Tag: fire prevention
Local initiatives to mitigate wildfire risk in Spain
Spain, like many other countries in Europe, has been burning for the last few weeks. The wildfire in Sierra de la Culebra,...
Silvopasture as key driver to promote circular economy in Europe
In light of the recent regulations and actions supporting circular economy, it seems clear that the European Union recognizes climate change as...
Key highlights from the 7th Mediterranean Forest Week through EFIMED’s lens
The city of Antalya, Turkey has recently been the meeting point for academics, researchers, policy makers, and working professionals from the forestry...
Rural development funding and wildfire prevention
Rural landscapes in Southern Europe have been increasingly exposed to wildfires during the last decades due to climate and land use changes....
Blazing the trail towards wildfire resilience: A story of social innovation...
ADF stands for “Agrupació de Defensa Forestal”. In English, it could be translated as “Forest Defence Groups”. When I first got in...
Making change in wildfire management: Science-policy interaction
The training course "Making Change - Science Policy Interaction", organised by the European University of Cyprus in collaboration with the European Forest...
Biodiversity and invasive plants: the BioBlitz da Tapada’s initiative
The EU’s Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 aims to address the main drivers of biodiversity loss, with invasive alien species (IAS) as one...
Wildfire resilience with a flavour of economics
A recipe in the making
When at home in your kitchen you meticulously follow the steps of a...
Europe’s nature under threat after a 2019 with highest forest fire...
The European Commission has recently published the 20th edition of its Annual Report on Forest Fires in Europe, the Middle East and...
Changing the mindset on wildfire policy evaluation in Mediterranean climate regions
A group of 22 researchers from the five Mediterranean-type climate regions (MCRs) across the world (Mediterranean basin, California, Chile, South Africa and...
