StrategyMedFor
Strategy for the Sustainable Management of Mediterranean Forests
Project summary
The StrategyMedFor project gathers 7 partners in 6 countries of the Interreg Cooperation area (including 2 IPA countries) and associated institutions from the forest EU & international scene to protect, restore & valorise particularly the Mediterranean Forest Ecosystem. The main goal is the development of a Strategy for Sustainable Management of Mediterranean Forests (SSMMF) targeted to each forest type & adapted to foreseeable climate scenarios, through the integration of new technologies & wide-Mediterranean data into a spatial context, combining geospatial data, remote sensing, GIS & climate modelling in the development of the Strategy.
Scientific-sound recommendations about how & which forests to protect, restore or manage into resilience, specific tools such as thematic cartography about the status of forests in real time, & the priority areas for action are envisaged.
Our role
The ETC-UMA will have two major roles in the project: as Lead Partner in charge of overall coordination and management; and as thematic leader of spatial analysis to understand the situation of the Mediterranean Forests (quality, status, impacts, etc.) and guide and support the delineation of the main objective of the StrategyMedFor project: the Strategy for Sustainable Management of Mediterranean Forests (SSMMF). The team will work closely with the rest of partners to define the criteria to generate new thematic cartography and to validate the new maps on the field.
More about it
Dania Abdul Malak
daniaabdulmalak@uma.es
Dania Abdul Malak is a senior environmental researcher and Director of the European Topic Centre at the University of Malaga (ETC-UMA). She has over 15 years’ experience in environmental assessment and management...
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Nieves García Pablos
nieves.garcia@uma.es
Nieves is an environmental scientist by training, with over 16 years experience in international nature conservation. She is an expert in the analysis and integration of species data into strategic planning and action, using clinical evaluation...Read More
Gabriel Martorell
gabrielmg@uma.es
Gabriel graduated in Geography at the University of the Balearic Islands. He has joined ETC-UMA as part of his master's degree in GIS and Remote Sensing, where he supports the collection, development and analysis of digital thematic cartography...Read More
Our partners
Istituto Oikos Onlus, Italy
National Center for Forest Owners (CNPF), France
International Association for Mediterranean Forests (AIFM), France
CIHEAM - Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania (CIHEAM-MAICh), Greece
Public Institution Galicica National Park (PIGNP), North Macedonia
Faculty of Forestry, University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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