Badajoz hosts Iberian summit on forest fire management

The second edition of the Iberian Conference on Large Forest Fires, themed ‘Territory, People, Solutions’, is being held in Badajoz, Spain. Organized by the Fundceri Foundation, the two-day event brings together experts, researchers, and institutional leaders from Spain and Portugal to analyze recent wildfire trends and debate prevention strategies.

Participants include former Spanish Prime Minister Felipe González, former President of the Junta de Extremadura Juan Carlos Rodríguez Ibarra, and various academic and forestry experts. The forum focuses on evolving toward a model based on landscape management and the protection of rural areas.

During the opening, Juan Carlos Rodríguez Ibarra emphasized the need to rethink the societal relationship with fire, suggesting that fire should be managed and understood rather than simply suppressed. The conference aims to address the threats that large-scale fires pose to ecosystems, local populations, and the Mediterranean economy.