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EFI Mediterranean Facility @efimedfacility.bsky.social · 1d

La plus grande base de données sur les arbres méditerranéens vient d'être publiée 🧬🌲💡

Développée par @inrae-france.bsky.social & @efieuropeanforest.bsky.social, elle vise à combler une lacune importante dans notre compréhension des forêts méditerranéennes 🌳

➡️ medforest.net/2025/08/18/l...

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EFI Mediterranean Facility @efimedfacility.bsky.social · 1d

تم نشر أكبر قاعدة بيانات للأشجار المتوسطية 🧬🌲💡

تم تطويرها بواسطة @inrae-france.bsky.social و @efieuropeanforest.bsky.social بمشاركة ٣٠ عالماً من المنطقة، وتستهدف سد ثغرة مهمة في معرفتنا بغابات المتوسط 🌳

لمزيد من المعلومات ➡️ medforest.net/2025/08/18/l...

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HoliSoils Project @holisoils.bsky.social · 7d

📣 Next in the #HoliSoils webinar series: Monitoring of mineral forest soils (8 October 2025 | 14:00–15:30 CEST)!

Join us for this session, particularly relevant for scientists, #LULUCF experts, & practitioners working on soil monitoring & sustainable #ForestManagement ➡️ holisoils.eu/holisoils-we...

HoliSoils Webinar Series - Monitoring of mineral forest soils - HoliSoils

Take part in the HoliSoils webinar on 8 October (14:00–15:30 CEST) exploring unique features of forest soils and approaches for harmonised monitoring across Europe.

holisoils.eu

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EFI Mediterranean Facility @efimedfacility.bsky.social · 6d

The largest database of #MediterraneanTrees, gathering 643 tree species across the region, includes genetic, ecological, and distributional data, key to support:

✅ Conservation 🌳
✅ Forest genetic resource 🧬
✅ Restoration 🌱
✅ Sustainable #ForestManagement 🏞️

Dive into it ➡️ doi.org/10.57745/PEW...

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EFI Mediterranean Facility @efimedfacility.bsky.social · 7d

🌲 Discover forestry and agroforestry innovations at your fingertips! On 8 October, the #FOREST4EU webinar will showcase key knowledge repositories like ROSEWOOD 4.0, EU-FarmBook & CLIMATE ADAPT.

Join to explore tools for smarter, sustainable forestry. 👉 www.forest4eu.eu/news/upcomin...

Upcoming webinar on "knowledge repositories" (08 October 2025) - FOREST4EU

Forest and agroforestry innovations at your fingertips:

www.forest4eu.eu

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EFI Mediterranean Facility @efimedfacility.bsky.social · 8d

🌍 The September #EFIMED Newsletter is here!

From the launch of the #SoMF2025 report and advances on the EU Soil Monitoring Law to research on genetic decline, bio-based innovation,wildfire prevention & much more!

Explore the latest stories, events and calls 👉 mailchi.mp/efi/efi-netw...

EFI Network News - Mediterranean, September 2025

Don't miss the latest news from EFI's Mediterranean Network. Publications, projects, upcoming events, relevant calls and much more!

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EFI Mediterranean Facility @efimedfacility.bsky.social · 8d

The largest database of #MediterraneanTrees just got published 🧬🌲💡

Developed by @inrae-france.bsky.social & @efieuropeanforest.bsky.social with 30 scientists from the region, it aims to close a major gap in our understanding of #MediterraneanForests 🌳

Find out more ➡️ medforest.net/2025/08/18/l...

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EFI Mediterranean Facility @efimedfacility.bsky.social · 9d

🌿 Great start for the Laurus Network with a webinar of the network focused on Voluntary Carbon Markets and Land Use Projects in Europe!

📣 The network, with over 300 members from 59 countries, offers free access to resources for small forest owners!

Find out more ⬇️
medforest.net/2025/09/29/l...

Laurus Network launches with a successful webinar on carbon markets for European forest owners - MedForest

The Laurus Network, a new European initiative supporting small forest owners, marked a successful milestone with its first webinar on 17 September 2025. Titled “The Voluntary Carbon Market and Land Us...

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EFI Mediterranean Facility @efimedfacility.bsky.social · 9d

🌿 How can #Mediterranean forests adapt to climate change, wildfires & land-use pressures?

