MONTCLIMA: STRATEGIES FOR MANAGING AND PREVENTING FOREST FIRES IN THE SUDOE SPACE

Date: Thursday, 22 April, 2021

Organise: CTP, CREAF, NEIKER TECNALIA, CESEFOR, INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE BRANGANÇA, FOREST NATIONAL DES FORETS, GEIE FORESPIR, CEREMA, INSTITUT D'ESTUDIS ANIDORRANS, CIMRL

Web: www.montclima.eu

Location:

Online

Leiria (Portugal)

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Objectives:

This thematic seminar presents the main challenges and advances in the prevention and management of the forest fire r isk considered in the SUDOE space. Its general objectives are:

To share knowledge / experiences concerning good practices on forest f ire management and prevention strategies in the SUDOE space;
To contribute to forest fire risk management and prevention policies;
To deepen the pilot cases of the MONTCLIMA project, with special emphasis on those dealing with forest management and fire prevention.

Program, 22nd April 2021	France, Spain and Andorra time	Portugal time
WELCOME BY THE MONTCLIMA PROJECT Eva García-Balaguer (CTP - OPCC)	10:00 - 10:05	09:00 - 09:05
INSTITUTIONAL OPENING João Catarino (Secretary of State for Nature Conservation, Forests and Spatial Planning)* Diogo Mateus (Mayor of Pombal, Member of the Intermunicipal Council of the CIMRL) Jean-Louis Valls (Working Community of the Pyrenees)	10:05 - 10:30	09:05 - 09:30
BLOCK 1 : RISK OF FOREST FIRES IN THE SUDOE SPACE - HISTORICAL DATA AND FUTURE PROJECTIONS Marc Castellnou (Forest Action Support Group - GRAF, Member of the fire brigade of the Catalan Government)	10:30 - 11:00	09:30 - 10:00
Q&A Session	10:50 - 11:00	09:50 - 10:00
BLOCK 2: THE FOREST MANAGEMENT IS THE KEY	11:00 - 12:20	10:00 - 11:20
HOW TO IDENTIFY AND QUANTIFY THE FIRE RISK LEVEL: RISK CARTOGRAPHY AND ANALYSIS OF PAST FIRES Remi Savazzi (French agency for the defence of forests against fire - ONF, DFCI)	11:00 - 11:15	10:55 - 10:15
HOW TO PLAN THE TERRITORY AT A WIDE SCALE TO REDUCE LARGE WILDFIRES Carlos Guerra (CDOS - District Command for Relief Operations in Leiria)	11:15 - 11:35	10:15 - 10:35
HOW TO MANAGE FOREST TO REDUCE FIRE RISK AT A LOCAL SCALE Noemí Palero (Forest Ownership Centre of Catalonia) Diana Pascual (Pilot Case Study - CREAF)	11:35 - 11:55	10:35 - 10:55
HOW TO IMPLEMENT MEANS FOR SURVEILLANCE, ALERT AND EARLY DETECTION Antonio López Santalla (The Arbaria Project \| Head of Service of the Forest Fire Defence Area of the Ministry for Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge - MITECO)	11:55 - 12:10	10:55 - 11:10
THE SOCIAL FACTOR AS A TRIGGER FOR FOREST FIRES David Miqueleiz (Head of the environmental research group, Government of Navarra)	12:10 - 12:20	11:10 - 11:20
Q&A Session	12:20 - 12:30	11:20 - 11:30
COFFEE BREAK	12:30 - 12:40	11:30 - 11:40
BLOCK 3: ROUND TABLE David Miqueleiz (Head of the environmental research group, Government of Navarra) Michel Castan (Municipal Councillor of Tardets-Sorholus, President of the Association of Municipalities Forest owners of Pyrénées Atlantiques). Noemí Palero (Forest Ownership Centre of Catalonia) Remi Savazzi (French agency for the defence of forests against fire - ONF, DFCI) Paulo Batista dos Santos (Mayor of Batalha, Vice-President of the Intermunicipal Council of the CIMRL) Valério António (Technician of the CIMRL)	12:40 - 13:40	11:40 - 12:40
Q&A Session	13:40 - 13:45	12:40 - 12:45
CONCLUSIONS AND ORIENTATIONS: LESSONS LEARNED Eva García-Balaguer/Juan Terrádez (CTP - OPCC)	13:45 - 13:55	12:45 - 12:55
INSTITUTIONAL CLOSURE Jorge Vala (Mayor of Porto de Mós, Member of the Intermunicipal Council of the CIMRL)	13:55 - 14:00	12:55 - 13:00