Advanced course: Mediterranean forest health in the context of global change
Mediterranean forests are complex social-ecological systems characterised by wide biodiversity, a high level of spatial and environmental heterogeneity, and a long history...
Coronavirus, Macroeconomy and Forests: What Likely Impacts?
Join Sven Wunder, EFIMED's principal scientist, for an online seminar about the impact of COVID-19 on the macroeconomy and on forests. The...
Understanding RNA viruses in forest ecosystems to prevent future pandemics
Human pressure is greatly reducing the surface of European forest: more than half of Europe's forests have disappeared in the last 6,000...
RNAi technologies for the control of Pine Pitch Canker
The RNAi4Fusarium project, headed by researcher Julio Javier Diez Casero, focuses on the study of Pine Pitch Canker (PPC), a disease responsible...
Examining the Wide-Ranging Impact of COVID on Nature and Tourism Around the World
The past few years have been terrible on the environment, with a previous post on MedForest explaining how Europe saw the highest record...
Call for abstracts – 4th International Symposium on Forest Entomology and Pathology
The Karadeniz Technical University is organising the next "4th International Symposium on Forest Entomology and Pathology (ENFITO 2021)" which will take place...
Red wood ant nest transplants to assist biological control in forests
In this study, the authors analysed red wood ant nest transplant data collected from forest biocontrol sites in southern Turkey to determine...
Forest dieback in European State Forests and measures for its combat
According to a survey EUSTAFOR disseminated among its members, more than 1,2 million hectares of forests in 13 European countries have experienced...
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...
Get involved in the Plant Health TV competition 2020
The United Nations General Assembly has declared 2020 as the International Year of Plant Health (IYPH). In this context, many events will be organised to...
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EUSTAFOR calls on EU to promote global sustainable and multifunctional forestry
The FAO Global Forest Resources Assessment (FRA) 2020 estimated that 420 million ha of forest was deforested between 1990 and 2020, with...