The 3rd Status of Mediterranean Forests report, with #EFIMED contributions, launches 1 Oct at #FAO & Silva Mediterranea’s webinar.

More information & registration #SoMF2025: medforest.net/2025/09/29/u...

Upcoming launch of the Status of Mediterranean Forests 2025 - MedForest

Discover the State of Mediterranean Forests 2025 report launch, highlighting key challenges, solutions, and future action for resilient Mediterranean forests.

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EFI Mediterranean Facility @efimedfacility.bsky.social · 13d

🌿 What makes a #forest healthy? Find it out in the latest episode of Branching Out podcast by @iufro.bsky.social!

In this seventh episode, forest experts explore how forest health is defined differently depending on #ForestManagement goals!

🎧 Listen now ⬇️
medforest.net/2025/09/25/w...

What makes a forest healthy? - MedForest

What defines a “healthy forest”? According to experts on the latest episode of IUFRO’s “Branching Out” podcast, the answer depends entirely on your objectives. For a forest managed for timber, any ins...

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EFI Mediterranean Facility @efimedfacility.bsky.social · 15d

🌳 What makes a tree a tree? And how this definition can be applied in the #Mediterranean?

A new inventory of #MediterraneanTrees tackles these vital questions!

Discover how this resource was developed by @efieuropeanforest.bsky.social & @inrae-france.bsky.social ➡️
medforest.net/2025/09/08/n...

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European Forest Institute @efieuropeanforest.bsky.social · 16d

Mark your calendar for the Bioeconomy Innovation Day on 25 November 2025! Explore bio-based innovations and connect with key stakeholders in the circular bioeconomy.
#event #Catalonia

📍 Lleida, Spain, at the Agrobiotech Forum

🔗 Register: bioregions.efi.int/bioeconomy-i...

Bioeconomy Innovation Day 2025 - Bioregions

Join us on 25 November for the third edition of the Bioeconomy Innovation Day 2025 in Lleida, Spain.

bioregions.efi.int

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HoliSoils Project @holisoils.bsky.social · 19d

📢 One week to go! Join us for the second session of the #HoliSoils webinar series: How biochemistry may support microbiology?

📅 23 September, 11:00 – 11:45 CEST
Open to researchers, policy-makers, & anyone interested in #SoilHealth, #forests, & climate resilience!

⬇️
holisoils.eu/holisoils-we...

HoliSoils Webinar Series - How biochemistry may support microbiology? New tools and perspectives - HoliSoils

Join us on 23 September 2025 (12:00–12:45 EEST) for the second session of the HoliSoils webinar series, featuring Dr. Bartosz Adamczyk from the Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke).

holisoils.eu

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EFI Mediterranean Facility @efimedfacility.bsky.social · 20d

📣🌍 Joining the Smart City Expo World Congress 2025? @efieuropeanforest.bsky.social will be there as well!

Don't miss the key note from EFI Senior Researcher Matilda van den Bosch about the health benefits of trees and green infrastructure in cities 🏙️🌿

Read more ⬇️
medforest.net/2025/09/11/e...

EFI to share Biocities vision at Smart City Expo World Congress 2025 - MedForest

EFI at Smart City Expo World Congress 2025: discover how Biocities and nature-based solutions can create healthier, more resilient cities. Join us in Barcelona.

medforest.net

EFI Mediterranean Facility @efimedfacility.bsky.social · 22d

🌿 Urban nature & human health on the spotlight at the Internazionale Festival of Journalism 🌿

In October, @efieuropeanforest.bsky.social Biocities Facility will join the festival in Ferrara to discuss health benefits of urban trees and green spaces!

Find out more ⬇️
medforest.net/2025/09/12/e...

EFI Biocities at the Internazionale Festival of Journalism in Ferrara - MedForest

EFI Biocities joins the Internazionale Festival of Journalism in Ferrara 2025 with a session on how urban nature improves human health, well-being and resilience.

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ForestPaths Project @forestpaths.eu · 23d

🔥Wildfire prevention and management are crucial when it comes to safeguarding forests.

📢 Our partners from @efimedfacility.bsky.social are sharing important observations on the topic in their #EFIWildfirePrevention campaign - find out more below:

#FutureForests #Biodiversity #EcosystemServices

EFI Mediterranean Facility @efimedfacility.bsky.social · Sep 8

How to manage #WildfireRisk in highly touristic areas?

