CONSERVATION AND MAINTENANCE PRACTICES OF MOUNTAIN

ENHANCEMENT OF LOCAL HABITATS AND ECOSYSTEMS THROUGH THE TRADITIONAL DRY STONE TECHNIQUE AS A TOOL FOR SAFEGUARDING AND CUSTODY OF THE TERRITORY. THIS ANCESTRAL CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUE, DECLARED INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE OF HUMANITY BY UNESCO, OFFERS THE POSSIBILITY OF REGENERATING TRADITIONAL ECOSYSTEMS AND AT THE SAME TIME, PROVIDE ELEMENTS OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE USE OF LOCAL BUILDING ELEMENTS.LIKEWISE, WITH THE RECOVERY OF THIS TRADITIONAL LANDSCAPE OF THE IBERIAN PENINSULA, IT CONTRIBUTES TO THE FULFILLMENT OF VARIOUS OBJECTIVES OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, INCLUDING THE FIGHT AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE, THE DEPOPULATION OF RURAL AREAS OR THE GENERATION OF LOCAL EMPLOYMENT.LINK OF INTEREST:https://ich.unesco.org/es/RL/conocimientos-y-tecnicas-del-arte-de-construir-muros-en-piedra-seca-01393General objective and meaning of the intervention:1. KNOW THE ANDALUSIAN CULTURE AND TRADITION ASSOCIATED WITH DRY STONE CONSTRUCTION. 2. BUILD, RESTORE AND ADJUST ELEMENTSSTRUCTURAL WITH DRY STONE. 3. PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE ACTIONS TO MAINTAIN FOREST MASSES (OBJECTIVE 15 OF THE SDG)4. KNOW, RAISE AWARENESS AND RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT SUSTAINABLE NATURAL RESOURCES (OBJECTIVE 13 OF THE SDG). 5. PROMOTE ENTREPRENEURSHIPGREEN LINKED TO THE DRY STONE TECHNIQUE.MAIN ACTIVITY:- RESTORATION OF WALLS (RIBAZOS OR BALLASTS) OF CULTIVATION TERRACES WITH THE DRY STONE TECHNIQUE. - RECOVERY OF QUADRANGULAR (SPECIAL) ERA AND CREATION (CONTINUATION) OF NEW ERA FOR THE REALIZATION OF SOCIO-EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES.COMPLEMENTARY ACTIVITIES:- INTERPRETED ROUTES SHORTENED FROM THE ENVIRONMENT (HORNETIS NEST, HAZA MOCHA, LOTRINES...) FOR EVALUATION OF THE TECHNIQUE.- TRAINING ACTIONS TO VALUE THE NATURAL RESOURCES, LINKED TO KNOWLEDGE OF THE GEOLOGICAL AND BIOLOGICAL HERITAGE. - KNOWLEDGE OF TRADITIONAL WORKS AND ACTIVITIES (THRESHING, MOWING, AVENTING,...) LINKED TO THE NATURAL HERITAGE OF SIERRA NEVADA AND THE NACIMIENTO RIVER VALLEY.- REALIZATION OF INTERPRETED ROUTES. - CONSTRUCTION AND PLACEMENT OF NEST-BOXES FOR LOCAL BIRD SPECIES IN THE SURROUNDING PINE FORESTS.