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More than 2 years into the EU's pledge to plant '3 Billion Additional Trees', it's time to celebrate progress, overcome barriers and identify new opportunities to help...

As the world's population increases, the pressing need for sustainable food production within the next 30 years poses a formidable challenge. Plant growth depends on nutrient availability...

This briefing describes the characteristics of primary and old-growth forests and assesses its resilience to natural disturbances, in particular wildfires. Likewise, the role of primary and old-growth forests on wildfire risk...

Healthy forests are our key ally in our fight against climate change. European forests absorb almost 10% of all the greenhouse gasses that are...

In this episode, Euronews explores how to sustainably manage forests, reducing their vulnerability to climate extremes and increasing their adaptive capacity.

Forest and land degradation affects almost 2 billion hectares (ha) of land and threatens the livelihoods, well-being, food, water and energy security of nearly 3.2 billion...

Working under the Facilities Integrating Collaborations for User Science (FICUS) program, scientists examined the effects of drought on chemical processes inside the roots of three tropical rainforest...

The wood-based bioeconomy can make an important contribution to sustainable management of the economy. This requires a systematic approach that takes economic, environmental and social aspects into consideration. Forests supply...

Ten years have passed since the formulation of the Mediterranean Forest Research Agenda 2011-2020 (MFRA 2020). New knowledge generated over the last decade by a vibrant research...

1. Adaptation to climate change Agriculture and forestry Climate change poses an increasingly severe threat to Vietnam’s agriculture, forestry, and fisheries. Rising temperatures are likely...