Characterization of forestry management and socio-economic boost in mountain areas by means of a communal herd in a digital environment (OVIHUEC.DAT).
PRTR Call for Proposals Project
The OVIHUEC.DAT project addresses the creation of a herd of small ruminants in extensive public ownership in Vilamòs that can help to manage the forest mass that has grown uncontrollably in recent years due to the lack of private activity due to the abandonment of this type of activities. The project aims to provide a sustainable model of approach to this problem, generating the necessary information so that it can be replicated in other areas and not only serve to reduce the risk of fires, but also to reverse depopulation in rural areas and do so in a way that promotes biodiversity.
Line of action:
Terrestrial ecosystemsStatus:
En ejecuciónLocation:
Lleida (Catalonia) and Asturias (Principality of Asturias)Geographic scope:
EspañaExecution date:
2024Duration:
01/01/2024 - 31/12/2025Typology:
Comprehensive mosaic/landscape multifunctionality recovery projectsTotal budget:
2,108,987.09 eurosAmount of aid from the Biodiversity Foundation:
1,998687.07 eurosCREDA
Vilamòs City Council
Aran Council
CTFC
CTIC Foundation
This project integrates the municipality of Vilamòs which, due to the loss of private activity, has seen how the pastures used by livestock have been replaced by tree material, increasing the risk of fires.
The OVIHUEC.DAT project aims to convert this specific area into an agro-livestock area that serves as an incubator of innovation and a testing ground for the sector, that serves to attract future shepherds, that serves to communicate the visitor with these shapers of the landscape and caretakers of the natural environment and that serves to quantify in the form of life cycle, socio-economic impact and on the market, strategies for the introduction of these herds that are sustainable, that favor biodiversity and serve to reverse depopulation in certain environments.
The general objective of the project is to promote sustainable extensive livestock farming, which favors biodiversity and is attractive to new generations, and which not only serves to manage the territory through silvopastoral activity that reduces the risk of fires and cleans up our forests, but also boosts the local economy by reversing the depopulation of our rural and mountain areas. To this end, although most of the actions are carried out in the Vilamòs area, the main objective is to develop an approach model that can be replicated in other areas, obtaining the necessary data to transfer this knowledge to sites with similar problems in the future.
- Winter housing for sheep and goat flocks
- Herd health and reproductive purchase and management
- Estimation of grazing consumption and bromatological quality of plants.
- Testing of geolocation collars and virtual fences
- Testing of 3D models for different users
- Livestock protection systems
- Collection of livestock husbandry practices, governance and economic health of farms
- Creation of a test area with a quality training program
- Exchange of experiences among shepherds.
- Product sales, success stories.
- Promotion of products with differentiation of communal and/or public herds
- Mobile milking parlor
- Clearing of undergrowth and creation of a grassland system
- Analysis of the livestock activity on fire risk
- Life cycle analysis
- Impact and benefits on biodiversity
- Legality
- Sustainability
- Communication
Characterization of forestry management and socio-economic boost in mountain areas by means of a communal herd in a digital environment (OVIHUEC.DAT).
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