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Most countries of Mediterranean Europe are strongly affected by forest fires, with major
socio-economic and environmental impacts that can spread over several regions and
countries. A transnational approach allows creating synergies regarding resource sharing
and problem-solving strategies. The access to high quality and up-to-date information is
critical to improve fire hazard mitigation measures and promote comparable appraisals
between different regions. Several collaborative initiatives have been implemented
in Europe to foster research and service development, focusing on common issues
amongst countries. The PREFER project was one of these initiatives, with the purpose
of contributing to protect human communities and forests from fire hazard, by providing
cartographic products through the implementation of a new systematic framework.
The participation of end users, such as civil protection organizations and forest services,
covering the Euro-Mediterranean region, was crucial to ensure the operational application
of the mapping products. Fuel classification, daily fire hazard indices, vulnerability
assessment and damage severity levels were some of the mapping applications developed
for several test areas in Mediterranean Europe. This chapter illustrates the potential
enhancements for forest fire management offered by this framework, bearing in mind the
benefits of applying shared and harmonized approaches for common issues.
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forest fires Mediterranean Europe common framework collaboration prevention mitigation
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Citation
Oliveira, S., Laneve, G., Fusilli, L., Eftychidis, G., Nunes, A., Lourenço, L., & Sebastián-López, A. (2017). A common approach to foster prevention and recovery of forest fires in Mediterranean Europe. In: Mediterranean identities: environment, society, culture. (pp. 338-361). INTECH Open Access Publisher. https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.68948
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InTech