Life Biorgest Project shows sustainable forest management is key to enhancing biodiversity
September marked the end of the Life Biorgest Project, the aim of which has been to enhance biodiversity in Mediterranean forests through forest management....
Meet the jury of the #EyesOnEarth contest!
The #EyesOnEarth contest is an initiative seeking to promote innovative approaches and initiatives that foster the protection and sustainability of forests. Involving eight countries...
New contest promotes forest innovations in the Southern Mediterranean
The #EyesOnEarth contest has just been launched on the occasion of the the World Environment Day. It aims to highlight the importance of environmental...
Turkish project tests tree-related microhabitats as biodiversity indicators
As we are being driven towards a chain of crises that are experienced more severely at some parts of the world due to dramatic...
OptFORESTS: Multilevel biodiversity for resilient forests in the face of climate change
In a context where forests must adapt to more extreme climatic phenomena, new pests, and emerging diseases, efforts are needed to make tree species...
EFIMED’s Mercedes Caron selected to join the Global Young Academy
EFI is pleased to announce that Junior Researcher, Mercedes Caron, has been selected as a member of the Global Young Academy, an international society...
International Day of Forests 2023: call for video translations
For this year's International Day of Forests (IDF), FAO Forestry has produced a 60-second video for the Day. It is available in Arabic, English,...
Human impact on insect communities in a typical Mediterranean forest
A new article about Schinias Pinus pinea forest near Athens in Greece, explains how this degraded biotope has been impacted by human activity in...
Unraveling Lebanon’s Biodiversity
Lebanon, due to its geographic location in the Eastern Mediterranean and one of the 36 world biodiversity hotspots, is recognized as a regional hotspot...
New videos explain the wonders of the pine ecosystems in Portugal to children
The Portuguese Competence Centre for Umbrella Pine and Pine Nut – Centro de Competências do Pinheiro manso e do Pinhão (CCPMP) – is a...
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Local community participation and volunteerism in wildfire area management: a systematic...
The study contributes to the development of the perception of what kind of fire management approach can be developed by considering the socio-economic structures...
