{"id":1336,"date":"2018-02-06T22:01:46","date_gmt":"2018-02-06T21:01:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moinhosdodao.org\/?page_id=1336"},"modified":"2019-07-23T16:52:54","modified_gmt":"2019-07-23T15:52:54","slug":"1336-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.moinhosdodao.org\/volunteer-program\/1336-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire Prevention Campaign – Help us prevent Forest Fires!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Zone specifications:\u00a0
<\/strong>Zone 1<\/strong>\u00a0Main part of quinta MdD including guest facilities
Zone 2<\/strong>\u00a0New part of MdD to be restored as forest zone
Zone 3<\/strong>\u00a0Main access road
Zone 4<\/strong>\u00a0Separate piece of land belonging to MdD and to be restored as forest zone\u00a0\u00a0
Zone 5<\/strong>\u00a0Secondary access road<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Moinhos do D\u00e3o made it through 2017 without any damage from the fires that ripped through Central Portugal in the summer and fall.\u00a0 The fires destroyed more than half a million hectares\u00a0of forest, agricultural lands, monocultures, 850 houses and 450\u00a0businesses...and left 104 people dead. It was really just luck that no fires made it to our part of the D\u00e3o valley. Some of you might remember the MdD had fires on its 'doorstep' in the past.\u00a0 It can happen anywhere.\u00a0 Many friends and colleagues were not as lucky\u2014they lost their livelihood, homes and the forest around them.<\/p>\n

Everybody in Portugal\u00a0knows this was a man-made disaster that has been in the making for many years. The\u00a0combination\u00a0of factors such as\u00a0inadequate property laws, short-term-gain mindset, cultural disconnection from nature and climate change has proven to be very dangerous.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The worst fire year in Portuguese history...what's next?\u00a0<\/strong>
Even though fires have been troubling Portugal for many decades the scale and intensity of the fires of 2017 were 'the next level'.\u00a0 It is heartening to see many\u00a0new civilian and federal initiatives for reforestation and policy changes, to revive what was lost and try to prevent this from happening again. The severity of the\u00a0fires and the damage caused have\u00a0literally and figuratively created space for doing things differently.\u00a0 We are joining\u00a0in the effort by being pro active in our area.\u00a0 But\u00a0so much still has to change on the level of lawmaking, economy, culture\u00a0etc. and this will take time and persistence...in other words:\u00a0there is a long way to go.<\/p>\n

Portugal, as well as the Moinhos do D\u00e3o, need all the help they\u00a0can get to stay green and safe. At our quinta we\u00a0have always\u00a0been active with\u00a0fire prevention and safety measures by cleaning the lands around us and having extra pumps and\u00a0hoses installed. As conditions change, with more hectares of highly flammable\u00a0eucalyptus and pine plantations around us\u00a0and a hotter and drier\u00a0climate, we need to do more.<\/p>\n

We are reaching out to you, our network of friends of the Moinhos,
to ask for your help so we can\u00a0realize the:<\/em>
Moinhos do D\u00e3o \u2013 Fire Prevention Campaign<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>

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Fire Prevention Plan<\/h3>\n
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The Goal<\/strong>
Create a larger fire barrier around the main quinta (zone 1),\u00a0including the\u00a0restoration of\u00a0the native\u00a0(cooler and more humid)\u00a0ecosystem around the quinta. To\u00a0make the Moinhos more safe for ourselves and our guests, and so that nature can keep thriving in this piece of 'paradise' in\u00a0the D\u00e3o river valley.<\/p>\n

The Strategy<\/strong>
Once a fire has started it needs 2 things to keep going: oxygen and flammable\u00a0materials.\u00a0 We cannot remove oxygen from the equation, but we can remove flammable materials (cleaning) and\u00a0make it harder for them to grow\u00a0back. We will\u00a0remove\u00a0the forest understory of dry shrubs and\u00a0support the remaining and new\u00a0trees to grow tall and\u00a0bring back a healthy\u00a0forest that can keep the hillside cool and retain water in the ground.\u00a0\u00a0Our strategy for making it impossible\u00a0for the dry shrubbery to grow back is: pulling them out root and all\u00a0(instead of cutting them down),\u00a0covering the soil with mulch, and planting native\u00a0trees where needed.\u00a0\u00a0
We will do mainly cleaning\u00a0work along the two access roads (3 and 5 on the map)\u00a0and cleaning, mulching and planting work\u00a0on two pieces of land we own on the edge of the quinta\u00a0(2 and 4 on the map). Once this work is done it will be harder for a\u00a0fire to reach us. In the other areas that surround the quinta (as you can see on the map) our neighbor is doing cleaning work as well.\u00a0 When our\u00a0project is completed it will\u00a0actually\u00a0be possible to do\u00a0annual maintenance on all the zones for continual, long lasting fire-prevention.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Actions:<\/strong>
1.\u00a0Remove 'fire hazard materials' from all zones on the edge of the quinta (zones 2,3,4 and 5) such as mimosa trees (invasive and highly flammable species), shrubs, brambles\u00a0and other flammable plant matter.
2.\u00a0Turn this material into chips\/mulch to cover the soil,\u00a0bring the carbon back into the ground and protect the soil from eroding and drying out. (zones 2 and 4)\u00a0
3.\u00a0Plant broad leaf native trees to create a fire brake (cooler and more humid type of forest). (zones 2 and 4)<\/p>\n

