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Presentation

Workshop "Wildfire Management and Governance"

About Kelvin Hirsch

  •  Leadership of about 35 scientific and technical staff in the Northern Forestry Centre’s Climate Change Research Program, which includes both carbon science and accounting as well as impacts and adaptation research.
  • CFS Climate Change Adaptation Project Coordinator in conjunction with directors at all centres and branches to provide collective leadership in planning and priorities setting for all CFS activities in the field of climate
    change impacts and adaptation.
  • Leader of the Technical Advisory Group of the Canadian Council of Forest Ministers Climate Change Task Force undertaking a major  vulnerability and adaptation assessment of sustainable forest management in Canada
    under a changing climate.
  • Member of the NRCan Horizontal Task Team on Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation
  • Past involvement in forest fire research, creation of Canada’s FireSmart program, and development of the Canadian Wildland Fire Strategy.


Wildfire Management and Governance
The workshop will focus on critical strategic concerns in wildfire management and governance, building on the Canadian situation and approach. The discussion will cover broadly the Canadian Fire Management Policies and Institutions, and focus on some of its key components, such as the Canadian Wildland Fire Strategy and the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre.

Details

Details

  • Start

    06th March 2018
  • Start Hour

    10:30
  • What

    workshop
  • Promoters

    Estrutura de Missão para a Instalação do Sistema de Gestão Integrada de Fogos Rurais, Embaixada do Canadá, INESC TEC
  • City

    Porto
  • Country

    Portugal
  • End

    06th March 2018
  • End Hour

    12:00
  • Local

    Porto
  • Address

    Rua Dr. Roberto Frias