A Forest Bioeconomy project in the Pyrenees
The mission of the Bio For Piri project is to promote the forest bioeconomy through forest management as a solution to two of the great challenges of the area: forest fires and the demographic challenge.
The project began at the beginning of 2024 and will deploy its actions until December 2025 in two pre-Pyrenean geographical areas: Alinyà, in Lleida (Catalonia); and Aínsa-Sobrarbe, in Huesca (Aragon).
The actions of the project will focus on 3 lines of work:
6 Entities United to Turn the Threat of Wildfires into an Opportunity
The Threat
The neglect and precariousness of the primary sector, added to the current climatic context, has increased the risk of suffering a major forest fire in the Pyrenees. Due to the size and impact of this potential fire - it could burn en bloc from Navarre to Girona - we can say that it is one of the most sensitive and vulnerable areas of the Iberian Peninsula.
The Opportunity
Fundación Empresa & Clima, together with five other entities, is promoting Bio For Piri, a project that is developing a series of actions to reduce the risk of a large forest fire in the Pyrenees and, at the same time, turn these tasks of prevention and forest management into opportunities for rural development and nature conservation through the forest bioeconomy.
More information: https://bioforpiri.org/es/
Bio For Piri is supported by the Biodiversity Foundation of the Ministerio para la Transición Ecológica y el Reto Demográfico (MITECO) within the framework of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan (RTRP), funded by the European Union – NextGenerationEU.
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