12 diciembre 2018

Climate change and the change of land uses are encouraging environmental technicians and public administrations to review and update natural heritage management models. This modernization must be based on traditional knowledge and supported by the application of new technologies (drones, geolocation, internet, gps) that facilitate management and monitoring tasks.
OPEN2PRESERVE is a project in which 13 European entities from Spain, France and Portugal participate and which pursues the preservation of open mountain landscapes of special interest and natural value. They are landscapes that throughout the centuries have been preserved in mosaic thanks to the existence of domestic and wild herbivores.

Led by the Public University of Navarra (UPNA), it is financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and will be developed over the next three years. INTIA participates and collaborates in the project, within the framework of the Agreement with the Department of Rural Development, Environment and Local Administration of the Government of Navarra, for the promotion of R + D + i in the agrarian field.
The project started in 2018 and at the end of September the first “Open2preserve transnational workshop” took place in Orreaga / Roncesvalles (Navarra), where 38 representatives of the thirteen European partner organizations met. This meeting served to plan the eight pilot experiences, which will be carried out with sheep and native equine, in areas of high natural value of the SUDOE region, which includes the Iberian Peninsula (Spain and Portugal) and the south of France.

The article informs about the objectives and first actions of the project.

For more information see this link