In Europe, southern countries like Portugal lose extensive forest areas to wildfires every year. Public investment in forest conservation and wildfire prevention is crucial, and public support is necessary. In this study, we explore the adequacy of two citizen engagement mechanisms to help in the prevention of wildfires. We design a preference elicitation survey to study preferences for forests and voluntary contributions towards a fire prevention programme, either through voluntary monetary contributions (crowdfunding the prevention expenses) or by contributing with time (crowdsourcing the execution of prevention tasks). We posit that individuals who value forests and forest fire prevention may be willing to contribute directly in either way.

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众筹或众包时间：探索私人公民帮助预防森林火灾的意愿

在欧洲，葡萄牙等南部国家每年都会因野火而失去大片森林面积。对森林保护和野火预防的公共投资至关重要，需要公众支持。在这项研究中，我们探讨了两种公民参与机制是否足以帮助预防野火。我们设计了一项偏好激发调查，以研究对森林的偏好以及对防火计划的自愿捐款，无论是通过自愿货币捐款（众筹预防费用）还是通过时间捐款（众包执行预防任务）。我们认为重视森林和森林防火的个人可能愿意以任何一种方式直接做出贡献。