Project description
Climate resilient forest management platform to prevent and suppress forest fire
With forest fires becoming more dangerous and frequent, the EU-funded SILVANUS project will offer a new solution to improve preparedness. TThe key project output is the release of a climate resilient forest management platform to prevent and limit the spread of forest fire. SILVANUS relies on environmental, technical and social sciences experts to support regional and national authorities responsible for wildfire management. The project will develop intelligent fire ignition models using climate and weather data, as well as a stakeholder engagement programme in forest regions to assess fire risk indicators. SILVANUS will also create a training methodology for firefighters, featuring VR and AR training toolkits to simulate real-world environments and life-saving scenarios.
Objective
SILVANUS envisages to deliver an environmentally sustainable and climate resilient forest management platform through innovative capabilities to prevent and combat against the ignition and spread of forest fires. The platform will cater to the demands of efficient resource utilisation and provide protection against threats of wildfires encountered globally. The project will establish synergies between (i) environmental; (ii) technology and (iii) social science experts for enhancing the ability of regional and national authorities to monitor forest resources, evaluate biodiversity, generate more accurate fire risk indicators and promote safety regulations among citizens through awareness campaigns. The novelty of SILVANUS lies in the development and integration of advanced semantic technologies to systematically formalise the knowledge of forest administration and resource utilisation. Additionally, the platform will integrate a big-data processing framework capable of analysing heterogeneous data sources including earth observation resources, climate models and weather data, continuous on-board computation of multi-spectral video streams. Also, the project integrates a series of sensor and actuator technologies using innovative wireless communication infrastructure through the coordination of aerial vehicles and ground robots.
The technological platform will be complemented with the integration of resilience models, and the results of environmental and ecological studies carried out for the assessment of fire risk indicators based on continuous surveys of forest regions. The surveys are designed to take into consideration the expertise and experience of frontline fire fighter organisations who collectively provide support for 47,504x104 sq. meters of forest area within Europe and across international communities. The project innovation will be validated through 11 pilot demonstrations across Europe and internationally using a two sprint cycle.
Fields of science
- natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesenvironmental sciencessustainability sciences
- agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesforestrysilviculture
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensors
- natural sciencesbiological sciencesecologyecosystems
- social sciencessociologygovernancecrisis management
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41100 Modena
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1253 Luxembourg
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92190 MEUDON
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20123 Milano Mi
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28760 Tres Cantos Madrid
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28037 Madrid
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P31 Ovens
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013685 Bucuresti
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2685 039 Sacavem E Prior Velho Lisboa
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1249 300 Lisbon
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1700 421 Lisboa
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6300 693 Guarda
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6200 710 Caria
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851 01 Bratislava
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1040 Nicosia
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1101 Lefkosia
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38068 Rovereto
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61-612 Poznan
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13591 Berlin
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113 43 Stockholm
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73100 Lecce
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118 54 ATHENS
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10000 Zagreb
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10000 Zagreb
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00-661 WARSZAWA
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50190 Boras
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118 55 ATHINA
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57001 Thermi Thessaloniki
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38221 Volos
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1000-043 Lisboa
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10410 Velika Gorica
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845 07 Bratislava
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87000 Limoges
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01-629 Warszawa
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70126 Bari
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41123 Modena
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08021 Bitti
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540136 MURES TIRGU MURES
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020112 Bucuresti
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10177 Athina
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54 248 THESSALONIKI
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546 36 THESSALONIKI
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00186 ROMA
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35131 Lamia
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700 30 Ostrava
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10000 Zagreb
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960 01 Zvolen
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976 32 BADIN
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55283 Sleman
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2601 Acton Act
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21941 590 Rio De Janeiro
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21949900 Rio De Janeiro
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LA1 2RX Lancaster
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