To achieve these objectives, the ResAlliance has set up two interactive multi-stakeholder structures at two levels: the LandNet and the LandLabs.
The LandNet is a Mediterranean thematic network on landscape resilience for forestry and agriculture. By engaging and training farmers, foresters and other key stakeholders from the Mediterranean region, the LandNet will continuously identify new collaborations and networks to improve and increase knowledge and good practices, and provide a wide range of easily accessible materials.
As part of the LandNet, ResAlliance has facilitated a Mediterranean-wide online survey to assess the needs, barriers, gaps and challenges for implementing landscape resilience in the forest and agriculture sectors. This list of needs, barriers, gaps and challenges allowed to better identify the main problems to be solved and to guide the consortium towards the collection of best practices that are of main interest to stakeholders but not sufficiently known or used by practitioners. This search for best practices is not only carried out by the members of the consortium: any actor can submit his/her own best practices through an open call. These best practices will be published in a collection of factsheets (2 pages long) and research abstracts (4 pages long), of which 80 and 40 respectively will be made available to practitioners.
While the LandNet activities are mainly online, the second structure that has been established is the LandLabs. The LandLabs are a regional subset of the LandNet to support knowledge transfer and activate regional landscape resilience solutions in five different Mediterranean countries: Northern Portugal, Catalonia (in Spain), Sardinia (in Italy), Peloponnese (in Greece) and Cyprus. These regions were chosen because they share the threats posed by typical Mediterranean hazards exacerbated by climate change, in particular forest fires and droughts. At the same time, each country has specific social needs and agricultural and forestry challenges that require tailored solutions.
The LandLabs have met twice: once to explore the key landscape resilience needs and challenges in their respective regions, and again to discuss with experts from other LandLab regions how to apply practices and solutions from other LandLab regions to address their own regional resilience challenges.
Other activities planned for the second half of the project include dissemination events at national fairs and exhibitions, field visits to success stories, best practice showrooms and Mediterranean-wide information sessions on how to improve landscape resilience.
