Fundación Uxio Novoneyra - Spain
COUREL is located in inland Galicia, in a remote mountainous area that forms part of both a UNESCO geopark (2017) and a biosphere reserve (2019). Over the past decades, the region has experienced larger-scale wildfires, with the most recent in 2022 being the second most devastating in Spain’s history—though our headquarters remain more than two kilometers away from the affected zone.
Within the RESILIAGE project, the Novoneyra Foundation aims to mitigate the risk of wildfires and other emerging threats, such as increasingly frequent cyclogenesis events that bring heavy rains and winds, as well as low-intensity earthquakes originating from the Samos and Triacastela faults. To achieve this, traditional wisdom is harnessed through ancestral techniques, including the maintenance and cleaning of the peripheral ring of chestnut groves, among other practices to be conserved and recovered. These measures have proven effective in fostering resilience in both the environment and the local community, serving as a model for international application.
- Main hazard: Megafires
- Other hazards: Floods, earthquakes
- SyRI Framework: Active Memory
