Committee on Mediterranean Forestry Questions - Silva Mediterranea

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01/08/2023

Only recently, mountains were recognized as a key pillar for the achievement of the Agenda 2030. Following the International Year of Sustainable Moun...

01/08/2023

In the early 1990s, in a period of strong debate among environmentalists, governments, Indigenous Peoples, communities and forest workers about forest resources management and sustainability, the Model Forest approach was developed and im...

01/08/2023

The international workshop “A knowledge baseline on Mediterranean forests supported by innovation” was held on 2 June 2023, hosted by the University of Malaga in Spain...

01/08/2023

The Working Group (WG) on Urban and Peri-Urban Forestry was established by the Committee on Mediterranean Forestry Questions - Silva Mediterranea in the framework of its 21st session in Turkey, Antalya, from 2 to 3 February 2012. The WG normally meets twice a year to exchange knowledg...

09/05/2023

The Mediterranean Youth Task Force (MYTF) of the Silva Mediterranea secretariat has executed key activities following its 2023 strategy under the leadership of the 

13/12/2022

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 ...

13/12/2022

From 4 to 5 October 2022, the AFWC/EFC/NEFRC Committee on Mediterranean Forestry Questions, Silva Mediterranea, held an extraordinary session during the week of the Twenty-Sixth Session of th...

13/12/2022

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...

13/12/2022
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”.
MYTF members at EFIMED Forum Barcelona November 2022 ©Leila Rossa Mouawad/MYTF
13/12/2022
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.