A General Overview of Fire Data, Post Fire Management and Research in Galilee s and Mt. Carmel s Maquis, Israel. Didi Kaplan, Nature &Parks Authority.

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1 A General Overview of Fire Data, Post Fire Management and Research in Galilee s and Mt. Carmel s Maquis, Israel. Didi Kaplan, Nature &Parks Authority. Background: Most of the forested land in Israel is owned by the government and managed by the Jewish National Fund - KKL (Israel Forest Service; hereinafter JNF); 140,000 ha, c. 100,000 of which are planted forests and c. 40,000 are maquis; Israel Nature and Parks Authority (hereinafter NPA); 721,000 ha, c. 56,000 of which are forests and maquis. Ministry of Agriculture, Pastoral Department (hereinafter AGOV); c. 400,000 ha, only c. 80,000 of which are maquis and c. 120,000 are forests, most of which are included in the JNF or NPA managed areas.

2 The data sources are listed in the following table. Correspondent: Name: Didi Kaplan Organisation: Israel Nature and Parks Authority Position: North region ecologist Address: HaAfarsek 18, Rosh-Pina, 12000, Israel Phone/Fax: Web address:

3 name/source position organization abbreviation Amir Levi Natan Elbaz Roni Malka Head of the National Committee of Aerial Firefighting and of Galilee Rescue and Firefighting Services Froest manager, Carmel Park Head of Security and Law Enforcement Division Rescue and Firefighting Services in Israel Israel Nature and Parks Authority Israel Nature and Parks Authority RFS NPA NPA Shay Levi Ph.D student University of Hifa, Israel NPA Margareta Walczak Israel Tauber Plant ecologist in science and management department Head of forest management monitoring and GIS, forest department Israel Nature and Parks Authority Jewish National Fund- KKL (Israel Forest Service) NPA JNF Rami Zaretski Head of forest fire protection department Jewish National Fund- KKL (Israel Forest Service) JNF Shmuel Fridman National annual statistical report Head of the pastoral department Ministry of Agriculture Israel Central Bureau of Statistics AGOV Database Israel Nature and Parks Authority

4 Forest & maquis area in Israel (ha) JNF planted forest (ha) JNF maquis (ha) JNF forest roads and fire breakes (km) ha Nature reserves and national parks National parks Nature reserves Mediterranean maquis- nature reserves Park forest- nature reserves Mediterranean maquis- national parks Park forest- national parks Mediterranean maquis- total Park forest- total Maquis and park forest- total

5 Number of forest fires Average Area (hundreds ha)

6 Fire database entry sheet GIS backuped.

7 Mt. Carmel, Israel, 2005

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9 Nature reserves and national parks - number of fire events year Number of fires no data no data

10 Fire events on open non arable lands Year NPA JNF RFS OTHERS

11 Assessing severity: Reisman, Kaplan and Henkin Post 2006 fires regeneration of maquis and park forest in Northern Israel

12 Assessing fire severity in burned 2006 plots Severity as related to structure and age of trees. Post-fire recovery and renewal as related to structure and age of trees Trees design on individual basis Reisman, Kaplan and Henkin. Post 2006 fires regeneration of maquis and park forest in Northern Israel

13 Reisman, Kaplan and Henkin. Post 2006 fires regeneration of maquis and park forest in Northern Israel

14 Reisman, Kaplan, Henkin. Post 2006 fires regeneration of maquis and park forest in Northern Israel

15 Reisman, Kaplan, and Henkin. Post 2006 fires regeneration of maquis and park forest in Northern Israel Positive respond of number of re-sprouts trees diameter Thick trees are excluded - effect of hollowed trunks?

16 Trees design Post sapling thinning Pre sapling thinning Reisman, Kaplan, Henkin. Post 2006 fires regeneration of maquis and park forest in Northern Israel

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18 Forest management in Israel A case study in Mt. Carmel, 2005

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20 Very high flames Mt. Carmel, 2005 Shay Levy, University of Haifa, Israel

21 Shay Levy, University of Haifa, Israel

22 Shay Levy, University of Haifa, Israel

23 Shay Levy, University of Haifa, Israel

24 Shay Levy, University of Haifa, Israel

25 Shay Levy, University of Haifa, Israel

26 Nature reserve: Pinus cutting on the 2 nd year Wood cutting in the Carmel biosphere reserve is by and for local inhabitants (as small as 1 ф) Shay Levy, University of Haifa, Israel

27 כריתת ה עצים Shay Levy, University of Haifa, Israel

28 Nature reserve: Pinus seedlings are cut from the 2 nd year onwards. Wood is ground and the chips are used for soil cover, gardening and for electric power mini-stations. Shay Levy, University of Haifa, Israel

29 Shay Levy, University of Haifa, Israel

30 Dragging logs on elevation lines Shay Levy, University of Haifa, Israel

31 Dragging logs on elevation lines Shay Levy, University of Haifa, Israel

32 שבילי elevation lines הגרירהon Dragging logs Shay Levy, University of Haifa, Israel

33 terraces Shay Levy, University of Haifa, Israel

34 Shay Levy, University of Haifa, Israel

35 Shay Levy, University of Haifa, Israel

36 Shay Levy, University of Haifa, Israel

37 Shay Levy, University of Haifa, Israel

38 National park: plantation in recreation area Shay Levy, University of Haifa, Israel

39 National park: plantation in recreation area Shay Levy, University of Haifa, Israel

40 Shay Levy, University of Haifa, Israel

41 Shay Levy, University of Haifa, Israel

42 Grazing, as a management tool, Cattle grazing, Quercus ithaburensis park forest, Israel decreasing fire effects

43 Cattle grazing, open grasslands, Israel

44 Goat grazing, maquis

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46 Goat grazing maquis, Israel