EU Interreg Central Europe: Wildfire CE - Enabling cross-boundary assessment, communication and management of wildfire risks in Central Europe
Climate change increases the threat of wildfires across central Europe. Since they often affect more than one region, fighting these fires needs better cooperation and information sharing. The Wildfire CE project improves the assessment and management of wildfire risks by mapping fire potentials, providing fire assessment manuals, and developing action plans for pilot regions. In cooperation with regional authorities and emergency services, the partners empower local communities and organisations to tackle this transborder challenge with shared knowledge, tools and coordinated actions across borders.
Partners: Saxon State Ministry for Regional Development, European Spatial Planning, Regional Development (Lead partner), TU Dresden, Junior Professorship in Environmental Remote Sensing (Technical lead); University of Padova, Department of Land, Environment, Agriculture and Forestry, Italy; Slovenian Forestry Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia; University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Department of Forest and Soil Sciences, Institute of Silviculture, Vienna, Austria; Czech Environmental Information Agency, Unit of Geoinformatics, Praha, Czechia; Global Change Research Insitute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Domain of Climate Analysis and Modelling, Brno, Czechia; Municipality of Ajdovščina, Department for Economics and Development, Ajdovščina, Slovenia; Autonomous Province of Trento, Trento, Italy
Funding: Interreg Central Europe. co-funded by the European Union, June 2025 - May 2027
Involved team members: Matthias Forkel, Christopher Marrs, Johanna Kranz, Daniel Kinalczyk, Christine Wessollek
