Interesting background paper for the International Conference on Forests for Food Security and Nutrition, FAO, Rome, 13–15 May 2013.

The second RSG in Suceava took place on 5 December 2014.

The purpose of the meeting was to disseminate the results from the first period of StarTree data collection and to introduce the in-depth innovation case studies. Seven stakeholders attended representing innovation support, rural communities, forest management and local public authorities.

The second formal meeting of the North Karelia Regional Stakeholder Group will take place on the afternoon of the 24 February 2015 in Joensuu.

The second formal meeting of the West Wales and the Valleys Regional Stakeholder Group will take place on 23 January 2015.

The StarTree project is featured this month on the European Commission's H2020 website.

The second formal meeting of the Bursa Province Regional Stakeholder Group will take place on 12 January 2015.

The 2nd RSG meeting, at the same time the 3rd official meeting of the stakeholder group in Styria, took place in the region "Zirbenland" and kicked off with a brief overview of the past – Harald Vacik summarized recent achievements of the RSG and introduced the plan of the day.

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The second formal meeting of the Styria Regional Stakeholder Group will take place on 12 November 2014.

The 5th StarTree General Meeting takes place in Padova from 28 - 30 October.

Hosted by the University of Padova, project consortium partners will gather to discuss the In-Depth Case Studies, Action Research, Supply Chain Survey and Work Package progress and next steps.

A report will follow the meeting; watch out for live updates on Facebook and Twitter!

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A new cookery book, Cuisine from the Forests, has been published including recipes made with produce grown in sustainably-managed, PEFC-certified forests.

The Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC), Spain, presented the publication in Madrid on 9 October 2014. The book was written in collaboration with top female chef Charo Val using products from sustainably-managed and PEFC-certified forests.

StarTree was featured this week on the euronews channel in their science and technology series Futuris.

The four-minute news item, Picking your moments: the science behind foraging in forests" is featured on euronews along with a shorter piece on Who owns mushrooms in a forest.

The 3rd call for Short Term Scientific Missions (STSMs) under the COST Action European Non-Wood Forest Products Network is now open.

The deadline for applications is 26 September 2014.

Startree attended the Royal Welsh Agricultural Show again this year as part of the Llais y Goedwig stand in the forestry section. It was a chance to meet up with some of our existing stakeholders and make contact with new ones, as well as raising the profile of Startree to a wider audience.

A journalist from euronews will be in Joensuu this week to film a programme on the StarTree project for Futuris. Futuris broadcasts news about the leading scientific & technological research projects in Europe, all produced as video on demand on the euronews multimedia channel.

The second edition of the StarTree Newsletter is now available. Please feel welcome to distribute this link within your networks.

StarTree Newsletter No.2