Tag: socio-ecological systems
IUFRO releases new report: ‘Forests as pillars of social and economic...
The IUFRO Science-Policy Programme published a new major study titled “Forests as Pillars of Social and Economic Resilience. A Global Assessment Report” as IUFRO...
Beyond the flames: rethinking wildfire solutions with social innovation
“Millions are being invested in trying to find the right solution to wildfires. And yet, we are further away than ever from it,” says...
Entangled Destiny: the journey through Mediterranean traditions sets off
The project “Entangled Destiny: Humans and Trees of the Mediterranean”, supported by the National Geographic Society, is on a mission to explore the deep...
50 innovative wildfire solutions enter the next phase of the FIRE-RES...
FIRE-RES consortium recently announced its Open Innovation Challenge (OIC) list of selected innovations. These innovations will receive tailored in-kind acceleration support and mentorship to...
Declaration on the management of large wildfires in Spain seeks broad...
Spain is facing a complex problem that is getting worse every day with climate change: fires are becoming more intense and have unprecedented ecological...
Local initiatives to mitigate wildfire risk in Spain
Spain, like many other countries in Europe, has been burning for the last few weeks. The wildfire in Sierra de la Culebra, Zamora, has...
Blazing the trail towards wildfire resilience: A story of social innovation...
ADF stands for “Agrupació de Defensa Forestal”. In English, it could be translated as “Forest Defence Groups”. When I first got in touch with...
Call for papers in Frontiers Special Issue: Global Change in Forests...
The scientific journal Frontiers in Forests and Global Change is working on a special issue entitled "Global Change in Forests and Their Communities: Analyzing...
FIRE-RES project kicks-off: striving for a fire-resilient Europe
Driving a transition within the European Union towards a fire-resilient continent by developing a series of innovation actions that take into account socio-economic and...
TERRA awarded the Label of Associate Laboratory for land use sustainability...
TERRA (Laboratory for the Sustainability of Land Use and Ecosystem Services) was approved in a highly competitive call to receive the Label of Associated...
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...
