Tag: cork
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...
Catalan Cork Institute paves Spain’s first playground with recycled cork stoppers
The children's playground on the provincial road in Cassà de la Selva has become the first in Spain to be paved with cork stoppers...
FUTURECORK project certifies over 100 cork harvesters in Spain’s new national...
Over one hundred men and women have taken part in the first edition of the national cork harvester certification launched by the FUTURECORK project....
A bright future for ancient oak
Tucked into Portugal’s rolling landscapes, the Montado - traditional cork oak forests - are more than meets the eye. These working woodlands are actually Natura 2000 conservation...
The tree of life: How a family in Portugal grew cork...
What if we told you that Europe’s richest biodiversity hotspots was hiding in plain sight, disguised as a working forest? The Montado - traditional...
Save the date for the 5th International Conference on Cork Science...
The 5th International Conference on Cork Science and Applications (CSA’25) will in Lisbon, Portugal, on 13 and 14 October 2025, continuing the previous successful...
Spreading the potential of managing corks to make them more productive...
Full stop to the project of "New cork management techniques to improve its productivity and resilience” with an outreach day that offered a comprehensive...
“Sensing the cork oak forest” exhibition returns to the Cork Museum...
The acclaimed exhibition by American photographer Michele Curel, "Sentir la Sureda" ("Sensing the cork oak forest") is returning to the Cork Museum of Catalonia...
FUTURECORK, a transformative project promoting bioeconomy in the Spanish cork sector
Kick-off of FUTURECORK, a transformative project that seeks the adaptation and optimization of the national cork sector to the current and future ecological, economic...
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...
