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Severo Ochoa Excelence. Source: Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities.

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CREAF receives for the second time in a row the Severo Ochoa Centre of Excellence accreditation

CREAF has obtained for the second consecutive time the Severo Ochoa Centre of Excellence distinction awarded by the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities of the Spanish government, with the aim of “promoting the quality of Spanish scientific research by recognizing the best centers and units, that stand out for the relevance and impact of their research results on an international scale”.

4 de April de 2024 No Comments

The science diplomacy groups launched by the European Commission work with co-creation methodologies and are made up of professionals from different fields of knowledge in the scientific community, diplomacy and international public management. Image: on loan.

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CREAF’s scientific coordinator, Alícia Pérez-Porro, takes part in the definition of the European framework for science diplomacy

Shaping binding regulations, policy guidelines and action plans requires connecting cross-cutting knowledge that includes science, diplomacy and public management. This is the embryo of a series of 5 working groups promoted by the European Commission in which Alicia Pérez-Porro, CREAF’s scientific coordinator, is involved.

22 de March de 2024 No Comments

The INPhINIT and Junior Leader grants of the "la Caixa" Foundation provide good professional conditions for scientific talent from Spain and Portugal and, at the same time, attract research professionals from beyond their borders. Image: "la Caixa" Foundation.

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The new generation of CREAF scientists, rewarded by pre and postdoctoral grants by “la Caixa” Foundation

The INPhINIT and Junior Leader grants are highly competitive and have a dual purpose: to provide good professional conditions to scientific talent from Spain and Portugal and, at the same time, to internationalize the research system of both countries, attracting researchers from outside their borders.

12 de March de 2024 No Comments

Some of the target figures of the Nature Restoration Law are to restore 20% of degraded terrestrial and marine ecosystems by 2030, 60% by 2040 and 90% by 2050. Image: Valerie V, on Unsplash.

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Why the brand new Nature Restoration Law can reverse the relationship between the environment and society

Europe approves the first Nature Restoration Law (NRL), a text which puts on the table a real paradigm shift in terms of ecological restoration of natural environments.

1 de March de 2024 No Comments

The mountain economy considers people's lives, agriculture, the impact of leisure and tourism, the environmental reality today conditioned by climate change and the need for new infrastructures, to name the essential ones. Image: Public domain.

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The present and future of mountains, from the valleys to the summits, focus of the Euromontana 2024 congress

The present and future of mountain areas cover both their environmental, social and economic scope, in a natural environment affected by climate change, the impact of tourism and leisure, the seasonality of its offer and the arrival of new residents.

26 de February de 2024 No Comments

Sandra Nogué Bosch is awarded the Premi Ciutat de Barcelona. Image: Barcelona city council.

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Sandra Nogué Bosch’s scientific work on islands as sensors of environmental changes receives the Barcelona City Award

Sandra Nogué Bosch’s research explores a key aspect in ecology and paleoecology today: where biodiversity changes, at what speed and why, by studying 5,000 years of changes in plant biodiversity, as well as the agents of these alterations. Image: S. Nogué Bosch.

6 de February de 2024 No Comments

The science that drives CREAF researcher Albert Vilà Cabrera focuses on management and conservation linked to climate change, in regions as far away as the Mediterranean and the tropics. Image: Public domain.

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Albert Vilà Cabrera, an ecologist of climate change in the Mediterranean, new National Geographic Explorer

The potential and originality of CREAF researcher Albert Vilà Cabrera’s work have earned him the title of National Geographic Explorer. NG Explorers act through science, inquiry, education and storytelling to contribute to our understanding of our land, ocean, wildlife and human cultures and ingenuity.

25 de January de 2024 No Comments

DigiMedFor focuses on the competitiveness of forestry wood in the Mediterranean basin. Image: Public domain.

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DigiMedFor aims to transform the Mediterranean forestry sector through digital innovation and sustainability

The purpose of DigiMedFor is to increase the competitiveness of the Mediterranean forest wood supply, thanks to a profound transformation of its technological reality. This improves the management of multiple forest ecosystem services and facilitates traceability of the origin of timber as a resource for business and industry. Image: Public domain.

23 de January de 2024 No Comments

It is increasingly critical to take into account the concept of forest resilience, understood as the ability to assimilate pressures and changes and to adapt, while maintaining essential functions. Image: CIHEAM Zaragoza.

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Assessing the resilience of the Mediterranean forest and acting accordingly, focus of a course by CREAF and CIHEAM Zaragoza

Episodes of drought, fires and plagues as a result of climate change are a threat to the Mediterranean climate forest, which is added to the constant human action linked to both socio-economic activity and leisure. In this context it is increasingly critical to take into account the concept of forest resilience.

17 de January de 2024 No Comments

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Promoting cutting-edge ecology through the 3rd CREAF Synthesis Actions

Fontinal ecosystems in the Mediterranean region, the natural capital of mountain regions and the maladaptation of forest species in a context of climate change are the areas of research addressed in the 3rd Synthesis Action del CREAF.

22 de December de 2023 No Comments

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