Tag: risk
Coexisting with fire: FoRISK’s new factsheet on Alpine forest resilience
The FoRISK network has published the first of a two-part factsheet series on wildfire management, developed by its expert members in collaboration with FOEN/BAFU,...
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...
What takes a new landowner from inaction to stewardship? Economic incentives...
Imagine you live in a city: office schedules, metro commutes, evening beers and dinners with friends. One morning, you receive a letter from a...
Holding the line against desertification: what Portugal’s Leiria Forest shows Europe
Soil degradation across Europe has worsened significantly over the past decade. According to the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre and the European Environment Agency,...
Shaping the future of crisis response: EU‑DRIVE project launched in Nicosia
EU‑DRIVE (European Upskilling in Disaster Resilience and Innovation in Vocational Excellence) is a forward-looking Erasmus+ initiative designed to strengthen Europe’s capacity to respond to...
New FAO e‑learning course strengthens integrated fire management skills
FAO has launched a new e‑learning course aimed at strengthening practical skills for integrated fire management (IFM), with a focus on early warning systems...
IEFC launches open call to support collaborative projects on planted forests
The European Institute of Planted Forests (IEFC) has opened a new Open Call for collaborative projects, aimed at strengthening cooperation among its members in...
IUFRO launches Campfire Chats: “Forests as Lifelines After Shocks”
We are introducing IUFRO Campfire Chats, a spinoff of Branching out: the forest podcast, where each episode starts with a timely forest-related news item, then moves to...
Between rubble and riverbeds: Rebuilding after the DANA floods in Valencia
One year after the 2024 floods, EFI researcher Cecilia Fraccaroli visits affected towns in Valencia, Spain, to document their recovery and explore the social, environmental, and planning challenges of implementing nature-based flood management solutions.
Mediterranean forests under pressure from mega-fires on the climate-human nexus
Four years ago, on 28 July 2021, a multiple-ignition fire started in a pyro-catchment in Mediterranean Türkiye. With the help of strong föhn winds...
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...
