FCT promotes session "Rural Fires: Better management based on scientific evidence"
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The FCT, together with ForestWISE - Collaborative Laboratory for Integrated Forest and Fire Management and the Agency for the Integrated Management of Rural Fires (AGIF), will organize a session on "Rural Fires: Better management based on scientific evidence"(program) on November 27, from 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., in the Auditorium of the Portuguese Institute of the Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA), in Algés. The event will present and discuss the projects supported by the FCT under the Call Scientific Research and Technological Development Projects in the Field of Forest Fire Prevention and Combat.
The Call has already completed two editions, having funded 37 research projects in various scientific areas, for a total amount of 10 million euros. The opening of this Call, which will have a third edition, was determined by Resolution 159/2017 of the Council of Ministers, which, among a wide range of measures to improve the prevention of and fight against rural fires, included the creation of a mobilizing Research and Development programme geared towards these ends. The need to promote scientific research and innovation in this area was identified by the Independent Technical Commission set up by the Portuguese Parliament to analyze the fires of June 2017.
The aim of this event is to stimulate interaction between researchers working in different scientific areas on the subject of preventing and fighting rural fires, seeking to establish scientific cooperation networks, promote multidisciplinarity and identify knowledge gaps. The aim is to help design and implement forms of governance and risk management for rural fires based on scientific knowledge.
The initiative is open to the entire scientific community and anyone interested, and participation is free upon prior registration. FCT has produced a brochure with the IC&DT Projects within the scope of Forest Fire Prevention and Combat, from the 2017 and 2018 Calls , which can be consulted here.
Program and Registration.