🐞Our mission is to recognise, promote and sustain practices that maintain these landscapes, underpinned by our belief that nature and culture are profoundly interconnected and together deliver environmental, social and economic benefits to society.

13 organisations their forces in 2017 to collectively conserve the cultural landscapes and practices of the Mediterranean in:
⛰️three mountain/high altitude sites characterised by traditional farming, grazing, agroforestry and water management practices: the High Atlas mountains of Morocco, Shouf Biosphere Reserve, West Bekaa and Mount Lebanon in Lebanon, and the Taurus mountains in Turkey
🏝️two lowland sites characterised by traditional agro-silvo-pastoral systems: the corridor stretching from Extremadura and Córdoba, Spain, to Coruche in Santarém, Portugal, Kroumirie Mogod, Northwestern Tunisia and Livanjsko Polje in Bosnia-Herzegovina
🌾two island sites characterised by a mosaic of traditional farming, livestock breeding and water management: the islands of Lemnos, Greece and Menorca, Spain

🌿 Blending scientific knowledge with traditional ecological knowledge and translating this into action in the field is critical, and collecting regular feedback from the field was also essential.
⛰️ Working in pilot sites, regardless of size, allowed us to prove the validity of our approach and helped us to scale impact significantly.
🏝️ Community-based approaches such as land stewardship, Himas, and Agdals proved to be essential for successful governance, and sharing these approaches amongst partners was a critical part of building capacity.
🦋 Exploring the themes of cultural landscapes and cultural practices provided great opportunities to communicate and address global environmental, social and economic challenges.