CIHEAM Press Review

Despite the fact that Europe is a data-rich region, a future forest monitoring system will integrate and complement existing national systems. The aim of this webinar is to discuss how results from Horizon Europe research projects can contribute to the development of a future forest monitoring system and how to use its information for co-designing forest-based policy pathways to achieve climate and biodiversity goals. A common European forest monitoring system is crucial as it:

Wildfires are a major threat to the environment and to people. They are unpredictable and difficult to control, but with measures, prevention and quick response, the consequences of this natural disaster can be reduced. As a trainee at the European Forestry Institute, I was involved in developing and writing a new publication Wildfire risk planning […]

he Mediterranean Sea is home to more than 750 exotic species. Some have adverse ecological effects, like lionfish and blue crabs, but are also edible and even tasty.
Observers often argue that eating invasive marine species is the best way to deal with them, but some scientists warn that this doesn’t always offer a straightforward solution.
Setting up targeted fisheries to control marine invaders involves balancing many considerations: fishers’ interests, markets, government policy and conservation.
Even so, harvesting and serving marine invasive species has immense power to raise awareness about them.

This is the Maltese Black Hen, a breed that started being developed at Għammieri about 90 years ago, in 1934, by the Department of Agriculture under the direction of Mr j. Cesareo.
During this period agriculture was developing new systems and breeds aimed at better food production, fuelled by an ever-growing demand. It was a time when a number of new commercial breeds were being imported into the Maltese Islands in order to increase production and reduce famine.

The event, which called for the creation of a Mediterranean macro-regional strategy, brought together public and private actors recognized on the Euro-Mediterranean and international level to highlight their contribution to the reflection on the theme of water, on the definition and implementation of innovative and ambitious solutions. This annual event coincided with the historic visit of Pope Francis to Marseille, to whom the conclusions of the Forum will be presented.