FirEUrisk
@FirEUrisk
Developing a scientific strategy to improve wildfire risk management in Europe. A #H2020 funded project under GA101003890.
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🌳🔥New study delves into #forestfire susceptibility using spatial analysis & machine learning in Odisha State, India. Discover key insights and mitigation strategies for effective forest #firemanagement .
Read the paper here⬇️
sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
🔥 Firelogue.eu #Webinar Series
How can we synergistically address wildfire risk reduction & nature conservation challenges?
👉Join the webinar & dialogue organized by #CTFC & FOREST EUROPE
📆25th April 🕙10am 💻Online
ℹ️ Info & registration tuit.cat/VSb7n
👀 Need we say more about #forests in #climatechange adaptation strategies? Thanks for the infographic UN Biodiversity 🤝
🔗 Our webinar on #forestmonitoring is coming up. Sign up via our links, to our newsletter & other socials:
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🌲 #EUPathFinder
#ImageOfTheDay
On 6 April, a #wildfire 🔥 broke out in Crete, #Greece 🇬🇷
➡️Residents in four villages have been advised to evacuate 👩🚒
The burn scar surrounding Mavros Kolimpos (Μαύρος Κολυμπος) is visible in the image captured by #Sentinel2 🇪🇺🛰️on the same day
🌙🔥Unexpected overnight #wildfires cause revealed!
At night, cooler temperatures and higher humidity naturally inhibit the spread of wildfires. However, recent night fires in the US were driven by fuel dryness, Kaiwei Luo 's team has found.
Read more👇
nature.com/articles/s4158…
The numbers behind the #FirEUrisk project:
🥼38 partners from research centres to authorities
🌍18 countries across Europe, North America and Oceania
💶10 million € in funding
⌛4 years from 2021 to 2025
Learn more about us! Click here.
fireurisk.eu
😮🔥 Fire management 11,000 years ago!
Researchers from the James Cook Uni have found that Indigenous people from northern Australia did #firemanagement thousands of years ago.
Discover their influence on today's practices and fire risk tendencies ⬇️
phys.org/news/2024-03-i…
Last week, Prof. Emilio Chuvieco, our scientific coordinator, gave an interesting talk on the project organised by Biodiversity Network At The University of Oxford 👏