Planning:<\/strong>
February till end of 2018\u00a0- reach out to network with the Fire Prevention Campaign
April till\u00a0end of\u00a0June\u00a0- remove as much flammable materials as possible & chip on site
October till\u00a0end of 2018\u00a0- continue to remove\u00a0flammable materials,\u00a0chip on site and plant broad leaf native trees.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>

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You can help in three ways:<\/h3>\n
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1. Donate to the Fire Prevention Fund.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>
The estimated the costs of making Moinhos do D\u00e3o more safe from fires\u00a0are \u20ac 4300,-.
This includes:
\u20ac 2600 for hiring a local business with a crew and the right machinery for the cleaning of fire hazard materials from 1.5 hectares of land in zones 2 and 4
\u20ac 450 buying two 'Weed Wrenches' for pulling out shrubs
\u20ac 550 for hiring an industrial chipper
\u20ac 300 for buying trees
\u20ac 400\u00a0for feeding the volunteers that will work on this project with us during the year.<\/p>\n

With our\u00a0own money and the first donations from family we have collected \u20ac 1200,-
Please help us reach our goal to\u00a0make the Moinhos more safe so nature can keep thriving and people can keep enjoying this little 'para\u00edso' in\u00a0the D\u00e3o river valley.<\/p>\n

DONATION OPTIONS:\u00a0<\/strong>
1. Online donation Platform - GoFundMe<\/a>
2. Per PayPall account - info@moinhosdodao.org\u00a0
3. Per Bank transfer - Bank Account number\u00a0 IBAN\u00a0PT50 0018 000039157465001 36,\u00a0 Moinhos do D\u00e3o Act Turisticas<\/p>\n

ALL LEVELS OF DONATIONS FROM \u20ac 5 to \u20ac 3000\u00a0\ud83d\ude42 ARE APPRECIATED!\u00a0<\/strong>
GIFT FOR THE GIVER:<\/strong>\u00a0donations of \u20ac 30 and above will receive an A3 high quality print of our home made 'Summer\u00a0Fruits' poster (see below). Don't forget to send\u00a0us your address!
GIVE TO STAY:\u00a0<\/strong>in return for donations above \u20ac 500 we\u00a0offer a free\u00a0stays at the quinta. Contact us for more information.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

2. Lending a hand.<\/strong>
Join the crew for a clean up week in April (14-21) or a clean up and planting week in November (3-10). Enjoy free room and great food at Moinhos do D\u00e3o in return for 6-7 hours of group work. Maximum number of participants is 10 and the minimum participation is 3 days.
Volunteers are welcome to stay longer for free before and after the week!\u00a0<\/p>\n

3. Tell a friend\u00a0of our project and needs.<\/strong> Maybe he\/she is willing to donate or lend a hand!?<\/p>\n

Thank you for your help and\u00a0consideration!!<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Zone specifications:\u00a0Zone 1\u00a0Main part of quinta MdD including guest facilities Zone 2\u00a0New part of MdD to be restored as forest zone Zone 3\u00a0Main access road Zone 4\u00a0Separate piece of land belonging to MdD and to be restored as forest zone\u00a0\u00a0Zone 5\u00a0Secondary access road Moinhos do D\u00e3o made it through 2017 without any damage from the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":68,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.moinhosdodao.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1336"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.moinhosdodao.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.moinhosdodao.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.moinhosdodao.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.moinhosdodao.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1336"}],"version-history":[{"count":85,"href":"http:\/\/www.moinhosdodao.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1336\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2178,"href":"http:\/\/www.moinhosdodao.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1336\/revisions\/2178"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.moinhosdodao.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/68"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.moinhosdodao.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}