Wildfire and flood risk in the Mediterranean; Gaps, challenges and opportunities towards integrated risk management
28th April 2021, 4 pm Europe (CET)
Increasing context of wildfire risk due to changes in land uses and climate is challenging wildfire risk management policies, heavily influenced by “protecting all” paradigm and existing gaps towards a societal agreement of “living with fires”. Socio-environment and policy dimensions for the implementation of integrated risk management approaches were discussed, sharing lessons learnt from a practical regional perspective at European level.
Facilitators: Hugo Lambrechts & Simona Dossi
Eduard Plana; Head of the Forest Policy and Risk Governance Department in the Forest Science and Technology Centre of Catalonia
Forest engineer and Msc in Wildfires Management, his main R+D activities deals with inclusive wildfire risk management, environmental governance and communication and strategic forest land planning, looking into the evolving societal and forestry cross-links
Marta Giambelli; Expert in civil protection planning and procedures for floods risk at CIMA Reaserch Foundation, Planning and procedures Unit
Environmental Engineering Msc, expert in civil protection planning & procedures and early warning system for flood risk. Expertise in disaster flood risk reduction through the implementation of non-structural measures, especially related to preparedness, experiencing participatory planning processes.
Bàrbara Ortuño; Mayor of Bruc (Barcelona)
Mayor of the Bruc, a town of 2,200 inhabitants within the Natural Park of the Mountain of Montserrat and one of the municipalities where Life Montserrat 2014-2019 was implemented.