VOST Europe participated in the joint workshop “Communicating the important role of Sustainable Forest Management to prevent wildfires” in Barcelona, Spain, that got together 47 participants from 23 organisations following the invitation by the European Forest Institute, Pau Costa Foundation, the Forest Science and Technology Centre of Catalonia (CTFC), and FOREST EUROPE.
The workshop aimed for a cross-stakeholder dialogue to explore professional communication tools and methods for addressing wildfires. Foresters, wildfire experts, researchers, policymakers, communication experts, media professionals, and journalists were invited to develop recommendations to effectively and attractively communicate about wildfire prevention and the associated importance of sustainable forest management to different target groups.
The key take aways from this workshop can be found here .