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Tenure and rights

Land tenure and rights can play a central role in planning, managing and using Mediterranean forest areas. Improving our understanding of these realities can help shape more effective policies and land-use governance, and contribute to preventing issues like land abandonment or ownership fragmentation, thereby making forests more resilient.

Research workshop

Tenure and rights

Challenges to community forest research in northwest Mediterranean Europe

ISA - University of Lisbon - November 20, 2019

Tenure and rights

Good news from Portugal: 3.6 million euros to strengthen community-based forestry

Tenure and rights

Spanish Foresters’ Medal of Honour for EFI Director

EVENTS

Climate

EFI Biocities webinar: Urban forests for climate change adaptation

Governance

EURAXESS Africa webinars on ERC grants and MSCA opportunities

Ecosystem services

EFI Biocities new webinar series: Healthy cities by nature on 3...

Agroforestry

Innovation at the heart of Europe’s forest future: insights from the...

PUBLICATIONS

Ecosystem services

What takes a new landowner from inaction to stewardship? Economic incentives...

Cecilia Fraccaroli - June 29, 2026

Imagine you live in a city: office schedules, metro commutes, evening beers and dinners with friends. One morning, you receive a letter from a...

The State of Europe’s Forests 2025 report is now available!

April 9, 2026

Communicating forest science manual 2024

July 29, 2024

NEWS

Climate change

FAO survey maps Green Cities initiatives across the Near East and...

Climate

EFI Biocities webinar: Urban forests for climate change adaptation

Ecosystem services

LIFE ProForPES: shaping EU policy on payments for forest ecosystem services

Governance

From fire training to a regional knowledge hub: Antalya’s forestry centre...

OPPORTUNITIES

Climate change

FAO survey maps Green Cities initiatives across the Near East and...

Bioeconomy

Shaping the sustainable bioeconomy: BIOEAST opens Student Challenge