Iago Otero Tuesday 12 July 2011 Peasant memory for building resilience to wildfires in Matadepera (Barcelona province)

1. Peasant memory for building resilience to wildfires in Matadepera (Barcelona province) Iago Otero

2. In 2003 a wildfire kills 5 people and devastates thousands of hectares of forests nearby Matadepera. Courtesy of GRAF and Matadepera fire-fighters

3. Sotabosc, 5: 5-6 (2005)

4. Scheme for the prevention of large wildfires Association of Forest Defense (2005)

5. City Archives Sotabosc, 5: 8 (2005) Local knowledge of forest and fire

6. Sotabosc, 5: 10-11 (2005) Enhancement of regressive habitats and species

7. Why wildfires? Why habitat regression? 2007 1940

8. Why wildfires? Why habitat regression? Estany et al. (2010) Global Environment

9. Otero et al. (2011) Ecological Economics Urbanization is not a spontaneous process...

10. « Matadepera… given its geographical conditions… calls for the assignment of a signal-function: a place for resting and summer vacations » Plan de Ordenación de Tarrasa y Matadepera (1951) City Archives of Matadepera, box 540 ... but the outcome of political choices and struggles

11. « We did nothing and they kicked us out from our home… The owner [town’s Mayor] told to my father ‘it does not matter whether you have a contract, it is useless, the houses are the houses’, exactly this way » Mingo Comasòlivas (1930), 26/11/2007 ... with winners and losers

13. Sotabosc, 6: 4-7 (2007) Against urban expansion: narrative

14. Against urban expansion: empirical evidence Badia et al. (2008) Documents d’Anàlisi Geogràfica

15. Against urban expansion: peasant heritage

16. Courtesy of Q. Vancells Against urban expansion: social movement

17. Monitoring of integrated a grosilvopastoral management 0 ,2 ,4 ,6 ,8 1 1,2 1,4 1,6 1,8 2 Can Prat Can Robert any 2009 any 2008 Pressió ramadera year: p < 0.0001 site: n.s. Grazing pressure

18. Monitoring of integrated a grosilvopastoral management

19. Environmental education and dissemination Avui Terrassa, 20/2/2009