Boscos del Vallès

This project is an innovative initiative that brings a new approach to the wildfire prevention. It is based on the structuring of biomass buying-selling market, to achieve a good forest management, protecting from wildfires at the same time that brings an economic revitalization of the forest sector and the generation of proximity energy.

This is an innovative project in Catalonia because works with wildfire prevention through biomass valorization, and also because the Sub-regional public authority has created its own competence and a Sub-regional Service of Biomass. The energy created through this biomass serves to provide energy to the different public equipments.

Different actors are involved in: Sub-regional authority, municipalities, Government of Catalonia, Province Authority of Barcelona, Forest Defence Association (ADF), forest owners, potential big consumers of biomass (hospital, university, etc.), forest research centres, etc.

Report of the project (CAT): http://www.ccvoc.cat/fitxer/4647/LLIBRET%20BOSCOS%20DEL%20VALL%C3%88S.pdf