DeBosCat

Monitoring network for observing the status of Catalonian forests

Creaf leader

Jordi Martínez-Vilalta

The aim is to obtain the maximum amount of information possible on the actual state of Catalan forests and thus improve their management.

DEBOSCAT is a monitoring tool for the state of Catalonia’s forests. The initiative, promoted by the Department of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, Food, and Environment, coordinated by CREAF and in collaboration with Rural Agents, aims to gather the maximum information about the state of Catalonia’s forests.

An annual georeferenced record is made of forest decline episodes linked to drought and other extreme climatic events.

News about results:

Year		Link
2011		CREAF presents the DEBOSCAT project
2014		Catalonia recovers 22% of the forest affected by the 2012 drought
2016		The 2016 summer drought affects Catalonia's forests
2017		The first autumn rains help the forests
2018		Rain and forest recovery
2019		Girona: Catalonia’s most vulnerable forests
2020		2020 rains help forests recover
2021		A difficult year for Catalonia’s forests
2021		The 2021 drought
2022		The great drought of 2022
2023		Historic record of forests affected by drought