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Building the capacity of Mediterranean countries to restore degraded forest landscapes
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 ...
Planning restoration in Tunisia
13/12/2022
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
Mediterranean Youth Taskforce activities at the Mediterranean Network Forum
13/12/2022
Status of the Agadir Commitment five years after its adoption: the contribution of Türkiye and Algeria
13/12/2022
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...
An overview of the Seventh Mediterranean Forest Week: lessons learned for future planning
13/12/2022
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...
Preventing and controlling wildfires in the Mediterranean
13/12/2022
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...
Interview with Ümit Turhan, newly appointed chair of Silva Mediterranea
12/05/2022
Can you tell us about yourself and your background?
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 five years after its adoption
12/05/2022
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...
The main outcomes of the Seventh Mediterranean Forest Week
12/05/2022
The Seventh Mediterranean Forest Week (7MFW) and the twenty-fourth session of the Committee on Mediterranean Forestry Questions – Silva Mediterranea – took place from 21 to 25 March 2022 in Antalya, Turkey. The week culminated with the creation and promotion of several outcomes that w...
The Mediterranean region has the potential to be recognized as a World Restoration Flagship
12/05/2022
In the context of the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, flagship initiatives are the first, best or most promising examples of successful ecosystem restoration that a country or region would like to be globally known for. The main role of flagships is to provide inspiration to ot...