Visit to the Extremadura region with the municipal technicians
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 […]
New methodologies for forest fire prevention | Newsletter – March 2023
The Project is developed by CIM VDL, IPV, JUNTAEX, UEX and MSSP This project aims to develop large-scale measures to prevent forest fires, preserve biodiversity, increase forest resilience, empower decision-makers regarding the benefits of prevention, as well as identify a set of options and measures for local adaptation that will allow us to identify and suggest […]
Participation in the research project “ArRiscO – Occupational exposure of firefighters to air pollution”
The Viseu Dão Lafões territory, as part of the Life Landscape Fire project, contributed to the study, drawn up under the “ArRiscO” project, on the analysis of firefighters’ exposure to smoke resulting from fire emissions, measuring atmospheric pollutants (carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, particulate matter and total volatile organic compounds) with personal exposure monitors while fighting […]
Participation in the European Meeting on Ecology and the Use of Fire in Landscape Management
As part of the Life Landscape Fire project, CIM Viseu Dão Lafões took part in the “European Meeting on Ecology and the Use of Fire in Landscape Management”, held at the Environmental Education and Interpretation Centre of the Corno do Bico Protected Landscape in Paredes de Coura, organised by the Rural Laboratory of Paredes de […]
Exchange programme for dissemination and experimentation of knowledge and practices in the use of prescribed burning and the impact of fire
As part of the Life Landscape Fire project, CIM Viseu Dão Lafões promoted an exchange programme for the dissemination and experimentation of knowledge and practices in the use of prescribed burning and the impact of fire, which took place on the 27th, 28th and 29th March 2023. The participants had the opportunity to carry out […]
Visit by the managing entity of the AwaRaEst LIFE Capacity Project
On the 27th April, within the scope of the Life Landscape Fire project, the managing entity of the AwaRaEst LIFE Capacity Project – Raising awareness and improving the quality of the application of the LIFE programme in Estonia, visited the Viseu Dão Lafões territory. This visit, which was attended by members of the Environment Ministry […]
Interpretative Trail | Awareness Raising Action on Invasive Species
An interpretative trail was held on the 19th May, in Fontelo Forest in Viseu, with the aim of identifying invasive plant species and raising awareness among young people on this issue. This initiative, organized by CIM Viseu Dão Lafões and Escola Superior Agrária de Viseu (ESAV), and in coordination with the technicians of the Forestry […]
Monitoring actions on extensive grazing land
Between the 13th and 16th of June, a representative of the University of Extremadura did various monitoring visits to areas where extensive grazing is carried out, in the municipalities of Aguiar da Beira, Tondela and São Pedro do Sul. This monitoring of the state of pastures was also carried out in places subject to prescribed […]
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 […]
