Desire for Greener Land
Desire for Greener Land
Desire for Greener Land
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Primary P y strip netwo ork systtem<br />
<strong>for</strong> f fuell<br />
managemen<br />
nt<br />
Portugal<br />
- Redee<br />
Primária de FFaixas<br />
de Gestã ão de Combusstível<br />
(RPFGC) (Portuguese)<br />
Linear<br />
strips aare<br />
strategicallly<br />
located in areas where total or partia al removal of<br />
th he <strong>for</strong>est biomass<br />
is possible. Th his technoloogy<br />
contribut tes towards<br />
preventing<br />
the occurrence and spread of large foorest<br />
fires and<br />
reducing<br />
th heir consequeences<br />
<strong>for</strong> the eenvironment,<br />
people, infrasstructures,<br />
etc c.<br />
There<br />
are three types of strip <strong>for</strong> fuel manag gement in <strong>for</strong>esst<br />
areas: prima ary, secondary<br />
an nd tertiary, deefined<br />
by the LLaw<br />
17/2009. The most impportant<br />
differen nces between<br />
th hem are in termms<br />
of size (primmary<br />
being the widest and thee<br />
tertiary the narrowest) n and<br />
sc cale (primary referring to thhe<br />
district leve el, secondary to the munici ipal level and<br />
te ertiary to the pparish<br />
level). TThe<br />
primary st trip network syystem<br />
<strong>for</strong> fuel management<br />
(R RPFGC) is inteegrated<br />
in the National Syste em to Preventt<br />
and Protect Forest F against<br />
Fires<br />
and it is deefined<br />
by the NNational<br />
Forest Authority (AFNN).<br />
Above left: RReduction<br />
of th he density of treees<br />
and vegetatioon<br />
removal using<br />
machinery.<br />
(Photo: João Soares)<br />
Above right: : Primary strip network systemm<br />
<strong>for</strong><br />
fuel managemment.<br />
(Photo: João J Soares)<br />
The<br />
RPFGC aiims<br />
to re-arrange<br />
landscape e elements, through<br />
the est tablishment of<br />
di iscontinuities inn<br />
the vegetatioon<br />
cover, in <strong>for</strong>est<br />
areas andd<br />
in the rural landscape<br />
(<strong>for</strong><br />
ex xample using water bodiess,<br />
agricultural land, pasture, , rocky outcro ops, shrubland<br />
an nd valuable <strong>for</strong>rest<br />
stands). Laand<br />
tenure is private p in most of the areas covered c by the<br />
RPFGC. R The mmain<br />
objectives of this technology<br />
are: to deecrease<br />
the are ea affected by<br />
la arge fires; to eenable<br />
direct access<br />
by fire fighters; f to redduce<br />
fire effect ts and protect Location: Po<br />
ro oads, infrastrucctures<br />
and soccial<br />
equipment t, urban areas and <strong>for</strong>est are eas of special Region: Maç<br />
va alue; and to isoolate<br />
potential ffire<br />
ignition sou urces.<br />
Technology<br />
17,52 km<br />
These<br />
primary sstrips<br />
are ≥ 1225<br />
metres wide e and preferabbly<br />
between 50 00 and 10,000<br />
ha a in area. Thee<br />
tree cover shhould<br />
be less than t 50% of thhe<br />
area and th he base of the<br />
tree<br />
canopy shoould<br />
not be lowwer<br />
than 3 me etres. The RPFFGC<br />
concept should s include<br />
th he adoption off<br />
a maintenannce<br />
programme.<br />
The implemmentation<br />
and maintenance<br />
op perations can be per<strong>for</strong>med<br />
through diff ferent agro-<strong>for</strong>rest<br />
technolog gies, such as<br />
cl learance of buushes<br />
and treees,<br />
pruning, prescribed<br />
fire, hharrowing<br />
and d cultivation of<br />
th he ground beneeath<br />
the trees. Timber products<br />
can be soldd<br />
and the remo oved litter can<br />
be e used in a bioomass<br />
power pplant<br />
or applied d to the fields tto<br />
improve soil fertility, using<br />
mulching m technoology.<br />
This<br />
SWC Techhnology<br />
needs considerable financial resouurces<br />
in terms of labour and<br />
eq quipment at tthe<br />
implementation<br />
phase. Costs, howeever,<br />
undergo considerable<br />
re eduction thereaafter.<br />
The impplementation<br />
of f this infrastruccture<br />
to preven nt and protect<br />
th he land from foorest<br />
fire is entirely<br />
funded by y the governmeent<br />
and implem mented by the<br />
fo orest municipal services.<br />
2 ortugal<br />
ção, Portugal<br />
area: 400 km<br />
)<br />
Conservatio<br />
Stage of inte<br />
degradation<br />
Origin: Exter<br />
<strong>Land</strong> use: fo<br />
Climate: sub<br />
WOCAT data<br />
cdewocat.uni<br />
DESIRE site<br />
his.eu/en/mac<br />
Related appr<br />
(QA POR01)<br />
Compiled by<br />
and Sandra V<br />
Portugal<br />
Date: Februa<br />
2<br />
(strips will occcupy<br />
on measure: st tructural<br />
ervention: prevention<br />
of landd<br />
rnally - recent (
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