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LIFE MetroForest turns Collserola into a laboratory for adaptive forest management

The European initiative, with a budget of 2.2 million euros, seeks to improve the resilience of metropolitan forests against climate change.

Conceptual image of adaptive forest management, showing cartographic data overlaid on a dense forest.
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Conceptual image of adaptive forest management, showing cartographic data overlaid on a dense forest.

The European project LIFE MetroForest has launched at the Serra de Collserola Natural Park to establish a testing ground for adaptive agroforestry management and enhance the resilience of Mediterranean metropolitan forests.

The European project LIFE MetroForest has started with the goal of transforming the Serra de Collserola Natural Park into a testing ground to promote adaptive agroforestry management, conservation, and biodiversity improvement. This area, covering over 8,000 hectares within the metropolitan area of Barcelona, has 60% private ownership, necessitating consensus mechanisms for efficient management with various stakeholders.
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"thanks to the LIFE MetroForest project, the AMB aims to innovate in the search for new systems of territorial management, nature promotion, and maximization of ecosystem services in such a unique and important space for the metropolis as the Serra de Collserola Natural Park."

Ramon Torra · AMB General Manager
The initiative, which stems from the special plan approved in April 2021, seeks to promote a new co-management model based on establishing a massif-scale plan. This plan will define the future guidelines for achieving a more resilient and adapted space, with pilot tests within the framework of the farm management plans established in the PEPNat.
One of the key instruments is the multicriteria tool, a data-driven cartographic model that will allow continuous monitoring of the Park's status. This tool will evaluate the territory's situation and usage, analyze its evolution, and automatically calculate key indicators on the state of forests and biodiversity, facilitating agile and informed decision-making.
The project has a budget of 2,196,496 euros and a planned duration of five years. It is coordinated by the Serra de Collserola Natural Park Consortium and involves the Barcelona Metropolitan Area (AMB), the Government of Catalonia (via the Department of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food), the Ecological and Forestry Applications Research Centre (CREAF), the company Föra Forest Technologies, SLL, and the European Forum on Urban Forestry (EFUF).

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