Tag: wildfires
Key highlights from the 7th Mediterranean Forest Week through EFIMED’s lens
The city of Antalya, Turkey has recently been the meeting point for academics, researchers, policy makers, and working professionals from the forestry...
Rural development funding and wildfire prevention
Rural landscapes in Southern Europe have been increasingly exposed to wildfires during the last decades due to climate and land use changes....
An integrated approach to extreme wildfires in Europe
Extreme Wildfire Events pose a major threat for whole Europe, mainly due to the consequences of climate change. The areas affected by...
Workshop – Future challenges: Risk Communication
The workshop ‘Future challenges: Risk Communication’ is part of a series of Workshops that cover future challenges and associated uncertainty. They are...
FIRE-RES project kicks-off: striving for a fire-resilient Europe
Driving a transition within the European Union towards a fire-resilient continent by developing a series of innovation actions that take into account...
What does wildfire mean for flora and fauna? New research...
In the summer of 2021, approximately 130.000 hectares of forest area burned as a result of wildfires lasted 10 days at various...
Two postdoctoral opportunities on wildfire management and forest planning decision support
The Forest Research Centre (FRC) of the School of Agriculture of the University of Lisbon is launching two calls for applications to...
The role of fire in the conservation of Black Pine habitat
The endemic Mediterranean black pine forests (Pinus nigra Arn.) are a priority habitat for conservation in the European Union. Black pine forests...
Seminar on the management and prevention of forest fires
The Montclima project is developing a transnational strategic framework for prevention and management of natural hazards in mountainous areas of the SUDOE...
#CuidemElBosc: raising awareness on the importance of forests in Catalonia
The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food of the Government of Catalonia has recently launched an awareness and dissemination campaign that puts...
