Spanish Pyrenees (Spain)

Spanish Pyrenees (Spain)

STORY MAP Description of the Reference Region The region of Hoya de Huesca is a transition zone between the pre-Pyrenean mountains and the Ebro valley. The Huesca region is located in the so-called “depopulated Spain” (España vaciada). About half of the province’s...
Southern Romanian Carpathian mountains (Romania)

Southern Romanian Carpathian mountains (Romania)

STORY MAP Description of the Reference Region The Southern Romanian Carpathians, also named Transylvanian Alps, are one of the largest wilderness landscapes of Europe’s. The Southern Romanian Carpathians are composed mainly of hard crystalline and volcanic rocks,...
Slovak Carpathian mountains (Slovakia)

Slovak Carpathian mountains (Slovakia)

STORY MAP Description of the Reference Region The Carpathians are an extensive mountain chain in Central and Eastern Europe, a part of the Alpine-Himalayan geological system. Several value chains are linked to the semi-natural habitats, such as cheese and meat, forest...
Sierra Morena (Spain)

Sierra Morena (Spain)

STORY MAP Description of the Reference Region Sierra Morena is located in the south-west of the Iberian Peninsula. It is part of a unique socio-ecosystem and bio-cultural landscape called Dehesa in Spain and Montado in Portugal. Dehesas are multi-functional...
Northern Apennines (Italy)

Northern Apennines (Italy)

STORY MAP Description of the Reference Region The Reference Region (RR) is situated in Apuan Alps, the Northern Apennines (Italy). The Apuan Alps are a very peculiar mountain range and an extraordinary region of natural and cultural heritage in the Mediterranean...