{"id":22993,"date":"2025-11-17T08:48:49","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T08:48:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paucostafoundation.org\/?p=22993"},"modified":"2025-12-04T08:49:53","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T08:49:53","slug":"resalliance-and-forest4eu-unite-for-the-future-of-europes-forests-and-landscapes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paucostafoundation.org\/en\/resalliance-and-forest4eu-unite-for-the-future-of-europes-forests-and-landscapes\/","title":{"rendered":"ResAlliance and FOREST4EU unite for the future of Europe\u2019s forests and landscapes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The final conference of ResAlliance and FOREST4EU in Croatia brought together key stakeholders to share knowledge, policy recommendations, and practical solutions for enhancing the resilience and sustainability of Europe\u2019s forests and landscapes.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

On 12 and 13 November, ResAlliance<\/a> held its final conference in Vinkovci, Croatia. Under the title \u2018How to preserve our forests and landscapes for the future?\u2019, the event was organised jointly with FOREST4EU<\/a> and marked the end of both projects, which are dedicated to enhancing the resilience and sustainability of Europe\u2019s forests and landscapes. Besides showcasing key findings and innovations, it was a unique opportunity to engage with leading experts, stakeholders, and innovators in the forestry and bioeconomy sectors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FOREST4EU and ResAlliance are funded under the Horizon Europe programme. While FOREST4EU promotes the sustainability of forestry and agroforestry through innovative business models, social innovations and climate resilience measures, ResAlliance enhances landscape resilience by gathering and sharing knowledge and practical solutions to the challenges that agriculture and forestry face due to climate change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cResAlliance focuses on building bridges and alliances between the agricultural and forestry sectors through a multi-actor approach. This is unique as these sectors have not always worked collaboratively. \u00a0It also places strong emphasis on gathering and sharing knowledge both directly from the territories (LandLabs<\/a>) and through the LandNet<\/a> community of practice.\u201d, emphasises Mariona Borr\u00e0s, head of PCF\u2019s Membership and Community Engagement Area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Participants in the final conference of ResAlliance and FOREST4EU during a field trip to the Spa\u010dva Oak forest. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The Foundation has participated in ResAlliance as coordinators of the five LandLabs and as Resilience Ambassadors of the Catalonia LandLab, co-organising events together with the Forest Science and Technology Centre of Catalonia and the Institute of Agrifood Research and Technology. These events sought to engage local stakeholders and grow the network of actors carrying out practices that enhance landscape resilience. Furthermore, PCF has contributed to multiple outputs and resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One such resource is the \u2018White paper on policy recommendations for landscape resilience in the Mediterranean region\u2019<\/a>, coordinated by the Foundation. Presented at the conference by Borr\u00e0s, the white paper provides actionable policy recommendations and insights to foster resilience and sustainable management of Mediterranean landscapes to multiple actors: those involved in the political arena (e.g. members of parliament); national, subnational, and local public authorities across the Mediterranean; and societal actors (e.g. civil society organisations and representatives of the private and business sectors).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A moment of discussion and networking during the final conference of ResAlliance and FOREST4EU. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

ResAlliance has also generated 120 factsheets<\/a> on practices and case studies on landscape resilience in the Mediterranean. They are available in 6 languages and are classified by economic sector (agriculture, agroforestry, forestry), type of solution (finance, governance, management, technology) and climate hazard (desertification, drought, flooding, pest and diseases, wildfires) and targeted implementing actors associative, individual, policy, social\/communities). The foundation showcased at the conference four initiatives where we participate, featured as factsheets:<\/p>\n\n\n\n