Month: November 2019

On November 14, 2019, the REMAS partners, UPV-ITACA and AMUFOR, had a meeting with D.Diego Marín Fabra, General Director of Forest Fire Prevention – Dirección General de Prevención de Incendios Forestales (DGPIF) at the “Conselleria d’Agricultura, Desenvolupament Rural, Emergència Climàtica i Transició Ecològica”, associate partner of this project.

With this collaboration, synergies are established with the strategies of the Generalitat Valenciana so that the results obtained from the project are implemented in the territory.

In REMAS, it is encouraged an active prevention against forest fires and, consequently, sudden emissions of Greenhouse Gases (GHG) into the atmosphere after a forest fire. REMAS also works in measures that allow an efficient post-fire restoration of the ecosystem. To achieve the objective, a model for the quantification of the GHG Emission Risk is being developed. That indicator can be included in forest fire management policies and programs.

The headquarters of Diputación de València (DIVAL) receives the KOM of the REMAS project.

On November 7 and 8, a group of experts analysed the relevance of the forest fires concerning the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. By measuring the carbon stored – in soil and vegetation- in a specific territory,  the amount released in case of a forest fire can be quantified.

A good management and prevention of the GHG emissions risk can turn into an important tool in combating climate change.

The location of the critical and higher risk areas will offer solutions to focus the prevention, management, extinction and restoration efforts in the forest land.

Consuelo Alfonso, President of the REMAS Lead Partner, AMUFOR, she was in charge of inaugurating these days highlighting the commitment of DIVAL in the project in its role of disseminating the REMAS results among the municipalities.