Archive: May 2021

Compiled by Simona Dossi  1. Do you also take into account the impact related to fires due to losses for society (for example due to disruption of functioning of critical infrastructure – electricity/telecom/transport etc.) or do you evaluate the effects of measures only looking at the direct damages? Eduard Plana: Thanks for this important question Margreet. Indeed, the same holistic approach is needed to fully understand wildfire impacts: they are economic, ecological but also social. May happen direct cost in wood provision during the forest recovery period, restoring damaged infrastructures, etc., or indirect loses in decrease of tourist visitors due […]

By Simona Dossi  Identifying gaps, challenges and opportunities towards integrated risk management This was the first Europe-focused “Living with Fire” webinar; during which wildfire and flood risk in the Mediterranean were explored by discussing the gaps, challenges and opportunities towards an integrated risk management. Three presenters shared their expertise from Mediterranean risk management: Eduard Plan and Marta Giambellia are risk management professionals based in Spain and Italy respectively, and Bàrbara Ortuño is the mayor of the El Bruc municipality in Catalonia. Plana started the webinar by presenting a conceptual overview of wildfire risk management, Ortuño followed by sharing her municipality’s […]