Tag: urban areas
EFI Biocities webinar: Urban forests for climate change adaptation
As part of its webinar series exploring how cities can integrate nature into urban development, EFI Biocities is hosting a new session in collaboration...
EFI Biocities new webinar series: Healthy cities by nature on 3...
EFI Biocities is launching a new webinar series exploring how cities can integrate nature into urban development. Bringing together leading international experts and examples...
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.
EFI Biocities at the Internazionale Festival of Journalism in Ferrara
The health benefits of nature in cities will be in the spotlight as EFI Biocities Facility joins the Internazionale Festival of Journalism in Ferrara...
EFI to share Biocities vision at Smart City Expo World Congress...
The European Forest Institute (EFI) will take part in the Smart City Expo World Congress (SCEWC25), the world’s leading event for cities and urban...
Will future cities be made of wood?
When did it all start?
Historically, humans started building their houses using natural resources such as wood, soil, stones and straw. However, throughout decades of...
Assessing urban analytics from the space
URBANA is an innovative pilot project using satellite data to assess and evaluate urban analytics related to the state of the green in different...
Protecting your home from forest fires at zero cost: saving forests...
When a house, a garden, or private land burns down, it is not just property that burns. What goes away are the daily lives...
Gaining in-depth urban forestry knowledge with the Uforest Specialization School
The Uforest Specialization School is a 14-day intensive in-person training programme held one week in Barcelona and one week in Milan. Currently in its...
European Forum on Urban Forestry 2023: Urban Forests as Nature-based Solutions?
Save the date for the upcoming European Forum on Urban Forestry (#EFUF2023) that will be held between 24 and 26 May 2023 in Poland...
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...
