Installation of drinking troughs | infrastructures to support extensive grazing
As part of the Life Landscape Fire project, water troughs were installed to support the maintenance of extensive grazing in the São Macário mountain range, in São Pedro do Sul, on the 10th of May 2023 and in Aguiar da Beira (in the Union of the Parishes of Aguiar da Beira and Coruche) on the […]
European Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries attends prescribed burning training session in Viseu Dão Lafões
On the 24th February 2023, the European Commissioner for the Environment, Oceans and Fisheries, Virginius Sinkevičius, visited the territory of Viseu Dão Lafões, as part of the European LIFE Landscape Fire project and witnessed, in loco, a prescribed burning training session, as part of the Burning Operators Course. The session took place at the Garça […]
3rd International Seminar | LIFE Landscape Fire 2023
The Intermunicipal Community (CIM) Viseu Dão Lafões, promotes the 3rd International Seminar | LIFE Landscape Fire 2023, which will take place on March 30th and 31st 2023, at the Montebelo Viseu Congress Hotel, in the city of Viseu. Developed in the context of the LIFE Landscape Fire Project, this forum aims to promote the debate […]
Partners meeting in the Extremadura region
Between the 8th and 10th of February 2023, the Viseu Dão Lafões Intermunicipal Community held a work meeting of the Life Landscape Fire Project consortium in Valencia de Alcântara (Autonomous Community of Extremadura, Spain). This working session was attended by representatives from CIM Viseu Dão Lafões, Mancomunidad Sierra de San Pedro, Junta de Extremadura, the […]
Study for the implementation of infrastructures to support extensive grazing
In June, several visits were made to livestock farms under extensive regimes, located in the municipalities of São Pedro do Sul, Vouzela and Aguiar da Beira, in order to prepare a technical and financial study, aimed at fire prevention, which will result in the identification of the need to implement infrastructures to support extensive grazing […]
Training in Pasture Management
On the 3rd, 4th, 24th and 25th of February the in-person and online sessions took place, concerning Module 1 – “Land Planning Techniques” and Module 2 – “Financial Planning”, which are part of the training course in “Pasture Management”. This training course, developed by Actyva – Sociedad Cooperativa Integral del Suroeste, was attended by technicians […]
The launch of the Manifesto + Extensive Livestock + Biodiversity for Europe
The project Life Landscape Fire joined a group of nine European projects dedicated to the development and promotion of extensive livestock farming in the Mediterranean, to create the manifesto “+ Extensive Livestock + Biodiversity for Europe”. This document, launched today, September 5, 2022, presents five key reasons to enhance extensive livestock farming in Europe and […]
Practical training sessions for burn operators
In the context of the Life Landscape Fire project, on the 20th, 21st and 28th April, practical training sessions were held for trainees of the Burn Operators course. These training sessions were attended by all the trainees of the Burn Operators course, belonging to the fire brigades from the territory that integrates the CIM Viseu […]
Life Landscape Fire participates in the 30th Anniversary Celebration of the LIFE Programme
As part of the 30th anniversary celebrations of the LIFE programme, the Life Landscape Fire project participated, on the 22nd June 2022, in an online session organised by the LiveAdapt project, with the main theme “Extensive livestock farming and biodiversity”. The projects Lifeprogramme, LifeCañadas, LIFE Montado-Adapt, AgriAdapt, LIFE Maronesa, LIFE Regenerate, and Life Scrubsnet participated […]
Awareness Raising on Invasive Species
On the 27th May, within the scope of the Invasive Species Week 2022 (SEI2022) and the “Life Landscape Fire” project, an awareness-raising action (interpretative walk) took place in a forest area at Monte de Santa Luzia, in Viseu, organised by the Intermunicipal Community of Viseu Dão Lafões and by Escola Superior Agrária of Viseu (” […]
