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Sustainable forest management and forest fire prevention: an opportunity for rural development and greater efficiency of the extinguishing system

MITECO

This project aims to validate and transfer a fire risk management model based on the promotion of sustainable forest management and other agricultural activities.

This project aims to validate and transfer a fire risk management model based on the promotion of sustainable forest management and other agricultural activities.

The aim is to improve the efficiency of the resources allocated to the fight against forest fires and promoting rural development, through the co-responsibility and awareness of forest owners.

The lack of profitability of forest harvesting and the lack of knowledge about the current behaviour of forest fires means that the owners of these lands have a passive role in the face of fire or are only involved in times of emergency.

Numerous studies show that acting on percentages of less than 5% of the territory achieves an increase in extinguishing efficiency of more than 70%.

Line of action:

Terrestrial ecosystems

Status:

Finalizado

Execution date:

2008

End date:

2009
Forest Technology Centre of Catalonia
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Sustainable forest management and forest fire prevention: an opportunity for rural development and greater efficiency of the extinguishing system