Fire Flocks: Participating Farmers’ Perceptions after Five Years of Development

• Published in: Land (Basel) Vol. 11; no. 10; p. 1718
• Main Authors: Nuss-Girona, Sergi, Soy, Emma, Canaleta, Guillem, Alay, Ona, Domènech, Rut, Prat-Guitart, Núria
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.10.2022
• Subjects: Beliefs, opinions and attitudes; Climate change; Compliance; Emissions; Environmental aspects; Environmental management; Environmental performance; Environmental risk; Extensive farming; extensive livestock farming; Farmers; Farming; Farms; Fire prevention; Food; Forest & brush fires; Forest management; Greenhouse gases; Livestock; Livestock farming; Livestock farms; Pastoralism; Prescribed fire; Prevention; Qualitative analysis; Redesign; silvopastoralism; Strategic management; Subsidies; Vegetation; Visibility; wildfire risk reduction; Wildfires; Spain; Europe; Mediterranean Area

Nowadays, extensive livestock farming faces substantial threats in the Mediterranean region, provoking a setback dynamic in the sector. In 2016, the Fire Flocks (FF) project was conceived and implemented as a regional strategy to revert this situation and revalue the sector in Catalonia, in the NE o...