The main beneficiaries are the landowners and residents of the villages involved, though the benefits extend to the wider territory. For many owners, forest management is a heavy financial and practical burden, and the project made a first intervention possible.
But vegetation grows back. Without regular management, land can return to hazardous conditions within a relatively short period. Owners remain responsible for maintaining their plots, so raising their awareness of that role is a core part of the project.
RESIST complements the region’s wider rural wildfire prevention efforts, bringing together fuel management, landscape transformation and the protection of settlements, and encouraging landowners and communities to take part in managing their territory.
