Impacts of Extreme Climatic Events on the Agricultural and Forestry Systems—Project Impecaf

The IMPECAF is a research project that started at the end of 2018 and aims to deepen the knowledge on weather extremes, particularly droughts and heat waves, which affect agricultural and forest ecosystems of the Iberian Peninsula. Despite these events presenting different temporal scales, their sim...

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Published inProceedings Vol. 38; no. 1; p. 11
Main Authors Sofia Râmoa, Célia M. Gouveia, Inês Vieira, Patricia Páscoa, Catarina Alonso, Pedro Oliveira e Silva, Ana Russo
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published MDPI AG 01.12.2019
Subjects
crop losses
droughts
heat waves
iberian peninsula
risk models
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Summary:The IMPECAF is a research project that started at the end of 2018 and aims to deepen the knowledge on weather extremes, particularly droughts and heat waves, which affect agricultural and forest ecosystems of the Iberian Peninsula. Despite these events presenting different temporal scales, their simultaneous occurrence can intensify the observed impacts. In addition, these impacts may extend over large areas affecting different ecosystems. This project aims at transferring knowledge on fundamental research in meteorology for the agricultural and forestry sectors, and it is expected that the results may be an input in the decision-making process of farmers. To achieve this aim, appropriate measures will be developed to mitigate the impact of these extreme weather events in the forestry and agricultural sectors. This will be followed by an approach that ensures the involvement of stakeholders since the beginning of the project and even after its conclusion.
ISSN:2504-3900
DOI:10.3390/proceedings2019038011