Melipasto/Melichloro cheese – a significant element of the intangible heritage of Lemnos
The intangible heritage of our communities and societies contributes a great deal to our culture and identity. The melipasto or melichloro cheese has been an important element of the economy of the island, its gastronomic heritage and the cultural identity of the locals.
What are cultural practices of conservation and what do they look like?
An introduction to some of the traditional practices that shape High Atlas biodiversity and landscapes, maintain a vibrant mosaic of ecosystems and sustain local livelihoods: tawala n anrar, astour, tiwizi, and more!
Celebrating Mediterranean biodiversity and culture with the #MedStoryPrize
It’s been an exciting few months since the start of #RootedEveryday, a recently launched campaign aimed at raising awareness about the value of biodiversity and traditional practices in the Mediterranean.
Transhumance in Spain: a new agreement
Last year, an agreement made with Concejo de la Mesta Association facilitated more access to public land, thus allowing 1,500 sheep and goats to migrate from the dehesas in Guadarrama Regional Park in Madrid to the mountains of Picos de Europa National Park in León.
Women driving rural transformation in the Spanish Dehesas
Women in Spanish dehesas play an important role in reviving and maintaining cultural practices beneficial for nature, regional identity and local economies.
Knowledge and monitoring of biodiversity
Humans have inhabited and shaped Mediterranean landscapes for millennia, developing mutual relationships between themselves and the environment. But, how can we prove that some cultural practices are beneficial for biodiversity?
Life in the “Mandra”, past, present and future
On Lemnos Island, life in rural areas was centred for centuries around “mandras”, a system of buildings constructed around pens, which served agricultural, stock-breeding and everyday needs. The majority of people on the island lived off their land as both farmers and stock breeders. Mandras served their unique way of life.
The forest and landscape restoration approach to managing the Shouf Biosphere Reserve
Declared a nature reserve in 1996, less than 10 years later it was gazetted a biosphere reserve with the name Shouf Biosphere Reserve (SBR), in July 2005. With an area of approximately 50,000 hectares—or 5% of the total area of Lebanon—SBR includes, in addition to Al-Shouf Cedar Nature Reserve, 22 surrounding villages and Ammiq Wetland, a Ramsar site and one of the last remaining wetlands in the Middle East.
Stories of flesh and bones
How can stories help us? Maybe because they give us life. They bring us flesh and bones (and we humans need that). They remind us of older times.
Writing the High Atlas: immortalizing a place
When Barb Mackraz from the Moroccan library project first told me about the competition that Rood Everyday Mediterranean short story was about to launch, I agreed to be part of the project without hesitation because it touches me a lot, and I believe that writing is an amazing tool to change the world.
Melipasto/Melichloro cheese – a significant element of the intangible heritage of Lemnos
The intangible heritage of our communities and societies contributes a great deal to our culture and identity. The melipasto or melichloro cheese has been an important element of the economy of the island, its gastronomic heritage and the cultural identity of the locals.
What are cultural practices of conservation and what do they look like?
An introduction to some of the traditional practices that shape High Atlas biodiversity and landscapes, maintain a vibrant mosaic of ecosystems and sustain local livelihoods: tawala n anrar, astour, tiwizi, and more!
Celebrating Mediterranean biodiversity and culture with the #MedStoryPrize
It’s been an exciting few months since the start of #RootedEveryday, a recently launched campaign aimed at raising awareness about the value of biodiversity and traditional practices in the Mediterranean.
Transhumance in Spain: a new agreement
Last year, an agreement made with Concejo de la Mesta Association facilitated more access to public land, thus allowing 1,500 sheep and goats to migrate from the dehesas in Guadarrama Regional Park in Madrid to the mountains of Picos de Europa National Park in León.
Women driving rural transformation in the Spanish Dehesas
Women in Spanish dehesas play an important role in reviving and maintaining cultural practices beneficial for nature, regional identity and local economies.
Knowledge and monitoring of biodiversity
Humans have inhabited and shaped Mediterranean landscapes for millennia, developing mutual relationships between themselves and the environment. But, how can we prove that some cultural practices are beneficial for biodiversity?
Life in the “Mandra”, past, present and future
On Lemnos Island, life in rural areas was centred for centuries around “mandras”, a system of buildings constructed around pens, which served agricultural, stock-breeding and everyday needs. The majority of people on the island lived off their land as both farmers and stock breeders. Mandras served their unique way of life.
The forest and landscape restoration approach to managing the Shouf Biosphere Reserve
Declared a nature reserve in 1996, less than 10 years later it was gazetted a biosphere reserve with the name Shouf Biosphere Reserve (SBR), in July 2005. With an area of approximately 50,000 hectares—or 5% of the total area of Lebanon—SBR includes, in addition to Al-Shouf Cedar Nature Reserve, 22 surrounding villages and Ammiq Wetland, a Ramsar site and one of the last remaining wetlands in the Middle East.
Stories of flesh and bones
How can stories help us? Maybe because they give us life. They bring us flesh and bones (and we humans need that). They remind us of older times.
Writing the High Atlas: immortalizing a place
When Barb Mackraz from the Moroccan library project first told me about the competition that Rood Everyday Mediterranean short story was about to launch, I agreed to be part of the project without hesitation because it touches me a lot, and I believe that writing is an amazing tool to change the world.
