By Pilar Valbuena. “A tree falls the way it leans. Be careful which way you lean.” – Dr. Seuss In the realm of forestry, this playful quote by Dr. Seuss carries a profound truth. The direction in which we lean—towards sustainable management and conservation of......
If you want to know, have a look at the new FAO publication Forest Products in the global bioeconomy: Enabling substitution by wood-based products and contributing to the Sustainable Development Goals, launched on 21 March on the occasion of the International Day of Forests. Wood-based......
On the 21st of March, the Chairperson of SilvaMed, Dr Chadi Mohanna, launched the Mediterranean forest Week here in Antalya, in its VIIth Edition. Under the title of “forests of Ecosystems and Restoration for next future Generations”. The week offers an opportunity to share important......
The seventh Mediterranean Forest Week, which places an important role on the next Mediterranean generations, offers an opportunity and platform to promote youth exchanges on ecosystem and forest restoration by ensuring a bottom-up approach. The dialogue invites Mediterranean youth to express challenges and exchange......
Near East Forestry and Range Commission calls for strengthened efforts to reduce forest degradation and deforestation 21 October 2021, Cairo – Restoring and sustainably managing forests to maximize their positive contributions to rural livelihoods and food security is a key challenge for the Near East......
The experience of iuFOR, the University of Valladolid and the Cesefor Foundation in forestry training and online tools, at the service of Vietnamese Universities in the face of the coronavirus crisis. Several years of collaboration between the University Institute of Sustainable Forest Management (iuFOR), of......
Fao says demand comes from economic growth in North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific 19 December 2019, Rome – The production and trade of the world's leading wood products, such as logs, sawn timber and wood-based panels, reached their highest level since the United Nations Food......
The team responsible for developing the web tool consists of a combined team of members of the University Institute of Sustainable Forest Management (iuFOR) and the Smart and Cooperative Systems/ Education, Media, Computer Science and Culture Group (GSIC/EMIC), from the University of Valladolid. Of 40......
This news is taken from ElDiario.es and can be found at the following link: https://www.eldiario.es/economia/micologa-descubre-cultivar-boletus-producirlo_0_953305455.html Palentine Olaya Mediavilla studies how to associate boletus with jara, a shrub capable of growing in bad soils with few nutrients The next step will be the controlled cultivation of......
The Broummana Declaration was adopted during the sixth Mediterranean Forest Week. The Declaration deepens the discussion on the basis of the State of Mediterranean Forests 2018 on the role of Mediterranean forests in fulfilling nationally determined contributions (CDNs). BROUMMANA'S STATEMENT ON THE ROLE OF MEDITERRANEAN......