Firelogue comes to an end: advancing integrated wildfire risk management in Europe
After three years of intensive collaboration at the European level, the Horizon Europe project Firelogue has officially come to an end. Firelogue was a Coordination and Support Action (CSA) funded by the European Union under the European Green Deal call, with the objective of strengthening cooperation, coherence and impact across EU-funded research and innovation initiatives […]
ResAlliance and FOREST4EU unite for the future of Europe’s forests and landscapes
The final conference of ResAlliance and FOREST4EU in Croatia brought together key stakeholders to share knowledge, policy recommendations, and practical solutions for enhancing the resilience and sustainability of Europe’s forests and landscapes. On 12 and 13 November, ResAlliance held its final conference in Vinkovci, Croatia. Under the title ‘How to preserve our forests and landscapes […]
New Horizon Europe project DARE launched to strengthen European emergency response
Monday, 6 October, marks the official launch of DARE (Deployment And Engagement of Resources and Citizens for European Emergency Response), a new Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Action funded under the Civil Security for Society programme. DARE aims to enhance Europe’s ability to respond collectively and effectively to natural disasters. Europe faces increasingly frequent and […]
EWED united researchers and firefighters at its Training Event & Hackathon in the Netherlands
As global changes drive more frequent and intense wildfires across the world, the EWED project is fostering collaboration between researchers and firefighters to better understand, predict and manage Extreme Wildfire Events (EWEs). From 21 to 23 October, EWED hosted 49 wildfire and meteorology professionals from 10 European and Latin American countries at Wageningen University & […]
Moving forward in the Barcelona Living Lab within the framework of the Carmine project
How can wildfire protection be improved under climate change conditions in the Barcelona metropolitan area? To address this question, a workshop was held at the Collserola Library (Vallvidrera, Barcelona) last Thursday, on October 23rd. Organised jointly by the Pau Costa Foundation and Mitiga, this event, the second organised within the framework of the Barcelona Living […]
What’s fire ecology?
Traditionally, wildfires have been seen solely as destructive phenomena. However, this perception has been gradually redefined thanks to scientific research, which shows that fire also plays a fundamental role as an ecological process. This is the focus of fire ecology, a discipline that studies fire as a natural process capable of driving change and renewal […]
From consensus to action: proposals for forest fire management
Spain is currently facing an unprecedented forest fire crisis in its recent history. So far in 2025, across Spain, more than 400,000 hectares have been burned by fire—an area larger than the island of Mallorca—far exceeding the record set in 2022, when around 260,000 hectares were burned. Added to this situation is the cost of […]
Wild Pre-Pyrenees presents final results to boost ecological restoration and resilience in the Pre-Pyrenees.
Last Wednesday, a meeting was held in Tremp (Pallars Jussà) for partners, collaborating organizations, and local stakeholders of the Wild Pre-Pyrenees project — a conservation initiative focused on ecological restoration and landscape resilience in the western Catalan Pre-Pyrenees. The project is coordinated by the Pau Costa Foundation and funded by the Endangered Landscapes Programme, which […]
Wildfire training for primary school teachers of Tarragona
The Tarragona region, and especially the Terres de l’Ebre, is an area with a high incidence of forest fires, which affect its landscape and, consequently, the primary sector and its people. The province has a forest area of 49% and an agricultural area of 46%. The population, and especially young people, often grow up with […]
Launching of MedFireWise: Transnational Nature-based Solutions for wildfire resilience
The MedFireWise project (Cross-Med Wildfire Resilience: Harnessing Nature-Based Solutions for Wildfire Risk Mitigation) kicked off on 19 June. MedFireWise seeks to improve the resilience of ecosystems and reduce the intensity of wildfires, promoting sustainable forest management, increasing public awareness and improving tools for risk prediction and management. It is funded by the Interreg NEXT MED […]
