Objective The Mediterranean region will become one of the most vulnerable areas in Europe to global change. While in European Mediterranean countries the combination of climate change and land abandonment is promoting new unmanaged forest cover, increasing fire and pest risks, in the south of the basin forest intensification results in desertification as the principal threat. Forest management strategies must be directed to promoting mitigation of the effects of global change, and to guaranteeing the sustainable use of ecosystem goods and services in order to achieve a resource efficient, low-carbon economy. In fact, the defense of regional natural resources should be part of the aims in the agenda to escape from financial dependency to sustainable development. We posit that spatial analysis tools from the north could help stopping deforestation while obtaining economical benefits of landscape management in the south, and traditional knowledge from the south may help decreasing land abandonment in the north by developing eco-innovative business. In such context, the knowledge of the main technologies and techniques available and the interconnection between forestry research and business in both sides of the Mediterranean are two of the best ways to increase efficiency under the available budget.The Mediterranean Network of Forestry Research and Innovation (MENFRI) would like to become a dialogue and action platform in forestry, encouraging scientific and technological collaboration within the Mediterranean. The main goal of the project is therefore to create a favourable environment for the development of an innovative and job creating business sector in this region while facing climate change. The project will help bridging the gap between research and innovation by improving performance in managing, transferring and using the knowledge resulting from ecological research and forest management and by better aligning both research and economic objectives to societal needs. Programme(s) FP7-INCO - Specific Programme "Capacities": International co-operation Topic(s) INCO.2013-9.1 - Reinforcing cooperation with European Neighbourhood Policy countries on bridging the gap between research and innovation (R2I-ENP) Call for proposal FP7-INCO-2013-9 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CSA-SA - Support actions Coordinator CENTRO DE INVESTIGACION ECOLOGICA Y APLICACIONES FORESTALES EU contribution € 250 815,00 Address UNIVERSITAT AUTONOMA DE BARCELONA EDIFICI C 08193 Bellaterra Spain See on map Region Este Cataluña Barcelona Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Cristina García (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (5) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all ALIENOREU SPRL Belgium EU contribution € 81 471,00 Address RUE DE L'INDUSTRIE 11 1000 Bruxelles / Brussel See on map Region Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale/Arr. Brussel-Hoofdstad Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Elise Regairaz (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data WARRANT HUB SPA Italy EU contribution € 151 298,00 Address CORSO MAZZINI 11 42015 Correggio Re See on map Region Nord-Est Emilia-Romagna Reggio nell’Emilia Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Isella Vicini (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITE HASSAN II MOHAMMADIA CASABLANCA Morocco EU contribution € 77 399,00 Address AVENUE HASSAN II 20650 MOHAMMEDIA See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Rachida Nafaa (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES EN GENIE RURAL, EAUX ET FORETS Tunisia EU contribution € 116 554,00 Address Rue Hédi El Karray 2080 Ariana See on map Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Zouhaier Nasr (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data CONSORCI FORESTAL DE CATALUNYA Spain EU contribution € 68 421,00 Address JACINT VERDAGUER 3/2 17430 Santa Coloma De Farners See on map Region Este Cataluña Girona Administrative Contact Margarita Rovira Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data
