Διαδικτυακή Πύλη Συνεργασίας Για Τα Δάση

The aim of this brochure is to provide an overview both of the activities of the European Network Integrate and the variety of cases in Europe. Furthermore, it presents some of the key observations and recommendations which have been generated over the first four years

Mediterranean forests provide a wide range of important benefits and services to the society that go far beyond traditional forest products. Their biological and social heterogeneity makes their management and conservation a complex task, which cannot be reached through the classical management and conservation approaches applied in other parts of the world. A new spatial and temporal reference is needed, combining resources management, biodiversity conservation and restoration. The concept of Forest Landscape Conservation, proposed by IUCN and WWF, seems to address the special social and biological features of Mediterranean forests. The relevance of Forest landscape Restoration in a Mediterranean context is analysed, discussing the value of this approach as a means to regain ecological integrity and enhance human well-being in deforested or degraded Mediterranean forest landscapes. Possible constrains are mentioned and a strategy to overcome them is discussed