Forest policy

Policymakers in the Mediterranean face the challenge and opportunity of creating policies that promote forest management capable of providing for human needs on the local and international scale, maintaining ecosystem health and supporting global climate targets.

Mountain and forest

New EU Commission call for a Forest and Forestry Stakeholder Platform

The EU Forest Strategy for 2030 has the goal to establish a new forest governance framework in the European Union. Given the crucial...
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Sign up for the final MFRA 2030 webinar on forest-based bioeconomy

Over the past three weeks, a series of weekly webinars delved into the main themes of the Mediterranean Forest Research Agenda (MFRA) 2030: ecosystem...
YFPD

Register now for the Youth Forest Policy Days

FOREST EUROPE and the International Forestry Students’ Association (IFSA) are organising the Youth Forest Policy Days (YFPD) to enable the youth community to exchange...
Wood construction

Forest-based climate change mitigation and adaptation in Europe

The European Forest Institute (EFI) published a new study with the title Forest-based climate change mitigation and adaptation in Europe in the From Science...
European forest

Open consultation on new EU framework for forest monitoring

The European Commission has opened a new public consultation to collect the views of all interested stakeholders on the development of an observation framework...
EU forest

EU Restoration Law must support forest resilience without hindering their sustainable management

On 22 June 2022, the European Commission adopted its proposal for a Regulation on EU Nature Restoration. The proposal is a key element of...

Join the Mediterranean Youth Task Force!

In March 2022, Silva Mediterranea had a successful youth dialogue and created a regional youth statement that was presented by two young representatives at the High-Level...

Governing abandoned land: Storylines on natural forest regrowth in France and Spain

We highlight three out of five different stories we identified in our study about natural forest regrowth on abandoned land in France and Spain....

State of the Mediterranean Forests 2023: survey launched!

Silva Mediterranea Secretariat is launching a survey on the next edition of the publication of The State of Mediterranean Forests (SoMF). The objective of...

Event – A step forward in Forest Policy: the Mediterranean perspective

In 2021, the European Forest strategy for 2030 was released, paving the way to a new series of legislative initiatives and changes in the...

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Landscape Fire Governance Framework: addressing complexity and uncertainty

Landscape fires are increasingly becoming a global problem, with over 300 million hectares burned annually. These fires are assuming increasingly extreme characteristics and causing...

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