During the Thirteenth Society for Ecological Restoration (SER) Europe Conference “Restoring Nature, Reconnecting People”, which took place in Alicante, Spain, on 5–9 September 2022, the Committee on Mediterranean Forestry Questions, Silva Mediterranea, held a workshop entitled “Flagship programme in the Mediterranean region – United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration”.

In 2022, the International Association for Mediterranean Forests (AIFM) and key local partners coordinated exchange visits between Morocco and Italy, under the umbrella of the Mediterranean regional compo...

As part of the project “The Paris Agreement in action: upscaling forest and landscape restoration to achieve nationally determined contributions”, funded in 2018 by the International Climate Initiative ...

As part of the Mediterranean component of the project “The Paris Agreement in Action: Upscaling Forest and Landscape Restoration to Achieve National Determined Contributions” funded by the 

This year, the Mediterranean Facility of the European Forest Institute (EFIMED) organized the first-ever edition of the Mediterranean Network Forum aimed at strengthening collaboration within the EFIMED network. Prior to the event, four preparatory online workshops were held throughout November, to which the Mediterranean Youth Taskforce (MYTF) was invited as the facilitator.

On 7 October 2022, the Committee on Mediterranean Forestry Questions, Silva Mediterranea, and the members of the organizing committee of the Seventh Mediterranean Forest Week (7th...

The last extraordinary session of Silva Mediterranea, which was held at the headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on 4 and 5 October 2022, discussed the progress made since the Agadir Commitment five years ago. 

The Agadir Co...

From 24 to 27 October 2022, a joint workshop was held in Antalya, Türkiye, on “Developing, adopting and transferring innovative solutions and actions to prevent and control wildfires.” This was organized by the Ge...

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I have an undergraduate degree in forest engineering from Istanbul University and a master’s degree in business administration. I completed Yale University’s executive education programme in forestry, a co...

The Agadir Commitment was adopted as a result of the Fifth Mediterranean Forest Week, held in Agadir, Morocco, in March 2017. This commitment to improve forest and landscape restoration (FLR), land degradation neutrality (LDN) and biodiversity conservation efforts in the Mediterranean region w...