PyroLife’s Final Conference
The “PyroLife 2023 Conference: The four axes of diversity of wildfire” (interdisciplinarity, intersectorality, geography, and gender) took place from the 14th to the 16th of March at Can Jaumandreu, at the premises of the Open University of Catalonia (UOC) in Barcelona, Spain. The Pau Costa Foundation (PCF), the UOC, and the Wageningen University & Research (WUR) organised this event aiming […]
Let’s talk about wildfire communication
The Pau Costa Foundation together with Forest Europe, the European Forest Institute (EFI), and the Forest Science and Technology Centre of Catalonia (CTFC), organized a workshop (“Communicating the important role of Sustainable Forest Management to prevent wildfires”) in Barcelona, from February 7th to 9th, with foresters, researchers, communicators, journalists, and policymakers from different regions of […]
Second stage of the EGIF program in Chile
On January 15, 2023, the Pau Costa Foundation team that will participate in the second stage of the EGIF (Wildfire Management Team) program between CONAF (National Forestry Corporation, Chile) and the Foundation, left Madrid for Santiago de Chile. During the next three months, Juan Caamaño, coordinator of the EGIF program, Jorge García, instructor, Jonathan Troncho, […]
FIRE-ADAPT kicks off
On January 25th and 26th, 15 European and 9 Latin American organizations held the first virtual meeting of “FIRE-ADAPT” to take the first steps and define the initial actions of the project. “FIRE-ADAPT” will investigate the benefits of fire in nature and society by integrating diverse areas of knowledge, from both the academic and operational […]
Agreement between URIF International and PCF
On November 1st, 2022, Pau Costa Foundation and URIF International signed a MoU (Memorandum of Understanding) to foster cooperation in matters such as leadership in wildland fire management; organization of workshops, symposia and training sessions; educational and professional development, and networking; exchange of knowledge and experiences; dissemination of wildland information through publications, media and social […]
ResAlliance kicks off
The ResAlliance project (Landscape resilience knowledge alliance for agriculture and forestry in the Mediterranean basin) held its kick-off meeting from December 12th throught the 14th at The European Forest Institute (EFI) premises at Sant Pau Hospital in Barcelona. This first meeting served to introduce ResAlliance partners; overview the project and establish common ground regarding the […]
Training in management and use of technical fire
During October, the Foundation coordinated and participated in two courses onprescribed burning: From October 2nd to 7nd, we coordinated an international course on the management and use of the technical fire, organized by the Institute for Public Security of Catalonia (ISPC) with the support of the Fire Department of the Generalitat de Catalunya. The course […]
Strengthening links with Argentina and Chile
Given the new dimension that wildfires are taking, it is more necessary than ever to cooperate and exchange knowledge with other regions and countries. In this context, the Foundation has established a network of contacts and institutions with which it collaborates in Chile, with a training framework in CONAF, and Argentina, a country in which […]
Collaboration agreement between FAN (Bolivia) and the PCF
On July 25, 2022, a framework collaboration agreement was signed between FAN, Fundación Amigos de la Naturaleza (Bolivia) and the Pau Costa Foundation to exchange knowledge, experiences, and technical and operational contributions, and social awareness in the protection against wildfires. The objective of the agreement is to establish a framework for the exchange of knowledge, […]
New video on self-protection measures for dwellings in forest environments
Within the framework of collaboration for wildfire prevention between the Pau Costa Foundation and the Aquae Foundation, through the Red Impulsores del Cambio (RIC) and with the support of Hidraqua, an audiovisual infographic has been produced to raise awareness among people who live or have residences in forest environments, on how they can contribute not […]
