Tag: rural development
Linking sustainable forestry actors
Forum Synergies is a non-profit association, founded in 1995, of engaged citizens, organisations and active practitioners engaged in sustainable rural development. They...
Webinar: Sustainable management of wild collected products
FAO and OriGIn, the organization for an international Geographical Indications (GI) network, will host until December 2020 a series of webinars entitled...
Let the (social) seed grow: insights from seven rural social innovation...
Rural societies in Europe and beyond are facing complex social, economic, and environmental challenges. These include rural depopulation, demographic changes such as...
Businesses gather in Barcelona to discuss boost for rural economy
Entrepreneurs, start-ups and established businesses shared ideas and inspiration on innovation and entrepreneurship for non-wood forest products (NWFP) in a highly energised seminar which...
Management of community forests in Portugal: results and perspectives
On 25 January, the report on more than 700 community forest management plans was discussed at the premises of the Portuguese Federation...
Keys and tools for social rural innovation: lessons from SIMRA
The study of social innovation, understood in its broadest socio-environmental sense, has spread since the beginning of the century, and its importance...
Participatory video to collect experiences on Social Innovation Actions
The Social Innovation Actions within the European Union H2020 "Social Innovation in Marginalised Rural Areas (SIMRA)" project have been coordinated by the European...
SIMRA Final Conference: social innovation to boost EU rural areas
Social Innovation in Marginalised Rural Areas (SIMRA) is a project funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme. SIMRA seeks...
Key messages for global fire-resilient landscapes
In October, fire experts, policymakers and key stakeholders came together for an international conference in Madrid to answer the question: how can...
Challenges to community forest research in northwest Mediterranean Europe
Does our research make a difference for forests, rural areas and communities? This is what we asked ourselves when we saw the...
