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#ArtificialIntelligence can fight #wildfires!

How? #AI can predict ignition & support response 🧯🔥🌲

An ignition probability map is used to optimise the allocation of fire suppression resources in Turkey 👉 www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_The...

Learn more 👉 doi.org/10.36333/rs8en

#EFIWildfirePrevention

💡🌿🍹 Looking for some fresh summer reads?
Explore these compelling #ScienceStories that challenge old stereotypes and bring fresh, inclusive perspectives to the #forest sector!

These stories have been developed by #YLPMED 2025 participants ✨

📰📣 Discover them all ➡️ efi.int/ylp-med-2025...

🧯🔥🌲 To tackle the #wildfire issue in the #Mediterranean we must:

🔸 Raise decision makers’ awareness on #WildfirePrevention & its budgetary needs!
🔸 Promote education & capacity building!

Read how this can foster #WildfireRisks prevention 👉 doi.org/10.36333/rs6

#EFIWildfirePrevention

🫵 Don't miss an array of important updates from the domain of forestry in the latest newsletter of our partners from @efimedfacility.bsky.social!

👀 Read below for the highlights from across Europe's institutional and project landscape:

#FutureForests #Biodiversity #EcosystemServices

🌿 The July #EFIMED Newsletter is out!

What’s shaping forest & climate action this summer? This edition shows how EU projects are joining forces to improve soil health, boost forest innovation, and build climate resilience across the #Mediterranean basin.

🔗 Explore now: mailchi.mp/efi/efi-netw...

Our #EFIWildfirePrevention campaign continues!

Mapping compulsory brush clearing zones & strips helps landowners in France to clear #forests & prevent #wildfires 🧯🔥🌲

Discover this French online tool 👉 agriculture.gouv.fr/feux-de-fore...

Explore more #innovations 👉 doi.org/10.36333/rs8en

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While the EU soil monitoring law is being finalised, our latest Policy Brief is already looking at how to advance its implementation. This brief was done in collab with @holisoils.bsky.social

Read here: doi.org/10.36333/pb14

Have your say! - Support innovation and learn with ResAlliance - MedForest Vote for top innovations in Mediterranean forestry and agriculture. Join ResAlliance’s free online course on climate resilience, available now for LandNet members.

Have your say! Voting is open for #ResAlliance Call 4 Innovators. Support the best ideas in #Mediterranean forestry and agriculture 🌍

✅ Vote for your favourite submission
🎓 Join the free MOOC on climate resilience (6 languages)

👉 LandNet members, get involved: medforest.net/2025/07/25/h...

In Portugal a #forest intervention zone scheme for joint #ForestManagement promotes sustainable forest management & #WildfirePrevention 🧯🔥🌲

Learn more 👉 www.icnf.pt/florestas/zif

Discover more #EFIWildfirePrevention cases here 👉 doi.org/10.36333/rs8en / @efieuropeanforest.bsky.social

#Wildfires are a threat to people, #forests & the environment in the whole #Mediterranean 🧯🔥🌲 Our #EFIWildfirePrevention campaign gathers multilingual resources:

🔸 #Innovations for #ForestFire prevention 👉 doi.org/10.36333/rs8en

🔸 Key Recommendations for #WildfirePrevention 👉 doi.org/10.36333/rs6

💡📣 The result? Compelling #ScienceStories that challenge old stereotypes and bring fresh, inclusive perspectives to #forestry!

🌳✍️ Explore the story packages (blog posts and videos) they created on the @efieuropeanforest.bsky.social website➡️ efi.int/ylp-med-2025...

EFI YLP Mediterranean 2025: Young leaders breaking stereotypes in the forest sector Discover blog posts, photos, and short films by participants of the EFI Young Leadership Programme – Mediterranean 2025, challenging stereotypes in forestry and showcasing sector diversity.

🌿 How can we break stereotypes in the forest sector? In May, #YLPMED 2025 brought together young professionals to explore the latest forest science! But they also learned how to communicate with impact &transform the way we talk about #forestry ✨

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🧯🔥🌲 How can we achieve #WildfirePrevention in the #Mediterranean?

🔸 Promoting integrated #FireManagement approaches!
🔸 Building long-term national cohesive strategies for #WildfireRisk!

Discover other key recommendations for our #EFIWildfirePrevention campaign: doi.org/10.36333/rs6

#WildfireRisk assessment is key in wildland-urban interfaces 🧯🔥🌲 In the US, Boulder County supports homeowners in making their dwellings less vulnerable to #wildfires 👉 wildfirepartners.org

Explore more #innovations from the #Mediterranean & beyond! 👉 doi.org/10.36333/rs8en #EFIWildfirePrevention

From risk to resilience: 120 best practices to future-proof Mediterranean landscapes - MedForest Discover 120 best practices to boost landscape resilience in Mediterranean farms, forests, and agroforestry systems. Free factsheets, videos, a MOOC, and a vibrant network to help you tackle climate c...

