Operational Group: Approximation of the productivity of grazing areas from a multifunctional perspective: forestry management, livestock management, habitat management and fire prevention

The creation of this Operational Group has made it possible to design a working methodology for assessing the productivity of pasture areas, integrating livestock management, forestry, habitat conservation, and fire prevention. It is being developed in three different areas (Montnegre-Corredor Massif, Lluçanès, and Sierra de Bellmunt) to address a wider variety of situations and make it more easily replicable. The project methodology is based on the following steps: - Definition of the needs and limitations of the four different perspectives, translating them into indicators that can be easily assessed during the pilot tests. - Determination of priority areas for each of the perspectives and their overlaps. - Definition of two types of livestock management to be evaluated, which are either representative of the various areas of action or innovative. - The steps for defining pilot areas have been determined. - Establishment of the criteria to be taken into account for the development of these tests. These steps allow for pilot testing to assess the various types of management in priority areas from a livestock, forestry, fire prevention, and habitat conservation perspective. Based on this assessment, various management scenarios and improvement proposals will be developed to determine the optimal models from all four perspectives.