Welcome to Euromontana’s mountain good practices database!
Here you will find a range of past and ongoing initiatives that are inspiring to drive change in the mountains! The database includes practices from all over Europe, covering a wide range of topics and using a variety of funding instruments. If you are leading sustainable development in your mountain community, you can also submit your own good practice! For any questions or requests, please contact communication@euromontana.org.
Market valuation and compensation of ecosystem services provided by Upper Austrian livestock farmers
With a view to better remunerating mountain farmers, the project has helped to quantify the ecosystem services provided by mountain livestock farmers in Upper Austria and the associated provision costs but also to identify interesting solutions for remunerating these services.
In response to the poor condition of Basque grasslands, the OREKA MENDIAN project aimed to develop a joint management strategy for mountain pastures in the 15 Natura 2000 sites in Euskadi and the 8 sites in Iparralde.
Orexa has made energy an essential part of its local development strategy to ensure its own energy sovereignty. The energy community has smartly combined legal and technical solutions to ensure local production and consumption of energy.
The tourism sector is facing escalating challenges linked to climate change. Launched in 2021, the Plan for the Future of Mountains is a large-scale public policy aimed at supporting mountain areas in the green transition of the tourism sector.
Polish State Forests have been active in adapting to climate change by maintaining and strengthening the water storage capacity of mountain forests using Cohesion Policy funds.
The ASCENT project has sought to implement solutions that respect local traditions and practices regarding tourism.
Local Gastronomic Points were created in 2019 by the Romanian Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, with the aim of promoting rural tourism and regional gastronomy as part of the country’s cultural heritage.
The province of Teruel has carried out actions to preserve an ancient cultural route and improve coordination between administrative bodies, with the aim of promoting this route as part of a single tourist offer.
The actions carried out have made it possible to take advantage of cross-border cooperation and neighbouring skills to support the development of the regional timber value chain and the mountain sector.