Discover 120 best practices to future-proof Mediterranean landscapes against climate change! 🌿

#ResAlliance offers multilingual factsheets, videos, a MOOC & vibrant community to boost resilience in farms & forests across the #Mediterranean. Explore, learn & join us!

medforest.net/2025/07/17/f...

Are biodiversity credits a truly win-win story? Biodiversity credits are an emerging mechanism that seek to mobilize private finance to address the global biodiversity crisis.

🌿 Can nature and finance truly thrive together?

Designed to fund measurable gains in #biodiversity through #conservation and #restoration , researchers explore how #BiodiversityCredits fit into the broader picture of #NatureFinance

Read the full story ➡️ intercede-project.eu/biodiversity...

For our #EFIWildfirePrevention campaign, let’s delve into this #innovation from Greece!

🧯🔥🌲 Here volunteers, led by an NGO & a research institute, assess buildings & make recommendations to owners on how to reduce #WildfireRisk 👉 www.fria.gr/EngPage/kith...

Read more 👉 doi.org/10.36333/rs8en

🔥🌲 Our #EFIWildfirePrevention campaign for 2025 is here!

Explore this publication and discover 11 #innovations for #WildfireRisk planning and prevention from 9 countries in the #Mediterranean & beyond!
👉 doi.org/10.36333/rs8en

Expert voices for urgent action: EFI supports media in the wildfire fight For the last weeks, hundreds of emergency personnel from the fire brigade, THW (Technical Relief Agency), and the Bundeswehr (German Army) have been battling major wildfires in eastern Germany.In Thur...

Our senior experts Alexander Held and Lindon Pronto have been busy with supporting media in the wildfire fight. Below are some of the latest with Alex!

efi.int/news/expert-...

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#Wildfires can pose a great threat to #forests & people in the #Mediterranean!

Follow our #EFIWildfirePrevention campaign to learn about #WildfireRisk and #WildfirePrevention, starting with this collection of #innovations from the #Mediterranean 👉 doi.org/10.36333/rs8en

Summer is here, and it is time to talk about wildfires 🌞

🧯🔥🌲Stay tuned for our #EFIWildfirePrevention campaign to delve into this topic!

Start by having a look at these Key Recommendations for effective #WildfirePrevention 👉 doi.org/10.36333/rs6

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🌍 Still haven’t joined? The #ResAlliance MOOC is open! Learn resilience thinking with experts, real-world case studies & practical tools to tackle climate change.

💻 Free and online for students, researchers, policymakers & the curious. Enrol now! #HorizonEU
www.resalliance.eu/course/resil...

Which conifer species offer the best wood? A study to support the forest sector - MedForest Discover which conifer species offer the best timber quality in Greece. This study highlights Aleppo pine’s potential to boost sustainable forestry and support the Greek wood industry.

🌲 Which conifers offer the best wood? A Greek study ranked 8 species for timber quality. Aleppo pine stood out for boosting local production sustainably. Despite this, #Greece relies on imports. Focusing on adapted species & better forest management could change that! medforest.net/2025/06/25/w...

🙌 We thank our partners from @efimedfacility.bsky.social for the inclusion of ForestPaths' milestones in their latest newsletter!

👀 Find out more: forestpaths.eu/news/forestp...

#FutureForests #Biodiversity #EcosystemServices

How are communities tackling #wildfire risks? 🔥 The June #EFIMED newsletter shares real solutions, success stories in collective forest management, practical restoration tools & funding opportunities.

Read more & subscribe our network: us1.campaign-archive.com?u=27e0e39f13... #Forestry #Innovation

Thanks for sharing!

In a recent blog post, @efimedfacility.bsky.social presents the endeavour to engage agroforestry specialists as part of the #ResAlliance project.

Find out more about the growing network and how it amasses actionable knowledge in European land management:

#FutureForests #EcosystemServices

Engaging farmers and foresters: How trade fairs are growing a resilient network - Resilience Blog Can a stand at a local fair help transform Europe’s landscapes? With nearly 600 new farmers and foresters already engaged, the answer is yes. When…

🌳 Trade fairs are helping build landscape resilience across the Mediterranean!

Nearly 600 farmers & foresters have joined the #ResAlliance LandNet through project outreach, gaining access to tools, best practices & a growing network #HorizonEU

🔗 Read more: resilience-blog.com/2025/06/26/h...

A Bright Future for Ancient Oak

Sustainability is not just about preserving nature, it also includes socioeconomic #resilience!

🌳💪💡 Find out more about the story of a Portuguese family facing the challenge of #LandAbandonment and ageing workforce in the cork oak ecosystem from #FSC ➡️ fsc.org/en/newscentr...