Biodiversity and Water Cycles

Each species fulfills a function,
improving the ecological functionality of ecosystems and their capacity to manage water. Each function sustains life.

Growing a forest and producing food

Reforesting, producing food, and promoting diversity can form the fundamental bases of the same evolutionary and consolidating system.

Participation and Collective Action

We activate processes that connect administrations, entities, and citizens. Major challenges are better resolved when shared.

Territorial piloting and innovation

We create learning and innovation spaces to provide cross-cutting solutions to current challenges. The future doesn't wait to happen. It's cultivated and thrives.

The territories that prosper are those that cooperate with life.

We accompany local administrations, regional councils, commonwealths, and other public bodies in the design and implementation of initiatives that contribute to biodiversity, food production, citizen participation, and the vitality of the territories.

Public and Local Entities

Who do we address?

· City councils
· County councils
· Decentralized municipal bodies
· Associations of municipalities
· Protected natural areas
· Territorial consortia
· Local development agencies
· Public educational centers
· Administrations with land or spaces available for pilot initiatives

What do we offer to organizations?

We assist administrations and local authorities in the design and implementation of initiatives with ecological, social, and territorial impact.
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Biodiversity, water, and natural spaces

We promote actions aimed at increasing biological diversity, improving the ecological functionality of public spaces and strengthening the capacity of ecosystems to retain, infiltrate and manage water more efficiently.
2

Dryland systems and food resilience

We support the design and implementation of agroforestry systems adapted to the Mediterranean climate that contribute to local food production, soil regeneration, improved water cycles, and the resilience of territories to climate challenges.
3

Citizen participation and territorial governance

We design participatory processes that involve citizens, organizations, producers, educational centers, and local agents in the definition, implementation, and monitoring of shared projects, fostering co-responsibility and territorial embeddedness.
4

Pilot projects and territorial innovation

We develop demonstrative initiatives that allow us to experiment with new ways of managing the territory, generate collective learning, and inspire public policies adapted to the needs of each local reality.

Mieres ReGenera

First pilot project in Catalonia that explores the application of dryland syntropic agroforestry through a collaboration between local administration, rural properties, organizations, and citizens.

Success story

Restoring ecosystems with rainfed food production systems, increasing biodiversity, and fostering citizen participation in the village of Mieres, Garrotxa (Participatory Budgets 2024-2025)
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Implementation of actions aimed at improving local water cycles

Increasing soil cover and forest management, biomass input, and moisture retention capacity. We plant water. More than 150 hours of training, fieldwork, technical monitoring, and participatory activities developed throughout the project.
2

Recovery of traditional fruit varieties

Adapted to the context of La Garrotxa, including apple, pear, plum, quince, fig, pomegranate, peach trees, and other local varieties of heritage interest. Also producing an increase in the ecological heterogeneity of the spaces and territory.
3

First pilot project in Catalonia: Two consolidated pilot farms

Explore the application of dryland syntropic agroforestry through a collaboration between local administration, rural properties, organizations, and citizens. Cal Tut and La Pomareda, demonstrative plots for learning, applied research, and knowledge transfer.
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More than 3,500 endemic units

Incorporated into syntropic agroforestry systems adapted to dryland conditions. Over 55 different species and varieties introduced, combining traditional fruit trees, native forest species, aromatic plants, medicinal plants, and ecological support species.

What benefits can it generate for your municipality?

  • Recovery and activation of underutilized spaces.

  • Increase in biodiversity and ecological connectivity.

  • Improvement of local water cycles.

  • Driving more resilient local food systems.

  • Active citizen participation in tangible projects.

  • Generation of new educational and demonstrative spaces.

  • Revitalizing rural areas and strengthening the sense of belonging.

  • Creation of pilot projects capable of attracting public and private funding.

Frequently Asked Questions

How does the process work?

Biodiversity projects, syntropic agroforestry, environmental education, participatory processes, citizen participation, shared custody, local food production, rural revitalization, women's leadership, and territorial innovation.

Yes. A significant part of our experience is linked to rural municipalities and low-density population areas.

Yes. We collaborate in the conceptualization, development, and implementation of projects, related to our statutes, that are eligible for public or private funding.

Yes. We organize workshops, training, open days, educational activities, volunteer work, and participatory processes.

Yes. We accompany the entire process, from initial diagnosis to implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of results.

Dryland agroforestry systems contribute to improving water infiltration, increasing vegetation cover, reducing erosion, and enhancing the soil's capacity to retain moisture. Furthermore, they allow for the diversification of food production and increase the resilience of territories against increasingly frequent drought episodes in the Girona regions.

Through pilot projects, participatory processes, and alliances with organizations, educational centers, landowners, and citizens, it is possible to transform municipal spaces into territorial laboratories focused on biodiversity, environmental education, food production, or community cohesion. Our goal is to generate the maximum ecological and social impact by leveraging existing resources and identifying complementary funding opportunities.

Beyond environmental benefits, these projects can strengthen local identity, create new spaces for citizen participation, revitalize rural areas, attract external collaborations, and position the municipality as a benchmark in territorial innovation. When biodiversity, food, education, and community converge in a single project, the benefits extend far beyond the physical space where the intervention takes place.

We turn territorial challenges into opportunities

We develop projects for the future of the territory
We assist local councils and entities in designing and implementing initiatives that connect biodiversity, food, citizen participation, and rural development. Contact us!

Life consolidates when bonds are strengthened

We invite you to experience it firsthand

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