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Discovering Europe's Last Hunter-Gatherers
A chance discovery led to evidence of a vanished people - and the epic sea voyages they were never supposed to have undertaken.
Gongolaria barbata, the Golden pine seaweed: a paradigm example of the complexity of marine forest management along the French Mediterranean coast.
Authors: Aurélie Blanfuné, Charles-François Boudouresque, Marc Verlaque & Thierry Thibaut
Barriers and opportunities for resilient and sustainable urban forests
Urban forests mitigate rising temperatures in cities but face climate change related challenges. Four key barriers stand in the way of achieving resilient urban forests: species selection, tree supply, tree life cycle (establishment and maintenance, including irrigation), and community engagement.
