We are pleased to announce the upcoming webinar “Forests Without Borders: Latin America & the Mediterranean in Dialogue”, taking place on 16 May 2025 at 4:00 PM (UTC+2). This event brings together two dynamic regional networks to share, connect, and collaborate around sustainable forest landscape management.

The Massif des Maures is a Mediterranean forested area characterized by great ecological diversity, with vegetation mainly consisting of cork oaks, holm oaks, downy oaks, maritime pines, and maquis shrubland.

After nine years as president Philippe Duparchy steps down from Provence Model Forest, with Jean-Laurent Félizia succeeds him, bringing experience as a long-time supporter, mycologist, and Mediterranean biome specialist.

The Mediterranean Model Forest Network Secretariat (MMFNs) is leading a two-year project supported by Canada’s Global Forest Leadership Program. The main goal is to foster Forest and Landscape Restoration (FLR) in Mediterranean countries, especially in those eligible for Official Development Assistance (ODA), like Morocco, Algeria, and Lebanon. The project combines communication, digital tools, and youth engagement to support local communities and their territories in ecological restoration.

With the growing momentum and recognition that global forests have a key role to play in addressing the twin crises of climate change and biodiversity loss, the International Model Forest Network is well established and very well positioned to enable local leadership in achieving global commitments on forests and advancing relevant international partnerships.

The Mediterranean Youth Task Force (MYTF), in collaboration with the Mediterranean Model Forest Network (MMFN) and the Latin America Model Forest Network (RLABM), is organizing a webinar on the importance of youth leadership in forest conservation.

In the territory of Istria Model Forest, on March 25, 2025, the final meeting was held as part of the Erasmus+ KA2 project “In the Forest as in the Classroom”.
The project brought together partners from Croatia and Slovenia with the aim of developing and promoting forest pedagogy – an innovative approach to learning through outdoor activities and time spent in nature. The lead partner of the project is Istria Model Forest.

From March 28 to 30, a group of researchers, stakeholders, institutional representatives, and advisors from the Valle Aterno Model Forest traveled to Istria for a study trip, as part of the activities in the second phase of the FOR.TA.BIO Project (Forest Biodiversity Truffles).

On April 9, 2025, the municipality of Ledigos in Palencia, Spain, celebrated the International Day of Forests with a symbolic tree planting event organized by the Palencia Model Forest. Originally scheduled for March but postponed due to heavy rains, the event featured the planting of 91 trees, each representing one of the 91 municipalities that comprise the Palencia Model Forest territory.