To prepare this document we have reviewed the legal provisions and documents at European, national, regional and local levels, which affect the management and planning of Mediterranean sub-humid forests. Based on this review, we have made a proposal of possible aspects to be modified in the regulations and planning instruments to facilitate the adaptation to […]
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The economic sustainability of adaptive forest management depends to a large extent of the demand of timber products. We have prepared a database of companies working in European Mediterranean areas (Southern and Eastern Spain, Italy, Slovenia and Croatia) that transform timber of broadleaved species present in Mediterranean sub-humid forests: chestnut, oak, ash, maple, cherry, pear […]
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Míriam Piqué (CTFC) presented MixForChange at the final conference of LIFE The Green Link project in Barcelona, 17th February 2020. During this technical-scientific conference the main project outcomes were introduced and there was a discussion on the challenges and opportunities of forest restoration and management in Mediterranean conditions in the context of climage change. The […]
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This cartography aims to show the vulnerability to climate change of the Mediterranean sub-humid mixed forests. This work has been done at the level of Catalonia, where these forests extend for circa 152,000 ha. The two main climate change related impacts in these conditions are: Water restriction: it is expresses as the comparison between the […]
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On November 27th we conducted the first specialisation course in climate change adaptation strategies in mixed sub-Mediterranean forests (Project Action E4.2). The participants were 20 students from the forestry degree of University of Lleida. The course was done in the protected area of Poblet (Tarragona). Mr Xavier Buqueras, forest engineer of this protected area, explained […]
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Míriam Piqué (CTFC) participated on 20th November in Valladolid (Spain) in a stakeholders’ workshop of the EU-funded REFORM (REsilience of FORest Mixtures) project. This project has as main aim to identify the most optimal composition and management of mixed forests in order to reduce natural and socio-economic impacts of climate change. Míriam participated in the […]
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MixForChange project was introduced at the IV Trobada d’Estudiosos de la Serralada Litoral Central i VIII del Montnegre i el Corredor, organized in Vallgorguina (Barcelone province) on 20-21 November 2019 by the Barcelone province council (Diputació de Barcelona). Ms Lídia Guitart (APMC) delivered the presentation “Silvicultura per a l’adaptació al canvi climàtic dels boscos mixtos […]
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MixForChange project was present at the International symposium “Adapting Forests to Climate Change” that took place in Toulouse (France) on 19-20 November 2019 in the framework of LIFE Foreccast project. The poster delivered was titled “Technical and economical evaluation of climate change adaptation silviculture in mixed forests in Mediterranean sub-humid conditions” and is available here.
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The 6th project Newsletter, corresponding to November 2019, is already available here. We present the progress made in the last 6 months. You may also check the past issues and subscribe
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The European Commission has recently produced a report introducing a set of LIFE projects related to climate change adaptation in the agriculture and forest sectors, among which the MixForChange has been included. We kindly invite you to read it!
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