European
FIRElinks - Fire in the Earth System: Science & Society
FIRElinks will develop the EU-spanning network
of scientists and practitioners involved in forest fire research and
land management with backgrounds such as fire dynamics, fire risk
management, fire effects on vegetation, fauna, soil and water, and
socio-economic, historical, geographical, political perception and land
management approaches. It will connect communities from different
scientific and geographic backgrounds, allowing the discussion of
different experiences and the emergence of new approaches to fire
research. The main aim of FIRElinks is to
power synergistic collaborations between European research groups and
stakeholders with the objective to synthesise the existing knowledge and
expertise, and to define a concerted research agenda which promotes an
integrated approach to create fire-resilient landscapes, taking into
account biological, biochemical and-physical, but also socio-economic,
historical, geographical, sociological, perception and policy
constraints. This is an urgent societal need due to expected further
intensification and geographical spreading of wildfire regimes under
Global Change.
Project Details
Reference
COST Action CA18135
Status
Running
Start date
April 2019
Duration
48 months
Funding Entity
European Commission - H2020
CITAB/UTAD Financing
0€
Website
Responsible institution
University of Valencia (ES)
Partners
Swansea university (UK)
Hellenic Mediterranean University (EL)
Western Norway University of Applied Sciences (NO)
Univeristy of Haifa (IL)
Institute of Soil Science Agrotechnologies and Plant Protection (BG)
Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon (PT)
Pau Costa Foundation (ES)
Epoka University (AL)
University of Mons (BE)
Faculty of Forestry, University of Banja Luka (BA)
University of Helsinki (FI)
University of Palermo (IT)