PalaeOpen: Fire Stakeholder Workshop

12 Mar 2027, 18:00 → 16 Mar 2027, 14:00 Europe/Berlin

Hotel Harzlodge (Goslar, Germany)

The PalaeOpen workshop aims to bridge palaeofire science, contemporary fire research and practical forestry and land management. Bringing together palaeofire and palaeoenvironmental researchers, fire scientists, practitioners and regional and European stakeholders, the workshop will foster dialogue between long-term perspectives on fire and vegetation dynamics, contemporary fire processes and management needs. It will emphasise co-production, shared understanding of fire risk under global change, and advancing open palaeoecological data resources relevant to forest and land management across Europe. A key objective is to explore how long-term fire and vegetation records can inform post-fire management and the planning of resilient forests and landscapes, while enabling stakeholders to articulate their knowledge needs and researchers to communicate the value of palaeoecological insights. Fire–vegetation modelling may provide an additional link between these perspectives.

Friday 12 March

18:00 → 21:00 Welcome Reception

Saturday 13 March

09:00 → 17:00 Field trip to GoslarFFRLab and burned areas in the Harz mountains

including lunch