Daniel Kraus
Organisation
Pau Costa Foundation on Fire Ecology and ManagementField of expertise
Fire ecology and management, use of prescribed fire for habitat management, fire and grazing interaction- Experts - Nature management, development and recovery
- Experts - Vast landscapes and wilderness areas
Countries
About
Paul Daniel holds a M.Sc. degree in forest ecology and management from Freiburg University, Germany, and Universidad Austral, Chile. He specialized in disturbance ecology and worked on characterizing light regimes for post-disturbance regeneration patterns in temperate rain forests. In 1998 he received a field training in fire effects on vegetation and spent 3 months as a fire ecologist in Central Siberia. Since 2003 he started an annual training exchange with the South African Working on Fire Programme and participated in large scale prescribed burning operations in savanna-woodland ecosystems to maintain grazing habitats and control tree succession.
From 2005 to 2010 he worked as a Researcher at the Fire Ecology Research Group of the MPI for Chemistry, Germany, and was responsible for the coordination of fire ecology research during fire experiments. Since 2007 he was involved in multi-disciplinary landscape assessments in India and Nepal with a focus on fire effects on biodiversity and habitat structure.
Currently he is working as a Senior Researcher for the European Forest Institute (EFI) on assessing forest biodiversity in unmanaged forests and as a visiting lecturer for fire ecology at Freiburg University, Germany. He is an associate of Working on Fire Int. and a founding member of the Pau Costa Foundation on Fire Ecology and Management.
Memberships: European Heathland Network, Working on Fire Int.
My activities
As a fire ecologist I would like to support LHNet with my experience in active fire use for habitat management as well as my knowledge on fire and grazing interaction in many ecosystems with large herbivores (Southern Africa, Central and Southern India, Nepal, European heathlands and boreal forests) since very often this aspect is little considered and can be a vital factor in establishing sustainable grazing systems and wildlife habitats through presentations, excursions, discussions and advice in fire-grazing related issues.