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This summer, the European Commission has taken a significant step by adopting a new set of comprehensive guidelines aimed at assisting Member States in updating and implementing their national adaptation strategies, plans, and policies. These guidelines align with the European Climate Law and the EU Strategy on adaptation to climate change, reflecting the European Union’s…

In recent years, droughts have had a significant impact on various regions within the European Union. However, accurately assessing and quantifying the risks and consequences of droughts has been a complex challenge due to the multifaceted nature of these events. Droughts do not lend themselves to easy definition or prediction; they develop gradually, can occur outside…

AGROSYM is an essential annual conference in the agriculture and forestry sector, held in Bosnia-Herzegovina for the past fourteen years. This high-profile event draws hundreds of attendees from the Balkans, the Mediterranean, Central Europe, and beyond. In 2023, AGROSYM took place at the Jahorina ski resort, near Sarajevo, from October 5 to 8. The conference…

Save the date, LandlLabs are about to launch! LandLabs are tools to support knowledge transfer and activate regional landscape resilience solutions in 5 selected Mediterranean regions within the ResAlliance project. Landlabs are context specific knowledge transfer and engagement programs for farmers and foresters in selected regions that represent important areas for climate change impacts. In the official Launches, LandLabs…

Europe boasts rich biodiversity, with diverse ecosystems that provide crucial services to agriculture. The conversion of semi-natural habitats, such as field margins, fallows, hedgerows, grassland, woodlots, and forests, into agricultural land has the potential to increase agricultural production, thus contributing to meeting the growing global demand for food. However, the extent to which such habitat…

In May 2023, the ResAlliance project made a significant appearance at the 8th International Wildland Fire Conference in Porto, Portugal, garnering considerable attention. During this event, the project unveiled the “LandNet,” an open Mediterranean thematic network focused on landscape resilience for forestry and agriculture, which will be established within the project framework. The LandNet was…