The final Session began in Galicia, Spain, with fieldwork in and around Monte Pindo, Trevinca, and Santiago de Compostela. Together with local communities, researchers, and policy actors, we examined territorial dynamics and collaborative knowledge production in mountain regions. Since early July, the work has continued in Geopark Tomar and Serra da Estrela, Portugal, where the last research activities and exchanges are taking place. 27 participants from 14 countries took part in the activities.
The session included a seminar in Tomar and concluded with the project’s Final Meeting in Serra da Estrela, attended by representatives of thirty-five partner institutions. This final session consolidated the scientific and institutional achievements of the R&IS cycle and reinforced the collaborative network established throughout the project. From the Alps to the Andes, mountain regions in Malawi and Vietnam, from the Carpathians to the Pyrenees, HIGHLANDS.3 has demonstrated how mountain regions and local Initiatives can serve as key spaces for rethinking sustainability, governance, and resilience in times of social-ecological transformation.
You can watch the recording of the Final Meeting here (Starts at about 18:20min into the video).
We are very excited to continue this research in the follow-up project.
