Line of action:

Drivers of biodiversity loss

Status:

En ejecución

Execution date:

2023

Total budget:

125.100 €

Amount of aid from the Biodiversity Foundation:

87.570 €

Snow tourism is one of the most sensitive to weather changes.The current increase in temperature, the change in precipitation patterns, the reduction of precipitation and snow cover thickness, or soil erosion and tree line retraction are already negatively impacting the length of the ski season and the reduction of skiable areas.

All this threatens the viability and sustainability of a sector that plays a decisive role as a source of income for a large part of the Aragonese Pyrenees. Therefore, mountain ecosystems must urgently adapt to this crisis to ensure the viability of their economic and social development.

The main objective is to generate alternatives for adaptation to climate change in mountain ecosystems dependent on snow tourism that improve the resilience of the territory and social cohesion.

Specific goals include:

• To increase knowledge on the impacts of climate change on mountain ecosystems and its specific effects on the snow tourism sector in order to facilitate initial diagnosis and decision making by the agents involved.
• Identify the needs, interests and priorities of the different stakeholders in the Aragonese Pyrenees, reinforce their knowledge of the risks and impacts of climate change on the sector and strengthen their capacity to analyze resilient action alternatives.
• Promote the prevention of social conflicts in mountain areas through the dissemination of information and awareness processes that allow for the resilient development of the snow sector.

• Mapping of existing studies and projections on the impact of climate change on the snow tourism model.
• Conducting consultations and research meetings with experts to diagnose climate risks and feasibility of alternatives.
• Identification of actions and best practices that promote the environmental and socioeconomic resilience of mountain ecosystems.
• Social perception study for a specific case in the Aragonese Pyrenees and elaboration of a stakeholder map and conflict matrix in relation to the snow tourism sector.
• Planning of a climate diagnostic model and development of a form to analyze the resilience of new tourism projects.
• Start up of working groups to consolidate the climate diagnosis tool and analyze the alternatives for action in relation to current and projected infrastructures.
• Development of a web section (mini-site) to publish project information, be the space to promote participation and the dissemination channel.
• Publication on the project’s web section (mini-site) of a toolbox to strengthen social cohesion and resilience of territories dependent on snow tourism.
• Development of two public events: return of the results of the social perception study and presentation of the diagnosis and conclusions.
• Development of a digital marketing campaign to communicate the different results of the project, disseminating and making visible the main conclusions of each of the activities carried out.