Committee on Mediterranean Forestry Questions

Based on a bioclimatic definition of Mediterranean forests, the Mediterranean region includes more than 25 million hectares of forests and about 50 million hectares of other wooded lands. As an integral part of Mediterranean landscapes, these forests and woodlands are a source of energy, water, food, tourism, income, and many more goods and services. The Committee of Mediterranean Forestry Questions - Silva Mediterranea is a Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) statutory body. Its role is to insert Mediterranean forest questions into a participatory process, acting as a catalyst for their management, proposing related calls for action and addressing its five working groups’ activities on timely and emerging forest topics.

Silva Mediterranea member countries and focal points

Highlights

The Mediterranean Forest Week

The Mediterranean Forest Week has been conceived as a common regional platform for cooperation on Mediterranean forests

Youth Task Force

The MYTF is a regional network of engaged young people up to 35 years old who are either from or living in the Mediterranean active in the forest sector.

Working Groups

The working groups are subsidiary bodies of Silva Mediterranea and represent the instrument of the Committee to accomplish its tasks

Latest

Webinar “Generation Restoration: Insights from Young Professionals Driving Innovation in Forest and Landscape Restoration”

04/12/2025

Generation Restoration: Insights from Young Professionals Driving Innovation in...

Silva Mediterranea Participates in Dialogue on Ecosystem Restoration at BC COP 24

03/12/2025

At the 24th Conference of the Parties to the Barcelona Convention (BC COP 24), Silva Mediterranea will contribute to a...

Events

Publications

The status of Mediterranean forests (SoMF) 2025

2025

The Mediterranean region faces mounting challenges from climate change, population growth and persistent inequalities especially affecting youth and...

Publications

Unasylva - No. 255 - Restoring the Mediterranean region: status and challenges

2024

The Mediterranean region is up against a myriad of challenges. Human activity and changes in climate have played a defining role in increasing grazing,...

Silva Mediterranea poster

2024

What is Silva Mediterranea and what does it do? This poster summarizes the key information of the Committee on Mediterranean Forestry Questions, and...

Publications

State of Mediterranean Forests (SoMF) 2018

2018

The report is divided in three parts concentrating respectively on the importance of and threats to the Mediterranean landscape; Mediterranean forest-based...

The Strategic Framework on Mediterranean Forests

2018

Important disparities between northern and southern rims of the Mediterranean are the result of both different degree of urbanization, industrialization...

Unasylva - No. 242 - A new dynamic for mediterranean forests 2014

2014

Mediterranean forests are interwoven with the lives of the people of the region, providing wood, cork and other products, as well as being a source...

The State of Mediterranean Forests (SoMF) 2013

2013

Forest ecosystems and other wooded lands are an important component of landscapes in the Mediterranean region, contributing significantly to rural...

Unasylva - No. 197 - Mediterranean Forests

1999

Vast expanses of dense forest may not be a typical Mediterranean image. Mediterranean forests account for a mere 1.5 percent of the total wooded surface...