Tag: biodiversity
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Mediterranean resilience in action: best practices for a sustainable future
The ResAlliance project shares 121 innovative practices to tackle Mediterranean hazards like desertification, drought, and wildfires. Accessible online, these solutions empower landowners and policymakers to enhance resilience in agriculture, forestry, and landscapes. The European project ResAlliance aims to enhance the climatic and socio-economic resilience of the Mediterranean landscape by providing practical solutions and innovations to agricultural and…
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Could traditional agropastoral systems be the key to a resilient future?
Traditional farming systems have been developed over generations of experience. Rooted in time-tested knowledge, these systems may hold valuable solutions for modern challenges like climate change and biodiversity loss. From the Agdal system to the Mandra system, traditional practices offer insights for creating resilient agricultural landscapes. Developed over generations by local communities, these systems are…
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Who are the champions of agroforestry tree planting in Europe?
As part of the ambitious ‘EU Forest Strategy for 2030’, the European Commission has set a target to plant an additional 3 billion trees across Europe by 2030. This initiative aims to combat biodiversity loss while advancing climate mitigation and adaptation efforts. However, this goal poses a significant challenge—trees counted towards this target should not…
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Nature Restoration Law: A contested groundbreaking tool toward resilient landscape
In a groundbreaking achievement aimed at combating biodiversity loss and promoting environmental sustainability, the European Parliament adopted the final version of the Nature Restoration Law (NRL) on February 27, 2024, with 329 votes in favor, 275 against, and 24 abstentions. After a fierce political debate, with many countries (including Hungary, Italy, Sweden, and the Netherlands)…
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Beyond the emergency: the lesson of ResAlliance
Here we report an opinion article written by Dr. Gavriil Xanthopoulos (Research Director at the Greek Institute of Mediterranean Forest Ecosystems) in the newspaper (To VIMA – Sunday edition), focusing on the necessity to find different solutions for fighting wildfires than merely managing the emergency. A more holistic approach is needed, with focused and country-tailored solutions to…
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Agroforestry: A Key Solution for Climate Change
A recent scientific review published in Nature Climate Change highlights how agroforestry could easily become the first natural climate solution in Europe and worldwide. Agroforestry, defined as the deliberate incorporation of trees in agricultural landscapes, could be the largest single contribution the agricultural sector can make toward mitigating climate change. In fact, its global impact…