🧯🔥🌲 Today our #EFIWildfirePrevention campaign focuses an integrated #wildfire management plan from France addressing this issue 👉 hal.science/hal-04152846...

Look into this and other cases of #WildfirePrevention 👉 doi.org/10.36333/rs8en

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EFI Mediterranean Facility @efimedfacility.bsky.social · 26d

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🔎 Take this opportunity to review:
🔸 The six key recommendations for #WildfirePrevention
👉 doi.org/10.36333/rs6
🔸 These planning and prevention #innovations from the #Mediterranean 👉 doi.org/10.36333/rs8en

EFI Mediterranean Facility @efimedfacility.bsky.social · 26d

In the past few months, we have shared #innovations for #WildfirePrevention from various #Mediterranean countries!

Our #EFIWildfirePrevention campaign is over, but #wildfire risk remains a pressing issue for the #Mediterranean 🧯🔥🌲

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EFI Mediterranean Facility @efimedfacility.bsky.social · Sep 8

How to manage #WildfireRisk in highly touristic areas?

🧯🔥🌲 Today our #EFIWildfirePrevention campaign focuses an integrated #wildfire management plan from France addressing this issue 👉 hal.science/hal-04152846...

Look into this and other cases of #WildfirePrevention 👉 doi.org/10.36333/rs8en

EFI Mediterranean Facility @efimedfacility.bsky.social · Sep 5

🧯🔥🌲 #Wildfires can cross borders: the Joint Chiefs’ Landscape Restoration Partnership addresses #WildfireRisk management across jurisdictions in the US 👉 www.nrcs.usda.gov/programs-ini...

Read more #WildfirePrevention from the #Mediterranean & beyond 👉 doi.org/10.36333/rs8en

#EFIWildfirePrevention

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HoliSoils Project @holisoils.bsky.social · Sep 4

🔬 How biochemistry may support microbiology?

📣 On 23 September (11:00 – 11:45 CEST) join Bartosz Adamczyk (@luke.fi) for the second session of the #HoliSoils webinar series to explore innovative tools and techniques!

Find out more and register now ⬇️
holisoils.eu/holisoils-we...

HoliSoils Webinar Series - How biochemistry may support microbiology? New tools and perspectives - HoliSoils

Join us on 23 September 2025 (12:00–12:45 EEST) for the second session of the HoliSoils webinar series, featuring Dr. Bartosz Adamczyk from the Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke).

holisoils.eu

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EFI Mediterranean Facility @efimedfacility.bsky.social · Sep 1

🧯🔥🌲 Local NGOs can assist communities in improving their #wildfire management capabilities: explore this case from Lebanon 👉 www.afdc.org.lb

Dive into our #EFIWildfirePrevention publication to check innovative approaches for #WildfireRisk reduction!
👉 doi.org/10.36333/rs8en

#EFIWildfirePrevention

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EFI Mediterranean Facility @efimedfacility.bsky.social · Aug 29

🧯🔥🌲 To foster #WildfirePrevention in the #Mediterranean, it is key to:

🔸 Share information on cross-national issues;
🔸 Provide countries in greatest need of #wildfire management with support for capacity building!

Read more on #WildfireRisk mitigation 👉 doi.org/10.36333/rs6

#EFIWildfirePrevention

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EFI Mediterranean Facility @efimedfacility.bsky.social · Aug 28

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🎓 Meeting Forest Justiciers from diverse backgrounds ➡️ medforest.net/2025/07/21/f...
👣 Stepping into the shoes of foresters in different work environments ➡️ medforest.net/2025/07/21/r...

Forest Justiciers: Tales of unsung heroes - MedForest

Meet four forest professionals breaking stereotypes with skills from diplomacy, journalism, tech and policy—proving forestry isn’t just for those with traditional degrees.

medforest.net

EFI Mediterranean Facility @efimedfacility.bsky.social · Aug 28

💡🌿 In the last weeks we shared the #ScienceStories developed by #YLPMED 2025 participants!

📣📰 Have a look at their blogs on:

🌟 Why the forest sector needs #youth voices ➡️ medforest.net/2025/07/21/o...
📡 How technology is becoming forests’ best ally ➡️ medforest.net/2025/07/21/w...

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Open the canopy: Why the forest sector needs young professionals - MedForest

Explore why the forestry sector urgently needs young professionals to ensure innovation, sustainability, and resilience. Learn how generational renewal is key to the future of forestry.

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