About us
Our mission
Wildfires, from natural disturbance to global emergency
Climate change is undoubtedly the greatest global challenge we must adress as a society in the coming years.
Today, with global temperatures soaring, nearly half of humanity lives in highly climate-vulnerable conditions, marking a shift from a climate to a global emergency. Meteorological conditions conducive to fires are escalating worldwide, especially in vulnerable regions like the Mediterranean basin.
Current Firefighting Efforts
Existing wildfire policies in the EU are insufficient against mega fires, focusing solely on suppression.
There’s a rising recognition of “fires beyond extinction capacity,” necessitating a shift towards prevention through landscape management, which is increasingly advocated by international scientific communities.
Lines of Action
With Mosaico we want to prepare territories through a participatory strategy that allows for the reduction of fire risk, enhancing economic valorization, sustainable development, and territorial resource security. These landscapes employ a mosaic agroforestry configuration to prevent fire spread effectively.
We believe in reducing fire risk through social engagement, institutional collaboration, diversified land uses, and stakeholder communication, thereby fostering adaptive solution management.
Multipurpose approach
Social Approach
- Engagement and empowerment
- Awareness-raising and education
- Dissemination
- Retention of rural population
Environmental Approach
- Territorial planning with preventive capacity
- Sustainable forest management
- Adaptation to climate change
Economic Approach
- Revitalization of rural areas and sustainable rural development
- Promoting associativism and cooperativism
- Transformation of territorial products (circular economy)
Policy Approach
- Reorientation towards climate-smart policies that promote landscapes resilient to large wildfires
- Promotion of interaction between institutional and local actors
Our Team
Team Mosaico
Prof. Dr. Fernando Pulido
28-yr R+D experience in agroforestry
UEX Excellence award in Research Outreach
Prof. Dr. Gerardo Moreno
30-yr R+D experience in landscape governance
UEX Excellence award in Research
Dr. Juan Carlos Giménez
26-yr R+D experience; SEXTANTE software Development
UEX Excellence award in Research Outreach
Dr. Manuel Bertomeu
24-yr R+D experience in landscape governance
Álvaro Gómez
Research assistant
Emilio Echevarría
Research assistant