Prevention and Action: Community Workshops on Wildfire Response
Centro Naturaleza and the CCR Project trained forest firefighters and local brigades in control techniques, prevention strategies, and fire drills to protect ecosystems and livelihoods.
Practical drills during the workshop. © Centro Naturaleza
As part of the Caribbean Resilient Communities (CCR) Project, Centro Naturaleza held a theoretical and practical workshop in Ceiba de Bonet to strengthen local wildfire response capacity. The session combined training on tool use (firefighting backpacks, machetes, and rakes), control techniques, and the construction of firebreaks, along with a controlled drill that tested the effectiveness of the measures under real conditions. Thirty participants attended — 26 men and 4 women — including forest firefighters and members of local reforestation brigades.
Participants of the workshop. © Centro Naturaleza
The activity was held in response to the area’s growing vulnerability, where practices such as shifting citrus cultivation and slash-and-burn agriculture have reduced vegetation cover in micro-watersheds, thus increasing the risk of fire spreading and affecting water sources. The training emphasized emergency coordination and preventive measures that integrate landscape management and soil conservation to reduce wildfire occurrence.
Practical drills during the workshop. © Centro Naturaleza
Through this intervention, Centro Naturaleza and the CCR Project reinforce their commitment to ecosystem protection and rural community safety, while promoting local capacities that enable a rapid and sustained response to fires and other climate change–related risks.
- Country: Dominican Republic
- Project:
- Contact:
Emmanuel Batista Moreta
Communication & Visibility Officer
CCR Project
