Results of the 3rd edition of Call of Projects for the Prevention and Fighting of Forest Fires

The FCT released the results of the 3rd edition of the Call for Scientific Research and Technological Development Projects within the scope of Prevention and Fighting of Forest Fires , launched in December 2019 and whose evaluation was concluded with the selection of 19 projects for financing, within 81 applications evaluated. The projects to be financed correspond to a total investment of 5 million euros.

These projects aim to promote scientific research and innovation, enabling the production of new knowledge and strengthening technical skills in different areas important for the prevention and combat of rural fires, from a multidisciplinary perspective, and incorporating a component of dissemination and application of the results that may be obtained.

The 19 selected projects are distributed in the following research areas:

– Attitudes and behaviors in relation to fire prevention and fighting and land management – 3 projects;

– Forest resources governance – 3 projects;

– Management and valorization of biomass in rural areas – 4 projects;

– Models for the organization and management of forest areas – 1 project;

– Planning models and preventive forestry – 2 projects;

– Meteorology, forecasting and risk management – 3 projects;

– Post-fire restoration and forest management – 1 project;

– Occupational health and safety of combat technicians – 2 projects.

Therefore Call the 3rd edition of the financing of projects aimed at preventing and fighting forest fires promoted by the FCT and with a total budget allocation of 15 million euros has been concluded. This program is part of the set of structural, organizational and operational measures to improve the prevention and combat of rural fires, established in the Council of Ministers Resolution no.

In the first two editions of Call , carried out in 2017 and 2018 , 37 research projects were approved, in various scientific areas, for a global amount of 10 million euros. These first projects were presented at the meeting “Rural Fires: Better management based on scientific evidence”, held in November last year, in a joint organization between the FCT, ForestWISE – Collaborative Laboratory for Integrated Forest and Fire Management and the Agency for Integrated Management of Rural Fires (AGIF). The titles, responsible researcher, participating entities and project summaries are gathered in a brochure produced by FCT.

More information on the Call page