Food and Drink
Fungi foraging: 5 safe and edible wild mushrooms to look out for
Autumn rains have given mushroom pickers in France and Switzerland a bumper crop this year, but with a multitude of fungi rich for picking, amateur foragers are urged to check with certified mushroom inspectors before feasting on their finds
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Euronews Witness
Rising temperatures see beetles and fire ravage European forests
A combination of record-high temperatures and drought saw France lose some 65,000 hectares of forest this summer to rampaging wildfires. These same conditions saw the Bark beetle flourish, devouring a staggering 11,000 hectares, one-quarter, of the Franconian Forest in Germany.
Smart Regions
Reviving the timber industry in the French Alps
In partnership with the European Commission
With its spruce, larch and cedar, the Alps region is one of the most wooded in France. Fourteen years ago, the local timber sector decided to pull together and face up to more competitive offers from forests in Germany and Austria, the Nordics and Eastern Europe. A new label was born.
Smart Regions
Beech Power: the project protecting Europe's native forests
In partnership with the European Commission
Europe’s ancient Beech forests are one of the best natural resources we have when it comes to tackling climate change, but they also face a combination of threats. An EU project has made it a priority to preserve what's left.
We’ll be seeing what’s being done to preserve these precious ecosystems?
