Context Counter-urbanization, or the reverse migration from the city to the countryside, is a
well-known demographic trend associated with rural restructuring since the 1980s. Counter …

The socio-cultural valuation of forest ecosystem services is a useful tool to generate
knowledge and help balance the different interests of stakeholders with respect to the …

Summary" Nature's contributions to people"(NCP) is designed to provide space for the
recognition of diverse and evolving culturally mediated ideas about what people derive from …

Executive summary How can we effectively maintain and enhance forest biodiversity in
Europe? hampered efforts to build a standardised, EU-level overview of how forest …

Rural abandonment is a significant process in the Mediterranean region, posing
sustainability challenges for rural and urban areas. Although there is an increase in studies …

Despite deforestation taking place globally, forest cover is increasing in many European
landscapes. This increase, however, resulting from plantations and spontaneous forest …

Agroforestry (AF) is a relevant socio-ecological system in Mediterranean countries that plays
a remarkable role in providing ecosystem services (ES). However, AF ecosystems have …

Fire prevention and suppression approaches that exclusively rely on silvicultural measures
and containment infrastructure have become increasingly ineffective in stopping the spread …

Mitigating climate change, preventing mass species extinctions, improving rural livelihoods,
and disaster risk reduction are among today's most urgent challenges. To meet these …

Natural forest regrowth on abandoned land represents a major land use change in some
regions of Europe. This is driven by various factors related to land abandonment, particularly …