MOUNTAIN
RESEARCH
CENTER

Polytechnic Institute
of Bragança

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CIMO

CIMO - Mountain Research Center. See video HERE

FROM NATURE TO PRODUCTS, TOWARDS SUSTAINABILITY.

OPEN2PRESERVE - Modelo de Gestión sostenible para la preservación de espacios abiertos de montaña de alto valor ambiental

Project Type
Internac / Pub
Financial Program
Interreg Sudoe
Funding Value
2301334.00
Principal Investigator
Marina Maria Pedrosa Meca Ferreira de Castro
Start
2018-03-01
End
2021-12-30
More info
https://open2preserve.eu/



Description
The reduction of grazing by herbivores and the abandonment of traditional land uses in recent decades are causing the homogenization of the landscape and a decline in the biodiversity of their habitats, while producing a high accumulation of vegetable fuel, which implies an increase in the risk of forest fires The objective of OPEN2PRESERVE is to provide sustainable forest management models that contribute to minimize the risk of forest fires, as well as guarantee the preservation of ecosystem services and the ecological quality of open mountain areas of high environmental value susceptible to threats. In addition, the Open2Preserve project seeks to define new strategies to offer innovative solutions that ensure the economic sustainability and long-term viability of the management model, promoting the creation of new jobs and the sustainable development of the region.





Project Team

Project Partners

  • Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas
  • Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
  • Chambre d'agriculture des Pyrénées Atlantiques
  • Fundació d'Ecologia del Foc i Gestió d'Incendis Pau Costa Alcubierre
  • Fundación Centro Tecnolóxico da Carne
  • Instituto Navarro de Tecnologías e Infraestructuras Agroalimentarias S.A.
  • Junta de Andalucía
  • Société d'élevage des Pyrénées Orientales
  • Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
  • Universidade de Trás-os-montes e Alto Douro
  • Universidade Publica de Navarra
  • Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona