AMUFOR

REMAS

Greenhouse gas emissions risk management in forest fires.

Gestión del riesgo de emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero en incendios forestales.

Gestion des risques liés aux émissions de gaz à effet lors des incendies de forêt.

Gestão do risco de emissões de gases com efeito de estufa em incêndios florestais.

Interreg Sudoe REMAS

The different components of the forest systems, in particular the plants of the different vegetal strata and the soil, can fix significant amounts of carbon through different processes. However, after a forest fire, the ecosystem releases the carbon previously fixed from the atmosphere.

REMAS (2019-2022) is an Interreg Sudoe project that provides solutions based on scientific analysis to identify critical areas with a higher risk of emissions in order to focus the prevention, management, extinction and restoration efforts.

REMAS is working on transfering its knowledge to other competent authorities in risk prevention and management and to forest owners through technical training.

REMAS will capitalise its results in medium-long-term strategies of the EU and each country of the consortium in terms of adaptation to climate change, forests and carbon management, integrated into regional strategies to improve governance in the planning and management of the renewable natural resources.

The REMAS project comes under Axis 4 «Combating climate change», Objective 5b1 «Improving the coordination and effectiveness of instruments for prevention, disaster management and rehabilitation of disaster areas» and receives ERDF support of €1.35 million.

 OBJECTIVES:

    1. To quantify the carbon emission risk, contained in forest ecosystems, into the atmosphere by forest fires. 
    2. To propose emissions prevention measures and improve the capacity of ecosystems to store carbon after a fire. 
    3. To include CO2 emission risk in planning strategies and fire prevention plans at the transnational level. 
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RESULTS: Products

P1.1

Greenhouse gas emission risk estimation methodolgy

GHG emission risk estimation methodolgy

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P1.2

Technical and scientific publications

Technical and scientific publications

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P2.1

Action protocol to minimise GHG emissions

Action protocol to minimise GHG emissions

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P3.1

Transnational action plan for the inclusion of emission risk in planning and sustainable forest management strategies in the participating regions

Transnational action plan

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P4.1

Training of technical staff and competent authorities in prevention and management and emission risk reduction

Training of technical staff and competent authorities

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P4.2

Establishment of a platform for emission risk management with authorities

Establishment of a platform

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P4.3

Memorandum of Understanding for the inclusion of Emissions Risk in Sustainable Forest Management and Planning Instruments

Memorandum of Understanding

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RESULTS: Deliverables

D 1.1.1

Vulnerable Forest Ecosystem Database

Vulnerable Forest Ecosystem Database

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D 1.1.2

Emission Risk Cartography

Emission Risk Cartography

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D 2.5.1

Good practices for carbon sequestration and restoration in biomass and soils on damaged ecosystems

Good practices for carbon sequestration and restoration

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D 3.1.1

Good practice guidelines for mitigating the risk of GHG emissions from forest fires

Good practice guidelines for mitigating the risk of GHG emissions

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D 3.3.1

Emission risk prevention and management guidelines

Emission risk prevention and management guidelines

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D 4.1.1

Training seminars and model workshops on emission risk prevention and management

Training seminars and model workshops

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TIMELINE

This has been the REMAS timeline:

The REMAS project is co-financed by the Interreg Sudoe Programme through the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)