ArcFUEL chosen as one of the Best LIFE Environment projects
From the 100+ projects finished and assessed in 2014, ArcFUEL has been chosen as one of the 22 Best Life Environment projects; it is also in the running for the 5 "Best of the Best" LIFE Environment projects
ArcFUEL is part of the LIFE+ program, which aims to come up with a complete and modern forest-fire mapping methodology in the Mediterranean region of Europe, plus a series of online fuel classification geodatabases based on INSPIRE’s common implementing rules.
The project is being led by Greek firm EPSILON; apart from GMV, the other participants are outstanding European laboratories and organizations involved in forest-fire research and prevention.
GMV’s contribution to ArcFUEL includes definition of the workflow and production chain and also implementation of this chain in the two Spanish pilot areas, one of them located in the Biosphere Reserve of Sierra de las Nieves (training area) and the second in the provinces of Malaga and Cordoba (complete working area).