Tag: restoration
Working with genetic resources across the Mediterranean? New guidance on the...
Seed, cuttings, and plant material move frequently across the Mediterranean basin, and much of the research on Mediterranean tree species depends on material collected...
Mapping wildfire risk in Tunisia’s Aïn Snoussi forest through Nature-based Solutions
Forests are essential reservoirs of biodiversity and play a fundamental role in climate regulation, carbon sequestration, soil protection, and the maintenance of terrestrial ecosystem...
Carrefour and FSC turn to preventive forest management to tackle wildfires...
Carrefour España and the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) have relaunched their "Committed to our forests" programme, and this fourth edition takes a decisive step...
The hidden biodiversity battle to save Europe’s forests
In the village of Suonenjoki, the Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke) stands surrounded by a forest of pine trees. The local soils are not...
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...
Four new WILDCARD podcast episodes explore rewilding in Europe
What happens when people leave the land, when forests return on their own, or when nature refuses to follow our expectations? Four new episodes...
RE-LDN workshop launches civil society action on land degradation and climate...
Around 30 UNCCD-accredited civil society organisations in Türkiye will gather in Ankara to launch the Regional Engagement for Land Degradation Neutrality (RE-LDN) initiative. Aligned...
MEDFORGEN project will strengthen forest genetic conservation across the Mediterranean
The Mediterranean Forest Genetic Resources Network (MEDFORGEN) is officially underway, marking the beginning of a collaborative effort to safeguard the genetic diversity of forest...
Launch of the Status of Mediterranean Forests 2025
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and Silva Mediterranea – the Committee on Mediterranean Forestry Questions – launches the third...
LIFE GoProForMED: Management protocols for the conservation of Mediterranean forest habitats
The LIFE GoProForMED project has released a set of practical forest management and conservation protocols, specifically developed for four key Mediterranean habitats of high...
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...
