PACTORES 3rd General Assembly
The third general assembly of PACTORES took place in Medenine, Tunisia, hosted by our colleagues of the IRA (Arid Regions Institute) at their premises on [...]
Can extensive livestock mitigate climate change? This video explains how!
Extensive livestock management may be a strategy to mitigate climate change, as it contributes to social cohesion and economic development in rural areas. The practice [...]
Surveys on financial dimensions of small livestock farms
Last October, the CREDA team was in the Spanish case study area in the Pallars county undertaking a survey to obtain data about the financial [...]
Return of results to the local population interviewed in the Spanish case study
After completion of the fieldwork conducted last year (2018) in the Spanish case study region (El Pallars), involving in-depth interviews of 100 extensive livestock farmers, [...]
Focus groups for the PACTORES project held in Pallars Sobirà and Jussà: Issues in the commercialization of meat from extensive farming practices
This week, as part of the PACTORES project, we visited Pallars Sobirà and Jussà to present results of the project relating to the typology of [...]
Article supporting pastoralism published in Spanish news source ‘El Diario’
The Spanish digital newspaper El Diario has published an article entitled "Bet on Pastoralism for Preventing Forest Fires," which was written by a consortium of researchers [...]
Pastoralism and PES schemes: Synergies and shortcomings
As we increasingly realize the essentiality of the myriad integral services provided by natural ecosystems, payments for ecosystem services (PES) are garnering attention as a [...]
Video: Benefits of extensive livestock farming in silvopastoral systems
PACTORES is pleased to share this video by Alfonso San Miguel (Professor at the Forestry School, Polytechnic University of Madrid), which discusses the mutually beneficial [...]
PACTORES 2nd general assembly celebrated in Turkey
The 2nd general assembly of PACTORES took place in Antalya, Turkey at the premises of the Turkish Forest Service on the 25th and 26th of [...]
2nd general assembly to take place October 25-26 in Antalya, Turkey
The second general assembly of the PACTORES project will take place in Antalya, Turkey on the 25th and 26th of October. The meeting is organized [...]