National Research Institute of Science and Technology for Environment and Agriculture

Irstea

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Irstea, National Research Institute of Science and Technology for Environment and Agriculture is a public scientific and technical institute in joint supervision with the Ministry of Research and the Ministry of Agriculture and is holder of an agreement with the Ministry of Ecology, the co-signatory of its constitutive decree. This decree, dating from 1981, has just been revised in 2011.

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allows stakeholders to inform the public about their work on DRR. The SFVC online platform is a useful toolto know who is doing what and where for the implementation of the Sendai Framework, which could foster potential collaboration among stakeholders. All stakeholders (private sector, civil society organizations, academia, media, local governments, etc.) working on DRR can submit their commitments and report on their progress and deliverables.

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29 April 2019 - 03 May 2019

Albuquerque

6th International Fire Behavior and Fuels Conference

The 6th International Fire Behavior and Fuels Conference offers a forum where past experience and lessons learned are documented, current work showcased, and emerging ideas/technology presented to provide a strong foundation that will facilitate s

Meetings and conferences

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25 May 2016 - 27 May 2016

Aix en Provence, France

International Conference on Forest Fires and Wildland Urban Interface Fires

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15 July 2015

New smartphone app used for the detection and monitoring of forest fires and their impact on the southern region of France

In association with the start-up SIGNALERT, the unit Mediterranean Ecosystems and Risks (EMAX, in French) has begun an operating test of a free smartphone application for crowd-mapping and citizen science: SIGNALERT, an app for environmental monitoring. The operation will focus on the monitoring of forest fires in the south of France throughout the summer and fall of 2015...

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In person

30 September 2013 - 02 October 2013

Aix en Provence

International conference on forest fire risk modelling and mapping

ForestFire 2013 conference is organized to provide a valuable opportunity to share information about forest fire risk modelling and mapping with a focus on vulnerability in wildland urban interfaces (WUI).