Tag: bioeconomy
FUTURECORK: from forest resilience to circular bioeconomy
The sustainable management of cork oak forests, cork harvesting, and the use of cork as a material play a key role in addressing climate...
Who harvests non-wood forest products in Spain? A snapshot of a...
Non-wood forest products (NWFPs), such as mushrooms, cork, resin, pine nuts, chestnuts, and mastic, are a vital yet often overlooked part of rural economies...
Beyond timber: MULTICAS reshapes chestnut forest value chains and rural resilience
The municipality of Tineo hosted the official launch of the MULTICAS Project this June, an ambitious innovation initiative aimed at revitalising rural areas in...
Forest value chains in transition: IUFRO event on innovation and inclusive...
Sustainability transitions and the bioeconomy are reshaping the forest sector, driving a shift from timber-focused models towards more integrated and multifunctional approaches. These recognise...
Shaping the sustainable bioeconomy: BIOEAST opens Student Challenge
The BOOST4BIOEAST project has launched the BIOEAST Student Challenge, an innovation competition for students across Central and Eastern Europe interested in shaping the future...
Carob in Lebanon: from heritage to a climate‑resilient resource for circular...
The carob tree is increasingly recognised as a “tree for our times”, offering exceptional potential to respond to some of today’s most pressing challenges,...
Valencia boosts carob’s role as a climate-resilient crop at the EFI...
A recent report featured on À Punt’sLa Via Verda programme, a regional public television channel in Valencia, has highlighted the renewed importance of the...
Carob: a Mediterranean tree for our times
The carob tree (Ceratonia siliqua) has been part of the Mediterranean landscape for millennia. Drought-tolerant, adapted to poor soils, and capable of thriving where...
When forests bring people together: forest diplomacy and the EFI Mediterranean...
Mediterranean forests do not know borders. These ecosystems span across the region, regardless of political, cultural, and linguistic differences that characterise it. The EFI...
ECOBIO project: turning ecosystem services into economic opportunities in rural areas
PEFC is promoting the ECOBIO project, an initiative designed to transform forest ecosystem services into economic opportunities in rural areas. The initiative seeks to...
Hotter, drier, more fire-prone: how climate change will reshape wildfire hazard...
In 2025, more than one million hectares burned across the EU. In Sardinia, the Mediterranean's second-largest island, just 0.6% of fires cause over half...
