Celia Conde, author at Pau Costa Foundation

18 Jun

What are 'zombie' fires?

Resilient landscapes, Awareness & Dissemination

The 'zombies', underground, latent or hibernating fires are concepts that are used to define the fires that move underground in areas of peatlands. This type of fire can last for months hidden under the ground, hibernating when temperatures are low and reappearing on the surface when it starts […]

08 Jun

Interview with Óliver Laxe. Director of the film 'O que arde'

Publications, Awareness & Dissemination , Wildfire Tribune

In the framework of the exhibition 'Play with the Foc' we were able to count on the presence of the film director Óliver Laxe at the Rural Life Museum (Tarragona) to delve into the film 'O que arde' and analyze the current rural world, the great forest fires and ancestral culture […]

03 May

The Pau Costa Foundation participates in the project 'Planting face to fire'

Knowledge exchanges, Awareness & Dissemination

The Pau Costa Foundation participates in the Planting Face to Fire project, whose main objective is to involve citizens in the problem of forest fires and, in this way, transfer scientific-technical knowledge and civic values to the population through strategies pedagogical based on Service Learning. 'Planting […]

28 Apr

Real solutions to mitigate large forest fires

Impact and Participation, Resilient landscapes

Technical workshop on best fuel management practices and smart solutions for forest fire risk mitigation Within the framework of the PREVAIL project, within the DG ECHO program, a series of good practices were presented in order to mitigate the risk of forest fires […]

25 Mar

The Pau Costa Foundation signs an agreement with the Chilean organization CONAF

Knowledge exchanges

CONAF, the National Forestry Corporation, and the FPC sign an agreement to exchange knowledge and improve prevention and combat of forest fires. The signing was carried out electronically due to the current situation of the pandemic. In the online event, […]

25 Mar

Aptitude tests / access to the fire brigade according to gender: Questions and Answers

Social action

The 'Gender and Fire' group of the Pau Costa Foundation launched a Webinar on aptitude / access tests for fire brigades based on sex within the framework of Women's Day, March 8. This topic was analyzed based on a study that has recently been carried out […]

Author Archives

What are 'zombie' fires?

Interview with Óliver Laxe. Director of the film 'O que arde'

The Pau Costa Foundation participates in the project 'Planting face to fire'

Real solutions to mitigate large forest fires

The Pau Costa Foundation signs an agreement with the Chilean organization CONAF

Aptitude tests / access to the fire brigade according to gender: Questions and Answers

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