Announcement. September 28, 2021, International round-table conference Current Problems of Prevention and Suppression of Forest Fires in View of Climatic Changes

 We invite you to take part in International round-table conference Current Problems of Prevention and Suppression of Forest Fires in View of Climatic Changes, which will take place on September 28, 2021 at 1:30 pm in the International Exhibition Center in Kyiv, Brovarsky Avenue, 15, pavilion №2, main conference room.

Organizer: SSI of Forestry and Horticulture of NULES of Ukraine

13.30–13.45 Opening remarks
Yurii Bolokhovets, Head of State Forest Resources Agency of Ukraine
Yurii Marchuk, Head of Society of Foresters of Ukraine
Petro Lakyda, Director of Education and Research Institute of Forestry and Landscape-Park Management, National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine
Johann Georg Goldammer, Director of Global Fire Monitoring Center (Freiburg, Germany)

13.45–14.00 Principles of coordinated fire management of forests, rural and suburban landscapes
Johann Georg Goldammer, Director of Global Fire Monitoring Center (GFMC)

14.00–14.15 Legislative initiatives of the Parliament and other central government bodies of Ukraine directed at the improvement of forest fire protection
Anatolii Pavlenko, lawyer

14.15–14.30 Activities of the State Forest Resources Agency of Ukraine directed at the improvement of forest fire protection system
M. P. Hontaruk, Head of Department of Conservation and Protection of Forests, State Forest Resources Agency of Ukraine

14.30–14.45 Modern approaches to prevention and suppression of a new type of landscape fires
S. V. Zibtsev, Professor of Department of Forestry, Head of Laboratory of Forest Pyrology, National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine

14.45–15.00 Modern information tools and platforms for monitoring of fire outbreak and development
O. M. Soshenskyi, Associate Professor of Department of Forestry, Research Assistant of Laboratory of Forest Pyrology, National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine

15.00–15.15 Outlook for professional training of fire and forest fire response team leaders in Ukraine. Equipment and personal precautions for forest firefighters
V. V. Gumeniuk, Associate Professor of Department of Forestry, Research Assistant of Laboratory of Forest Pyrology, National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine

15.15–15.30 Practical experience of Oster Military Forestry in prevention and suppression of forest fires
V. B. Braiko, Director of Oster Military Forestry SE

15.30–15.45 Practical experience of fire suppression within the Chernobyl exclusion zone in April 2020
Representative of State Emergency Service of Ukraine

15.45–16.00 Closing remarks