“Innovation and the Mediterranean Bioeconomy” seminar spurs input for the MFRA 2021-2030
“Innovation and the Mediterranean Bioeconomy”, an online seminar hosted by EFIMED on 11 March, was the first of four online seminars that will take...
Seminar on Innovation and the Mediterranean Bioeconomy spotlights MFRA 2021-2030
Innovation is often considered an all-purpose answer for overcoming emerging challenges and tackling so-called “wicked problems”, including the development of an effective forest-based bioeconomy...
Global award recognises Basque Green Public Procurement Programme
The Basque Government's Green Public Procurement Programme has been recognized by the American organization Sustainable Purchasing Leadership Council (SPLC) with one of its highest...
Forests in Women’s Hands
Connecting women in forestry is the central theme of the international networking event, International Conference on Women in Forestry, hosted by the Austrian Research...
BiodivERsA Citizen Science Toolkit
The newly published BiodivERsA Citizen Science Toolkit aims to inform scientists working in the fields of biodiversity and, more generally, in environmental sciences, about...
Can social innovation help accelerate forest and landscape restoration?
In times of economic crisis, it may seem eccentric to think about forest restoration, but countries that decide to invest financial, intellectual, and social...
New SwitchMed website: boosting Mediterranean circular economy
The SwitchMed initiative was launched in 2013 and aims to achieve a circular economy in the Mediterranean by changing the way goods and services...
Let the (social) seed grow: insights from seven rural social innovation actions
Rural societies in Europe and beyond are facing complex social, economic, and environmental challenges. These include rural depopulation, demographic changes such as aging, in-...
International Online Course: Social Innovation in Rural Areas
The European project SIMRA (Social Innovation in Marginalized Rural Areas) is organising a MOOC (Massive Online Open Course) on social innovation in rural areas...
Co-constructing in difficult times: isn’t that what social innovation is all about?
This post was originally thought to be a wrap-up of the SIMRA project, and summary of what we lived in our SIMRA Final Conference...
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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...
