
School of Forestry and Natural Environment - Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Department of Forestry and Management of the Environment and Natural Resources - Democritus University of Thrace
Terrestrial Ecology Group, Department of Ecology and Systematics - University of Athens
http://uaeco.biol.uoa.gr/el/index.html
Forest Research Institute - National Agricultural Research Foundation
Institute of Mediterranean Forest Ecosystems & Technology of Forest Products - National Agricultural Research Foundation
Websites for the restoration of burnt forests and protected areas
Society for Ecological Restoration International
Emergency Stabilization (ES) and Burned Area Rehabilitation (BAR) - U.S. Department of the Interior
http://fws.gov/fire/ifcc/esr/home.htm
Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) - U.S. Forest Service
http://www.fs.fed.us/biology/watershed/burnareas/index.html
Websites for Parnonas
Prefecture of Lakonia
Prefecture of Arkadia
Websites for forest fires
Fire Service of Greece
http://www.fireservice.gr/pyr/site/home.csp
General Secretariat for Civil Protection
http://www.gscp.gr/ggpp/site/home/ws/promote/fisikes/pirkagies.csp
Department of Forests - Cyprus
http://www.moa.gov.cy/moa/fd/fd.nsf/DMLprotection_gr/DMLprotection_gr?OpenDocument
U.S. Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management