Tag: silviculture
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...
Last days for SMURF Cascade Funding 2nd call
The 2nd Cascade funding call of the SMURF project is now open. Following the success of the first call, which benefited 35 organisations from...
New IUFRO podcast season kicks off with the topic of silviculture
In the new season of Branching out: the forest podcast, host Jose Bolaños, together with various co-hosts, takes the audience through the world of IUFRO’s...
Advancing close to nature forestry practice across Europe
Myjava, Slovakia – forestry professionals from 19 countries gathered on 28 May for the 35th anniversary of Pro Silva, the organisation promoting close to...
Resilient agriculture and forestry in the Mediterranean: what are the challenges?
Knowing how to reinforce resilient landscapes in the Mediterranean is important to identify what the needs and challenges are. The participants agreed that there...
Competence Centre for Stone Pine and Pine Nut: pinea spot congress...
Over three days, at the end of November, 100 participants gathered in Lisbon to discuss the challenges facing the stone pine sector, particularly in...
OptFORESTS: Multilevel biodiversity for resilient forests in the face of climate...
In a context where forests must adapt to more extreme climatic phenomena, new pests, and emerging diseases, efforts are needed to make tree species...
New handbook on adaptive and close-to-nature forest management
A new handbook titled “Adaptive and close-to-nature management in mixed sub-humid Mediterranean forests: holm oak, chestnut, common oak and pine woods” has been just...
International conference on the adaptation of forests to climate change
Silvadapt.net, a Spanish network of universities and research institutes from the whole country working on adaptive silviculture, will host the International Conference on "Adaptation...
Scientific workshop: Silviculture and forest management of Stone pine forests
In the Mediterranean region, the stone pine (Pinus pinea L.) plays an important economic (wood, biomass and pine nut production), ecological (as a coloniser...
Moving beyond suppression: why fire-smart management pays off
Across the Mediterranean region, wildfires are becoming larger, more intense, and more destructive. Climate change is part of the story, but it is not...
