Forest management

Sustainable forest management addresses forest degradation and deforestation while producing goods and services, increasing climate resilience, as well as ecosystem benefits, to the environment and human populations.1 Growth and change in Mediterranean forests has been closely tied to human use for hundreds of years: integrated and sustainable forest management has the potential to increase the productive capacity and protect the environmental health of these important ecosystems.

GenTree Final Conference: Genetics for a sustainable forest management

Genetics for greater sustainability in forest management will be the main topic during the scientific event "Genetics to the rescue: managing forests...

PEFC “Solidarity Supply Chain”: solutions to minimise consequences of 2018 Vaia windstorm

600 millimetres of rain in 48 hours followed by winds of 200 km/hour blasted northern Italian forests in October 2018. The Vaia storm destroyed...

Spotting bugs from the sky: Can remote sensing warn us of forest pests?

Remote sensing technology allows us to obtain information from any spot on Earth without having to be physically there. Thanks...

Upscaling forest and landscape restoration to meet the Paris goals

The FAO Forest and Landscape Restoration Mechanism is implementing the project “The Paris Agreement in action: Upscaling forest and landscape restoration to...

Agroforestry in Europe: a farmer’s testimony

Agroforestry is the practice of deliberately integrating woody vegetation (trees or shrubs) with crop and/or animal systems to benefit from the resulting ecological and...

PEFC International EU Policy Seminar in Brussels

On September 26th the PEFC EU Policy Seminar will take place in Brussels. Its objective is to discuss and debate EU policies, sustainable forestry...

My Sustainable Forest presented to forest stakeholders in Czech Republic

On 19 and 20 June, the H2020 My Sustainable Forest project was presented in the Czech town of Krtiny in the...

EVOLTREE seminar on genetic adaptation research for future forests

EVOLTREE is organising a Scientific Seminar in Aberdeen, United Kingdom, on 17 September 2019, associated to the annual EVOLTREE Governing Board meeting...

Forest modelling in the information age: challenges and solutions for an uncertain future

On 6 and 7 November, the meeting "Forest modelling in the information age: challenges and solutions for an uncertain future" will be...

Scholarship for Erasmus Mundus master programme MEDfOR

Applications are open for a scholarship for Spanish citizens for the Erasmus Mundus Master programme MEDfOR (Mediterranean Forestry and Natural Resources Management)....

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SAVE approach for establishing NWFP marketing mix in Greek local mountain...

The contribution of Non-Wood Forest Products is especially important in the context of rural sustainable development. Nevertheless, their perceived economic and environmental...

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