Objective Wildfires are a major problem for many European societies threatening human lives and property with disastrous impacts particularly at the wildland-urban interface. On the other hand humans always used fire as a tool to regulate nature and traditional use of fire is known in many regions of Europe. The understanding of this paradox, is thus essential for finding solutions for integrated wildland fire management.This concept requires considering the various aspects of fire, from its use as a planned management practice (prescribed fire) to the initiation and propagation of unplanned fires (wildfires) and to the use of fire in fighting wildfires (suppression fire). Prescribed or suppression fires will therefore set the limits for wildfires by vontrolling their spatial extent, intensity and impacts.This is the main approach adopted aiming at the creation of the scientific and technological bases for new practices and policies under integrated wildland fire management and in the development of strategies for its implementation in Europe. Three major domains of related activities were considered: research, development and dissemination.In research, the project will focus on understanding the machanisms and modelling the processes associated with fire, from physics to biology and social sciences. Experimental and sampling methods will be used. The scientific and technical knowledge gathered will allow the development of a technological platform that will integrate the fire model, the temporal and spatial variability of fuels and weather, and the potential ecological and social-economical impacts. Documentation and demonstration platforms will also be extensively used for dissemination, focusing in the development of stategies for public awarness, academic and professional training using new communication technologies and networks, and for the implementation of new practices, policies and regulations under the concept of integrated wildland fire management. Fields of science engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelssocial scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and management Keywords Fire behavior Forest fire policies Fuels Modeling Social impacts Technological tools Training Programme(s) FP6-SUSTDEV - Sustainable Development, Global Change and Ecosystems: thematic priority 6 under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006. Topic(s) SUSTDEV-3.4.2 - Natural Disasters Call for proposal FP6-2004-GLOBAL-3 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme IP - Integrated Project Coordinator INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA Address Tapada da ajuda Lisboa Portugal See on map Links Website Opens in new window EU contribution € 0,00 Participants (35) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE (INRA) France EU contribution € 0,00 Address Rue de l'universite 147 Paris See on map Links Website Opens in new window EUROPEAN FOREST INSTITUTE Finland EU contribution € 0,00 Address Torikatu 34 Joensuu See on map Links Website Opens in new window MEDITERRANEAN AGRONOMIC INSTITUTE OF CHANIA Greece EU contribution € 0,00 Address Alsyllio agrokipiou Chania - crete See on map Links Website Opens in new window MAX PLANCK GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN E.V. 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