From Albania to Serbia, mountain communities are finding new purpose, in trails, traditions, and local food. Across the ridges, something is stirring.
They arrive quietly — hidden in crates of fruit, riding global trade routes. In this episode, we follow two invasive insects that took root in Europe, threatening crops and ecosystems. Can science, nature, and farmers fight back? Featuring CIHEAM Bari Plant Doctor Vincenzo Verrastro.
We sat down with ChatGPT to talk about… ChatGPT. In this very possible interview, the AI opens up about its not-so-virtual environmental footprint: energy guzzling, water sipping, and e-waste piling. From cooling servers to carbon comparisons, here’s what happens behind the screen.
Lebanon’s ancient cedars, symbols of resilience, face extinction. The ‘Cedar Doctor’ fights to save them, but can they withstand time and climate change?
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The economic crisis and climate change threats strongly impacted fish farmers in Congo. In 2022, the EntoFeed start-up developed a technology using food waste to produce bacterial protein-based animal feed ingredients. With its affordable organic recycling solutions, this young Congolese company is leading the way to a new frontier of organics recycling in Africa.
The blue crab invasion threatens fisheries in Italy, but Tunisia’s response offers a potential model for turning this crisis into an economic opportunity.
Palestinians were familiar with the problems of isolation far before the explosion of the dramatic conflict in 2023. The Local Seed Bank in Hebron has been experiencing a peaceful form of resistance by allowing farmers to preserve and replant the local species and avoid land confiscation
The CIA (The Italian farmers Confederation) in cooperation with FEED, has awarded the Homljnski Honey Cooperative with the prestigious “Bandiera Verde”, for his effort to preserve a high quality honey and revitalizing a marginal rural area in a breathtaking Serbian Mountain Region.
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BLUE ECONOMY
CLIMATE CHANGE
EDUCATION TRAINING AND CAPACITY BUILDING
ENERGY
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GREEN AND CIRCULAR ECONOMY
MARKET AND TRADE
MEDITERRANEAN DIET
MOUNTAIN AGRICULTURE
NATURAL RESOURCES AND BIODIVERSITY
PLANT PROTECTION ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN HEALTH
WATER
YOUTH AND WOMEN EMPOWERMENT
