'American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD)'
Abstract
Doutoramento em Engenharia Florestal e dos Recursos Naturais - Instituto Superior de AgronomiaThe importance of ecological and socio - economic forest fires shows the relevance of research
techniques and approaches for integrating the planning processes of forest management and fire
management . This PhD aimed to investigate these approaches and contributing to the effectiveness
of strategies for preventing fires both at the stand level or landscape level. In this context, probabilistic
models of fire occurrence and estimated mortality to the main Portuguese forest species (maritime pine
and eucalyptus) in pure composition of regular and irregular structures were developed. These were
later integrated into a management model that optimizes harvests scheduling for each stand in order
to create more fire resistant landscapes. It’s being developed a technologic platform to test these
models and their combination with an innovative approach to incorporate fire risk and protective
objectives in forest management planning