Sharing knowledge from lab to field, from science to practice
The H2020 INCREDIBLE project continues its work to foster the spread and exchange of knowledge related to non-wood forest products (NWFP) in the Mediterranean...
Seminar elevates key opportunities for circular forest bioeconomy in Southern Europe
The circular forest bioeconomy in Southern Europe took centre stage at a seminar hosted by CTFC, in collaboration with EFI, and with the involvement...
SwitchMed Connect 2018
13 - 15 November 2018, Barcelona, Spain.
Leading start-ups and entrepreneurs, industry agents, initiatives, change agents, policy and financial institutions working on applications of productive,...
European Commission promotes new bioeconomy action plan
Through a new bioeconomy strategy unveiled this October, the European Commission aims to address modern global challenges such as climate change by elevating sustainable...
Non-Timber Forest Products: Forests special issue
An ongoing call for contributions for a Special Issue of Forests to focus on Non-Timber
Forest Products. Themes will include production systems, management, value chains...
Eurocastanea, the new European network for the defense and support of the chestnut sector...
A new European association, “Eurocastanea,” was created at the European Chestnut Meeting (EUROCASTA) held in mid-September, in Plasencia (Extremadura, Spain). With the purpose of...
Spanish pine nut sector searches for solutions to the serious situation caused by invasive...
Forest owners expressed concern about a recent invasive pest, the Western conifer seed bug (Leptoglossus occidentalis), at the new EIP-AGRI Operational Group PINEA conference....
Knowledge exchange between pine nut experts
Three professors and researchers from the Northeast Forestry University in Harbin, China visited the Mediterranean stone pinecone collection of the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture...
International Congress on medicinal plants and bio-agriculture
8 - 10 November 2018, Hammamet, Tunisia.
An International Congress on "Natural Products: From Plants to Medicaments and Bio-agriculture" ICNP 2018 will take place this...