BRIDGE

PARTICIPATORY

ACTION-RESEARCH

People

Promote dialogue between science, populations and institutions involved in forest fire risk management.

Forest

Know the uses and management of the natural environment in the context of forest fire

House

Know the ways of adapting housing framework to the forest and its risks.

Wildfire Risk

Contribute to wildfire risk reduction.

Project

WHAT IS BRIDGE?

BRIDGE – Bridging Science and Local Communities to wildfire risk reduction, is a research project that began on March 15, 2021, funded by the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) under the call for Scientific Research and Technological Development Projects on Prevention and Fighting of Forest Fires.

PARTNERS

Methodology

The project is structured around three core Tasks:

TASK 2

Acting for a better integration of knowledge and action into CBDRR

TASK 1

Knowing Monchique’s social-ecological dynamics

TASK 3

Sharing BRIDGE’s approach and tools

BRIDGE will stand on a participatory action research (PAR) to be applied to a pre-selected area, Monchique region