relatively fl at topography, mostly below 500 m. To the north, the zone merges with the forest-tundra of the Arctic, to the west … account for less than 5–10% of the resource. The dominant forest type, known as western taiga, contains a mixture of Norway …

The present study aims to provide a critical analysis of the causes that lead to the most relevant recent forest fires … forest fires have been influenced by forest management, extreme weather events and climate change, territorial planning … case studies were developed, one the Portuguese forest fires of 2003 and 2005, and one on the Greek fires of 2007 …

This is the seventh u0093Forest Fires in Europeu0094 report published by the European Commission. The report is … the fire season regarding the total number of forest fires and burned area. The fire season of 2006 can be defined as a … (Spain) in the first two weeks of August, were object of great concern. The u0093Forest Fires in Europe 2006u0094 report …

The Forest Fires in Europe 2005 report is an edition of the information reported by the Member States with the … statistics and analysis of the fire season of 2005. It also includes the information produced by the European Forest Fire …

The present second report on forest fires in Southern Europe builds upon statistical data provided by the Member States …, i.e. data for the burnt area and numbers of forest fires occurred in the period 1980 to 2001. Its objective is to … provide an overview on the latest evolution of forest fires in the Southern Member States of the European Community. Moreover …

responds to the following question: "How do we design forest policy tools to jointly address climate change, environmental and …