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    Ecosystem services are the “benefits people obtain from ecosystems”1 or “nature’s contribution to people.”2 Managing forests with a focus on ecosystem services presents new opportunities to preserve services like carbon sequestration and soil protection, as well as valuing and protecting intangible benefits provided by forest ecosystems, including recreation, health and cultural services.

    Deal for Green? Economics and policy for climate neutrality

    IUFRO -
    There is a great demand in society for various (forest) ecosystem services under uncertain conditions. In many parts of the world, the...
    Screenshot of the presentation of the project at the National Geographic Explorers festival.

    Entangled destiny: the connection between trees and people in the Mediterranean

    EFIMED -
    The powerful connection between trees and culture will be at the centre of a new National Geographic Society project lead by Magda...

    IUFRO Forest Podcast explores what stresses forests and how society responds

    IUFRO -
    We are excited to present the second episode of Branching Out – The Forest Podcast. Join us as we discuss the topic...

    Effects of climate change on Greek forests: a review

    Panagiotis Koulelis -
    A new study by the Institute of Mediterranean Forest Ecosystems (IMFE) in Greece focuses on climate change and extreme weather outcomes in...

    Forest soils can increase climate change mitigation with targeted management

    European Forest Institute -
    Forest soils are larger carbon stocks than the trees that grow on them. Yet global studies on forest carbon stock changes often...

    Save the date! Launch of the book “Transforming Biocities”

    European Forest Institute -
    This edited volume centers around the concept of BioCities, which aim to unify nature and urban spaces in order to reverse the...

    Good practices on ecosystem restoration: online learning session

    FAO -
    The online event is organized as part of the United Nations Decade, by the FAO Task Force on Good Practices and will...

    CTFC promotes improved value chains for wild food products to boost rural areas

    Forest Science and Technology Centre of Catalonia -
    The growing interest in local products, their sustainability, and social value has increased the demand for these products for their use in...

    Turkish project tests tree-related microhabitats as biodiversity indicators

    EFIMED -
    As we are being driven towards a chain of crises that are experienced more severely at some parts of the world due...

    Forest fires: how to deal with them?

    EFIMED -
    Last year Spain closed its worst year ever for forest fires. According to official figures, 4 out of every 10 hectares burnt...
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    Effects of climate change on Greek forests: a review

    Panagiotis Koulelis -
    A new study by the Institute of Mediterranean Forest Ecosystems (IMFE) in Greece focuses on climate change and extreme weather outcomes in...

    Save the date! Launch of the book “Transforming Biocities”

    4th Mediterranean Plant Conservation Week

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