LATRANSHUMANCEWILL SAVE THE WORLD

LAMANTERA is part of a larger picture involving the pastoral tradition of transhumance. It aims to create a sustainable circular economy that helps breeders and shepherd to preserve and keep practicing a tradition of incredible value for all human kind.

Grazing livestoks not only preserve tradition and biodiversity, it also avoid the abondonment of mountains and the related environmental risks

UNESCO HERITAGE

In 2019 transhumance gained its spot in the UNESCO Heritage List as a valuable practice shared by many cultures and territories.

It is one of the most ancient, sustainable and efficient ways of breeding animals. Besides taking care of the sheeps it includes managing grazing lands, mountain woods and lagoons.

Sheperds who practice transhumance have a deep knowledre of the mountains, their resources and respect their natural balance. They also preserve it, in the interest of their work, of community living in the mountains and actually all of us.

TRANSHUMANCE, WHAT ABOUT IT?

Transhumance is the practice of seasonally moving livestocks from one place to another with the aim of following best temperature and greener lands.

It is in use since the ancient times among the Italian regions of Lazio, Abruzzo, Molise, Puglia, Basilicata and Campania. Those areas are infact crossed by tratturi which were buildt by ancient Romans and were basically sheep’s highways.

Those rural routes cover a surface of more than 200km connecting various areas and allowing a safe passage fot the sheeps.

Originally transhumance was horizontal, meaning the flocks were moving from north to south territories. Today the most common is the vertical one, meaning the flocks move from low altitude to a higher one, sometimes over 2000m a.s.l.

There our sheeps can spend the summer enjoing green grass and refreshing breeze.

Mantera is a dialect word from the Italian region of Abruzzo. It indicates the traditional wool cape shepherds used to wear to protect themselves from the very cold winters of Abruzzo’s mountains.

Our sheeps born, grow and graze on the green mountains of Appennino Abruzzese, surrounded by the uncontaminated nature of our National Parks.

One of the most ancient, sustainable and efficient ways of breeding animals. Besides taking care of the sheeps it includes managing grazing lands, mountain woods and lagoons.

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