ALTO MINHO FIRECAMP
TRANSBOUNDARY CONFERENCE 2019
international conferences on forest fires
PROGRAMME
Foto: C. Araújo, 2021
Day 1 - November 28, 2019
09:00 Reception of participants and delivery of documentation
09:30 Conference Opening Session
President of the Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo
Mayor of Viana do Castelo / President of the CIM Alto Minho
National Commander of Civil Defense*
AXEGA Director
Minister of Internal Affairs*
PANEL I - The Role of Public Administration in Wildfire Prevention and Extinction
Moderator: Carlos Duarte, Instituto para o Desenvolvimento Agrário da Região Norte (IDARN)
10:00 – 10:20 “Top priorities for the Alto Minho - 2030”. Júlio Pereira, Secretário-Executivo da CIM – Alto Minho
10:20 – 10:50 “From the university to the theater of operations - the formative example of the University of Leon". Flor Álvarez Taboada, Escuela de Ingeniería Agraria y Forestal (EIAF) del Campus de Ponferrada – Universidad de Leon
10:50 – 11:10 Coffee break
11:10 – 11:40 "ARIEM Plus - More than transboundary resource sharing”. Marcos Araujo, Gerente da Axencia Galega de Emerxencias (AXEGA)
11:40 – 12:10 “The role of municipalities in wildfire prevention”. António José Martins Louro, Vice-Presidente da Câmara Municipal de Mação
12:10 – 12:40 “The role of the Independent Technical Observatory and its contribution to public and political clarification on wildfires in Portugal”. Francisco Rego, Presidente do Observatório Técnico Independente
12:20 - 12:40 DEBATE
12:40 – 14:00 LUNCH BREAK
PANEL II - The Use of Fire (Conservation, Management and Prevention)
2010 - present
2010 - present
Moderator: Marco Domingues, Comandante Operacional Distrital de Viana do Castelo (CODIS), da Autoridade Nacional de Emergência e Proteção Civil (ANEPC)
14:00 – 14:30 “The conflicts of traditional fire use in Asturias (Spain)”. Javier Jiménez Caballero de Rodas, Sociológo Experto en Investigación y Situaciones de Riesgo, da Fundación Pau Costa
14:30 – 15:00 “Cultural knowledge and fire existence in Mexico's Indigenous Communities”. Laura Ponce, Investigadora da ECOSUR
15:00 – 15:30 “The conflicts of the traditional use of fire in Israel and the fuel management with directed grazing". – David Evlagon, Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael, Jewish National Fund -Land Development Authority
15:30 – 15:50 Coffee break
15:50 – 16:20 “The use of fire by the pastoral communities of the French Pyrenees”. Pierre Gascouat, Lycée des Métiers de la Montagne – LPA Oloron Sante Marie
16:20 – 16:50 “Joint Forest Management for Wildfire Prevention in POCTEP Territory". Alberto López Casillas, Diputación Provincial de Ávila,
16:50 – 17:20 DEBATE AND CLOSE OF THE FIRST DAY
Day 2 - November 29, 2019
PANEL III - Landscape and Climate Changes and Large Wildfires
Moderator: Sandra Sarmento, Diretora Regional do Norte, do Instituto de Conservação da Natureza e das Florestas (ICNF)
09:30 – 10:00 “The recovery of burned areas. Effectiveness of post-fire soil stabilization treatments in Galicia (Spain)". Cristina Filgueiras, Investigadora do Centro de Investigación Forestal de Lourizan - Xunta de Galicia
10:00 – 10:30 “Invasive alien plants and their relationship to fire". Elizabete Marchante, Centro de Ecologia Funcional da Universidade de Coimbra e Hélia Marchante, ESAC e Centro de Ecologia Funcional da Universidade de Coimbra
10:30 – 11:00 “75 Years of Wildfires”. João Felgueiras, Comandante da Companhia de Bombeiros Sapadores de Braga
11:00 – 11:15 Coffee break
11:15 – 11:45 “Climate Change, Landscape and Wildfires in Brazil”. Fabiano Morelli, Investigador responsável pela Deteção de Incêndios Florestais do Instituto de Pesquisas Espaciais do Brasil
11:45 – 12:15 “Climate Change Adaptation - Prevent or React”. Mário Marques, Chief Tecnics Officer, iClimateAdviser
12:15 – 12:45 DEBATE
12:45 – 14:00 LUNCH BREAK
PANEL IV - Research and Operability of Fighting Future Wildfires
Moderator: António Nunes, Presidente do Observatório de Segurança, Criminalidade Organizada e Terrorismo (OSCOT)
14:00 – 14:30 “Interface wildfire risk assessment and prevention". David Caballero, Consultor internacional independente sobre assessoria do risco e planeamento da prevenção de incêndios florestais – MeteoGRID
14:30 – 15:00 “Ecuador's landscape management with fire”. José Luis Duce, The Nature Conservancy
15:00 – 15:30 “Prevention and extinction of wildfires in Italy”. Luca Tonarelli, responsável pelo Centro de Formação de Combate a Incêndios Florestais da Região da Toscana
15:30 – 15:45 Coffee break
15:45 – 16:15 “The Gran Canaria Fire 2019 Fighting Strategy”. Federico Grillo, Analista UOF, Cabildo de Gran Canaria
16:15 – 16:45 “Cause research in guiding wildfire prevention policies”. António Carvalho, Coordenador de Investigação Criminal - Aposentado da Polícia Judiciária
16:45 – 17:15 “The use of fire in extended attack in Large Wildfires”. Fábio Silva, Adjunto do Comando Nacional da Força Especial de Proteção Civil
17:15 – 17:30 DEBATE AND CLOSE THE CONFERENCE
17:30 - CLOSING CONFERENCE SESSION
President of the CIM Alto Minho Intermunicipal Council
President of Forestis - Portuguese Forest Association
State Secretary for Forest Nature Conservation and Spatial Planning
* (to confirm)
