Tag: land use
European projects join forces to tackle the impact of climate change...
Over 30 researchers from 8 EU-funded projects are working together to come up with strategies to fight climate change and deal with...
Restricted Call for Small Grants in the Mediterranean biodiversity hotspot
The Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) and BirdLife International opened a call for proposals for Small Grants in Albania, Algeria, Bosnia and...
Improving community land management through association arrangements in Portugal
The Center for Applied Ecology Baeta Neves (CEABN) is currently conducting a research project called SAFER-LANDS, which is focused on exploring an...
A new digital app mapping the potential suitability for cork oak...
The Competence Centre for Cork oak tree and Cork recently developed a digital application to help the Portuguese landowners finding the right...
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....
Webinar – Payment for Ecosystem Services: an option to finance restoration
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and WWF Lab are organising a knowledge sharing forum entitled "Payment for Ecosystem Services: An Option...
Spontaneous forest regrowth in Southwest Europe: Friend or Foe?
Think about a natural space that is familiar to you. Open areas around your city, agricultural land around your village, or pastureland...
Land Life Company boosts reforestation in the Mediterranean
Land Life Company, founded in 2013, operates at a global scale across more than 20 countries. However, in recent years, Spain and...
Upscaling forest and landscape restoration to meet the Paris goals
The FAO Forest and Landscape Restoration Mechanism is implementing the project “The Paris Agreement in action: Upscaling forest and landscape restoration to...
New technologies to fight climate change in marginal lands
A new Horizon 2020 project will identify marginal lands in Europe and strengthen their potential to contribute to a CO2 sequestration strategy....
