LIFE PINASSA: Sustainable management for conservation of Black pine forests in Catalunya

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Life Pinassa is project is a European Life + project. The main objective of the project is the conservation of black pine forests (Pinus nigra) in the face of the progressive regression of the habitat in the Natura 2000 Network in Catalonia, based on the introduction of measures that improve their current state in the mid and long-term future.

One of the specifics objectives of the project is to reduce de vulnerability of Pinus nigra structures front large forest fires. In that sense, a specific action “Strategic silvicultural actions for the prevention of great forest fires in Pinus nigra forests” is on the action plan of the project. The specific objectives of this action are (1) reduce the risk of great forest fires in black pine habitats by taking action at strategic management points, considered as areas where this habitat has favorable ecological conditions as well as special interest, whether it be for the presence of lone stands or for mature structures of biodiversity interest; and (2) obtain black pine forest structures that guarantee ideal fire behavior for extinction as well as control, and which avoid the generation of high intensity fires that propagate in the canopy.

Link to website: 
lifepinassa.eu