Platform BDT

Juntanza at SUS-TER 2025: Weaving Knowledge and Territories

Diversidad y Desarrollo participated in the SUS-TER Totlal Yoltoc 2025 Meeting, connecting knowledge and territories through Juntanza   On November 18, 2025, the SUS-TER Totlal Yoltoc / Incontro SUS-TER UP Meeting took place, held in person in Mexico and broadcast internationally online. This gathering created a space for academic and territorial exchange, bringing together researchers, […]

Ayacucho Breads: A Book that Brings Together Tradition, Innovation, and Territory

Ayacucho bread does more than nourish the body—it also feeds memory, identity, and cultural continuity. Chef and researcher Andrés Ugaz, president of the Patronato por la Cocina del Callao, master baker at Kala Tanta, and director of the consultancy CIT (Cuisine, Identity and Territory), has published the book “Ayacucho Breads: Essays and Testimonies of a […]

International Dialogue Circle: Southern Right Whales Inspiring Tourism Rooted in Territory and Memory

Garopaba, Santa Catarina – August 2025 As part of the celebration of southern right whales along the southern coast of Santa Catarina, Brazil hosted an International Dialogue Circle that brought together voices from Latin America and Europe around a shared vision: Community-Based Tourism (CBT) as a pathway to care for territory, strengthen memory, and shape […]

Tourism with a T for Territory: a new collective journey between Latin America and Europe

  What if tourism could help regenerate territories instead of depleting them? With the purpose of bringing this idea to life, “Tourism with a T for Territory” was born—an international initiative that embraces the transformative power of tourism when it is built from the local level, with identity, and through connections among cultures, people, and […]

Territories in Dialogue: Shared Learnings in Northern Chile

  Between July 20 and 26, Claudia Ranaboldo, coordinator of the Biocultural Diversity and Territories Platform, was part of the team that lived through an intense and enriching experience in the region of Tarapacá, Chile. Invited by the Arturo Prat University (UNAP), she participated as lecturer in the Diploma in Territorial and Community Development, sharing […]

Between Two Waters: Peer-to-Peer Learning Peru–Italy

  Julio López and Josué Abad, artisanal fishermen from El Callao, had the honor of representing Peru at the Terra Madre International Fair, held in the Puglia region of Italy. Through their participation, they shared knowledge, traditions, and experiences with local fishermen and international experts in artisanal fishing, aquaculture, and even bakery.   Promoting the […]

EUniWell – European University for Well-Being 

Advancing Understanding of Well-being Tourism, Drawing Upon the European Biocultural Heritage – 1st WORKSHOP   On 11th October 2021 the University of Florence organized the 1st workshop of the international project EUniWell Advancing Understanding of Well-being Tourism, Drawing Upon the European Biocultural Heritage. The project is led by Linnaeus University (Sweden) and includes University of […]