Phoenix Project promotes productive potential in areas devastated by wildfires

The Phoenix project provides free-of-charge support to forest owners in maintenance operations carried out in forest stands affected by fires, thereby promoting their recovery, increasing production and providing incentives so that these forest areas are not abandoned. During this initial phase, the area earmarked to receive help is in the borough of Vila de Rei, […]

The Phoenix project provides free-of-charge support to forest owners in maintenance operations carried out in forest stands affected by fires, thereby promoting their recovery, increasing production and providing incentives so that these forest areas are not abandoned.

During this initial phase, the area earmarked to receive help is in the borough of Vila de Rei, where the aim is to lower the density (by thinning out stumps); eliminate invasive species; prune away dead twigs resulting from the fires; reduce the fire load within the forest stands, and also support the registration process (BUPi). The project was recently announced at the Sausage, Cheese and Honey Fair in Vila de Rei, to the thousands of visitors present, including the Minister for Territorial Cohesion, Ana Abrunhosa.