Forest ecosystems, and in particular the plant structures of the different strata and soils, accumulate and fix significant amounts of carbon through different processes each year, constituting important terrestrial carbon reservoirs.

However, the high risk of forest fires in Mediterranean regions, coupled with climate change, is one of the main threats to the release of carbon in the form of CO2 contained in forest ecosystems, which would transform their function as a carbon sink into a source of significant greenhouse gas emissions to the atmosphere.

As a fundamental part of the project, the capitalisation and transfer of results is key to progress towards the achievement of REMAS objectives. In this sense, this training course brings together all the knowledge developed and progress made in the project and is aimed at public administration technicians who wish to be trained in climate change, remote sensing, quantification of carbon sinks, management and prevention of environmental risks, as key training elements necessary for optimal territorial and environmental management by public administrations in the context of present and future climate change.

The overall objective of the training course is to acquire knowledge on the greenhouse gas emission risk in forest ecosystems, which are the most vulnerable areas, innovative technologies for the quantification of carbon in vegetation and soil and how these emissions can be reduce and carbon stocks can be restored after a forest fire.