Dear Colleagues,

Following the first and previous edition of the International Meeting of Fire Effects on Soil Properties that were held in Barcelona, Spain, in February 2007 by Grup de Recerca Ambiental Mediterrània (GRAM), we are honored to organize the second edition of the meeting in February 11-15, 2009 in Marmaris, Turkey.

We believe in that the first edition was very beneficial for researchers who study on different aspects of soil-fire relationships, and we hope the second edition will trigger collaboration further among the researchers as well.

The main subjects of the meeting are as follows;

• Fire effects on hydrology and soil physical properties,
• Fire effects on organic matter content and soil chemical properties,
• New methodologies to study fire effects on soil,
• Fire intensity and fire severity measurements,
• Soil recovery after fires,
• Fire effects on soil erosion,
• Fire effects on organisms related to soil.

As Organizing Committee of the Meeting, we welcome you to our web site. You can access updated information about the Meeting using this web site, and all processes regarding the Meeting (i.e., registration, accommodation, announcements of accepted abstracts) will be performed using the web site as well.

Hope to see all of you in Marmaris, in February 2009.