An overview of sustainable practices for the management of mountain grasslands in Europe – policy report

Euromontana is publishing in the framework of the Oreka Mendian project a policy report on pastoralism in Europe. Opened by Herbert Dorfmann, Member of the European Parliament, the report examines the current state of mountain grasslands across Europe and provides a set of practices and recommendations that can ensure the environmental, economic, and social sustainability of this habitat.

Oreka Mendian is a LIFE project (2016-2022) aiming at developing a preservation strategy for mountain grasslands in the Basque Country (France & Spain). Euromontana is responsible for the actions related to the collection of good practices as well as with policy recommendations and dissemination at European level.

The report includes:

• An overview of the state of mountain grasslands in Europe (conservation status, provision of ecosystem services etc.)
• An analysis of policies supporting pastoralism in different European countries and at European Union level.
• Policy recommendations to better support pastoralism and pastoralists, enhance the ecosystems services provided by grazing, valorise mountain products and raise awareness among the wider society of the specificities of pastoralism.