Pastoral commons/ICCAs in the northeastern mountains of Andalusia and processes of Heritagization

There is a growing scientific awareness that pastoral commons are a positive management regime. Nevertheless, these are undergoing swift degradation processes. Our main Hypothesis is that participative processes of Heritagization have important assets that can contribute to solving key problems faced by Mediterranean pastoral commons. The main Goals of this research project are 1.- to understand drivers motivating differences between commons, 2.- to identify natural and cultural values of these, and 3. to seek potentials in favour of such systems in terms of heritagization. To achieve this, we explore three neighboring highland pastoral commons of the north-eastern mountains of Andalusia (Spain), through a transdisciplinary and multisectorial methodology.