EU proposes ambitious 2030 emission reduction target
The Paris Agreement aims to strengthen global response to the urgent threat of climate change by keeping global average temperatures well below...
Training Tunisia’s young minds on the climate change effects
As part of World Water Day, the H2020 FASTER project team, in collaboration with the social welfare entity Lions club Ennasr, organised...
Globalisation also endangers the health of forests
The introduction of exotic pests and diseases is one of the greatest environmental challenges in the world, according to the Forest Pathology...
Transforming forest landscapes to meet current and future needs
"Forest landscapes are often the basis of local economies and social identity," said Professor Andreas Bolte, Head of Institute at the Thünen...
Webinar: Can Planting Trees Fix the Climate?
The Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment organises a webinar panel discussion next 25 March (from 12:30pm to 2:00pm EST) entitled on...
LIFE MycoRestore: using mycological resources for forest resilience
Mediterranean forests are currently facing serious abiotic and biotic tensions. The most frequent stress is drought due to climate change, which can...
Multifunctional forests: the key to achieving the EU’s green objectives
The EU forest stakeholders (European State Forest Association, Confederation of European Forest Owners, European Landowners' Organization and Copa-Cogeca) co-organised the event "Seeing...
FASTER Living Lab preparatory meeting
The H2020 project Faster (Farmers’ Adaptation and Sustainability in Tunisia through Excellence in Research) has amongst its objectives to set up one...
State of Mediterranean Forests 2018 now available in French
The "State of the Mediterranean Forests 2018" is a report published by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) that analyses the...
2020: A “Super Year” for forests
World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has declared 2020 as a “super year” for nature. For many reasons, it needs to be. As...
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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...
