SILVANUS: AN INTEGRATED TECHNOLOGICAL AND INFORMATION PLATFORM FOR WILDFIRE MANAGEMENT – NORTH EVIA PILOT AREA
- 1. Center for Security Studies
- 2. Hellenic Rescue Team
- 3. Information Technologies Institute, Centre for Research & Technology Hellas
- 4. Agricultural University of Athens
- 5. Region of Central Greece
Description
SILVANUS is a Green Deal EU funded project on preventing wildfires, that 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 project will test and validate its outcomes in eleven pilots, among which is North Evia in Greece. The project follows a holistic approach engaging stakeholders relevant to wildfire management through a participatory process. Currently, the project is at the beginning phase. Various technologies will be developed based on well-established and internationally accepted scientific methods. A workshop has already been organized in North Evia to discuss the problems that led to the recent extreme fire of 2021. Some preliminary results are briefly discussed.