Practical sessions for training and accreditation in prescribed burning
On the 17th and 18th November, within the scope of the Life Landscape Fire project, practical training and accreditation sessions were held for Prescribed Fire Technicians and Burn Operators. These training sessions were attended by the trainees of the Prescribed Fire Technician Course (25 trainees – CIM technicians, municipality technicians and UEPS (GNR) agents), as […]
Training in Grazing Management Planning Techniques – Module 1 – Introduction to Integrated Management and Advanced Grazing Management Planning”
Within the scope of the Life Landscape Fire project, between the 1st and the 6th of September, in-person and online sessions took place, with regard to Module 1 – “Introduction to Integral Management and Advanced Grazing Planning”, relative to the training action on “Planning Techniques and Grazing Actions”. This session, developed by Actyva – Sociedad […]
Session for the Distribution of Equipment for Prescribed Burning Technicians
As part of the training session for Prescribed Burning Technicians, included in the Life Landscape Fire project, the Viseu Dão Lafões Intermunicipal Community held on July 5, a session for the distribution of equipment for Prescribed Burning Technicians. This initiative, which took place in the Multipurpose Building of Nelas, aimed to provide the prescribed burning […]
Training session on “Management and control of invasive plants”
In the scope of the Life Landascape Fire project and Forest For Future – F4F, a short training session entitled “Management and control of invasive plants” was held on 15/04 and 13/05, in which members of the forest fire brigades of CIM Viseu Dão Lafões participated. Hélia Marchante, a teacher at the Escola Superior Agrária […]
Training in Techniques for Planning Grazing Activities – Module 2 – Ecological Monitoring
As part of the Life Landscape Fire project, between the 2nd and 14th of June, the theoretical (online) and practical training sessions on Techniques for Planning Grazing Actions took place, referring to Module 2 – Ecological Monitoring (32 hours), developed by Actyva – Sociedad Cooperativa Integral del Suroeste. This initiative was attended by 15 trainees, […]
Webinar _The Prescribed Burning Beyond Forest Firefighting
The Intermunicipal Community (CIM) Viseu Dão Lafões, through its Intermunicipal Forestry Technical Office, promotes the 1st International Webinar| LIFE Landscape Fire 2020, to be held on the 15th, 16th and 17th December. This forum, developed in the context of the LIFE Landscape Fire Project, aims to promote the debate and share experiences on issues such […]
Webinar “Prescribed Burning Beyond Forest Firefighting”
The Intermunicipal Community (CIM) Viseu Dão Lafões, through its Forestry Technical Office, promoted on March 22nr, 2021, the Webinar “Prescribed Burning Beyond Forest Firefighting”. In this online seminar, topics such as “The technical perspective of the use and need of fire”, “The role of women in the use of fire” and “Integrated fire management” were […]
Training of Prescribed Burning Technicians and Burn Operators
The online sessions for the presentation of the Prescribed Burning and Burn Operator Courses began on January 28th, and the courses started on January 29th. Promoted by CIM Viseu Dão Lafões, through its Intermunicipal Civil Protection Unit, in the context of the European LIFE Landscape Fire Project, these sessions are aimed at technicians and operators […]
European LIFE Programme Approves Application of CIM Viseu Dão Lafões
The CIM Viseu Dão Lafões was approved by the European Commission for an application to the LIFE Environment and Resource Efficiency Programme called LANDSCAPE FIRE PROJECT, New Methodologies for Forest Fire Prevention. This application led by the CIM has as partners the Regional Government of Extremadura, the Mancomunidad Integral Sierra de San Pedro, the University […]
Launch of the European LIFE Programme
The Viseu Dão Lafões Intermunicipal Community (CIM) was present at the launch of the European LIFE Programme in Brussels, which includes the Life Landscape Fire Project, the only Portuguese project to be approved. This project, approved in August 2019, with the formal signature of the financing contract, presents an eligible investment of €2,377,698.00, of which […]
