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PEGASUS: how can we encourage the provision of ecosystem services in mountain areas? [23 / 02 / 2016]

The research project PEGASUS, on which Euromontana is involved, is about to start its action research in 32 territorial cases studies all over Europe, representing different situations for farming and forestry systems. Thanks to these […]

Forest Innovation workshop: how to enhance innovation in forest management throughout the Operational Groups [22 / 02 / 2016]

Euromontana was one of the ogranisers of the second edition of the Forrest Innovation workshop.  The event “Inform-Prioritize-Collaborate: Cooperation of Regions on Innovation in Forest Management, Use of Wood and Forest-related Services” took place on […]

Demographic changes in the Alps: presentation of the 5° Report on the State of the Alps [16 / 02 / 2016]

The Italian Delegation of the Alpine Convention presented the 5° report on demographic changes in the Alps during a conference in Brussels on the 10th February 2016. All in all, the resident population as a […]

The new Circular Economy Package of the European Commission [15 / 02 / 2016]

On 2nd December 2015, the European Commission (EC) launched the new Circular Economy Package elaborated by the DG Environment. It includes revised legislative proposals on waste to stimulate Europe’s transition towards a circular economy. Its […]

Designing the path: a strategic approach to EU agricultural research and innovation [15 / 02 / 2016]

To close up the design process of a long-term strategy for European agricultural research and innovation (started with the kick-off event in Milan in June 2015), DG Agri organised a final conference in Brussels on […]

Romania is implementing the optional quality term mountain product [15 / 02 / 2016]

The Ministry of Agriculture of Romania has announced they are working on the implementation of the European legislation on the use of optional quality term “mountain product”. Euromontana had an important contribution in the elaboration […]

New Euromontana member: the Development Centre Heart of Slovenia [15 / 02 / 2016]

In December 2015, Euromontana welcomed a new member: Development Centre of the Heart of Slovenia.  Heart of Slovenia, is a development agency from Litija, connecting 10 municipalities east from the capital city Ljubljana. In cooperation […]

MEP NEKOV has submitted written questions on the optional quality term ‘mountain product’ to the European Commission [11 / 02 / 2016]

Mr. Momchil Nekov, Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Bulgaria, submitted three written questions on mountain products to the European Commission (EC) on the 21st December 2015. The aim was to have precisions on […]

Sign the petition for a White Paper on Rurality [8 / 02 / 2016]

The production of a White Paper on rurality by the European Commission is nowadays a strategic step and a urgent need for the success of the broader European project and the future well-being of the […]

Interreg Europe: second call will soon be opened [4 / 02 / 2016]

The Interreg Europe Programme will open its second call from 5 April until 13 May 2016. It is a new possibility to define collaborative projects, focusing on the implementation of the ESIF (European Structural and […]

Meeting of the Civil Dialogue Group on Quality and Promotion of the 9th December 2015 [29 / 01 / 2016]

On the 9th December 2015, Euromontana attended the meeting of the Civil Dialogue Group on Quality and Promotion of Agri-food Products. Please click here to access the report of the meeting (only for members).

The GREENOVATION Challenge, Sogn og Fjordane County Council (Norway) [27 / 01 / 2016]

Autumn 2015 – The GREENOVATION Challenge, a Junior Achievement Innovation camp in Norway gathering participants from Bulgaria, Romania and Norway This autumn 2015, our Norwegian member Sogn og Fjordane County Council, visited Firda high school […]

Final rethink conference – Rethinking the links between farm modernisation, rural development and resilience in a world of increasing demands and finite resources [21 / 01 / 2016]

The 2th December 2015, Euromontana attended the final ‪’rethink’ conference on the links between farm modernisation, rural development and resilience. The ‘rethink’ project, coordinated by the IfLS (Institute for Rural Development Research) in Germany, was […]

What is High Nature Value Farming? [20 / 01 / 2016]

In their starting paper, the EIP-AGRI Focus Group on High Nature Value (HNV) farming profitability defined HNV farming as ‘a relatively new concept that has developed since the early 1990s to describe those farming systems […]

The EIP-AGRI Focus Group on Innovative Short Food Supply Chain Management released its final report [18 / 01 / 2016]

For 1 year, the EIP-AGRI Focus Group Innovative Short Food Supply Chain (SFC) management worked on ‘how to stimulate growth of short food supply chains in Europe, both in terms of numbers of producers involved […]

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This morning we were at the first 🇪🇺 EU CAP Network Thematic Group on Forest-Dominant Rural Areas and Municipalities!🌲A key issue in the mountains for:🪵 local wood chains🌱 unique biodiversity🔥 forest fires, which we are currently addressing with Fire-ResElena Feo (Euromontana) shared the outputs of her group: The need to take a multi-actor approach, which is under-represented compared to agriculture 👥Forestry should be integrated in the innovation system #AKIS 🤔Find out more: bit.ly/tg1forest ... See MoreSee Less
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🆕 FIRE-RES published its first deliverable!It goes through the lessons learned from Extreme Wildfires and creates a common basis for action to improve resilience to fire 🔥🌲 Check it out! ⤵fire-res.eu/fire-res-publishes-its-first-deliverable-on-lessons-learned-on-extreme-wildfire-events/Centre de Ciència i Tecnologia Forestal de Catalunya, CTFC Instituto Superior de Agronomia CEF - Centro de Estudos Florestais CEABN InBIO European Forest Institute (EFI) Tecnosylva Πανεπιστήμιο Αιγαίου Ειδικός Κονδυλίων Έρευνας Πανεπιστημίου Αιγαίου CoLAB ForestWISE INRAE Cnrs.fr Tiems Escola Nacional de Bombeiros Euromontana Wageningen University & Research Agenzia Regionale Forestas VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research NIBIO Osservatorio Balcani Caucaso Transeuropa Institut i Geològic de Catalunya CONAF INESC TEC Spire Global TESAF Dipartimento Territorio e Sistemi Agro-Forestali UNIPD Autoridade Nacional de Emergência e Proteção Civil Corma Chile ... See MoreSee Less
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Women matter for our mountains! 💪🌄 They are professors, project leaders, researchers, heads of policy units, directors or presidents of associations ➡️ Discover 13 testimonies from women who make a change in their territory in this booklet co-produced with Moving - Mountain Valorisation through Interconnectedness and Green Growth for the 11 December!📗 Read now: www.euromontana.org/en/women-move-europes-mountains-a-booklet-to-celebrate-mountains-women/ ... See MoreSee Less
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Today is #WorldWaterDay! Freshwater from mountains is fundamental for achieving global food security, as it is used by farmers to irrigate crops in many lowland agricultural regions. #MountainsMatter

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📢Attention everyone! 🎉Our first @YouTube video is now live!🎥 Check out highlights from RUSTIK's Pilot Region Kick-off event, where we had our first in-person knowledge exchange, training, and networking event with partners from the 14 Pilot Regions https://t.co/85Y89WO1PA

🌳 #Forests provide us with many ecosystem services & contribute to our well-being! But forest health and #resilience must be a priority in the face of climate change! ☀️🌡

Discover our actions for fire resilient forests ⬇
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Happy International Day of Forests! Protecting #mountain forests and making sure they are carefully managed is an important step towards sustainable mountain development. #MountainsMatter

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Our @MOVINGH2020 workshop on sustainable mountain tourism concluded with a lunch of delicious #localfood...but (much to our delight🙂) the discussions just kept going! Would the last person to leave please turn the lights off #horizon2020 #ecotourism #carpathians #mountainsmatter

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