Mediterranean forests play a pivotal role for local economies by providing a large array of ecosystem services and goods. Despite its potential, the sector is facing significant challenges at many
S purring IN novations for forest e C osystem s ER vices in E urope (SINCERE) is a four-year project funded through the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 programme . From 2018 to 2022, SINCERE will
Social innovation (SI) encompasses the new forms of interrelating which aim at solving shared problems and achieve common goals through strengthened collaboration. This social structure is especially
Lack of information, capacities and knowledge at different stages of the non-wood forest products (NWFP) value chain, often prevents realising the full potential of NWFP and multi-purpose trees (MPT)
NEWFOREX project developed new methodologies for valuing and marketing currently non-marketable forest functions, goods and services, identifying the beneficiaries, assessing the cost of provision of
The SylvaMED project aimed at improving the policy frameworks in view of combining forest management in private and public lands with the provision of relevant environmental services to society. The
The Tip Tree project aimed to identify tipping points in the demographic and micro-evolutionary dynamics of tree populations. It assessed how human actions interfere in the adjustment between the rate
The four year EU FP7 project Valerie (VALorising European Research for Innovation in agriculturE and forestry) started on 1 January and the kick off meeting took place 16-17 January in Wageningen, the
Wealth Accounting and the Valuation of Ecosystem Services (WAVES) is a World Bank-facilitated global partnership that aimed to promote sustainable development by mainstreaming Natural Capital
The main objective of this project was to develop and implement a methodology for the assessment of socio-economic impact of forest fires in Europe and to estimate the economic efficiency of fire