Muga Valley

Creating a living system for a regenerative society.

The Muga Valley is situated in the North East of Spain, in a 100,000 hectare watershed north of Barcelona. The Muga Watershed is part of a bigger bioregion with three other watersheds: the Fluvia, the Ter, and the Tordera. Together, they form the main source-to-sea water system for the Costa Brava. This bioregion is the working area of the Pioneers of our Time Foundation. The Muga Valley is our home and laboratory, and the Muga Basin is our community of 68 municipalities with whom we collaborate.

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Bio Region

Balearic Sea & West Mediterranean Mixed Forests (PA20)

Threats

Water is the foundation of strong local communities soil fertility, fire safety, jobs and livelihoods. Mediterranean watersheds are among Europe’s most beautiful, and most vulnerable. Years of rural abandonment, biodiversity loss, and climate-driven droughts have left its forests fragile and prone to devastating wildfires and dry rivers.

Method

A Source-to-Sea approach recognises watersheds as shared life-support systems, connecting land, people, and markets. The role of the foundation is to catalyze the transformation. We unite science, finance, public and private stakeholders and community stewardship to restore watersheds, strengthen rural economies, and inspire a new culture of care for the land.

Landscape

The Mediterranean watersheds play a critical role in stabilising Europe’s climate, water, and food systems. When these landscapes degrade, the impacts reach far beyond the region, driving water scarcity, wildfires, extreme weather, and food insecurity across the continent. Healthy forests and soils function as living infrastructure. They store water, cool landscapes, reduce fire risk, and stabilise river flows, supporting agriculture, communities, and coastal economies downstream.

Community

The Muga Watershed bioregion is the working area of the Pioneers of our Time Foundation, the Muga Valley our home and laboratory, and the Muga Basin our community of 68 municipalities with whom we collaborate.

Fun Fact

The Muga Watershed is part of a bigger system that we call the Bioregional Economy consisting of three other watersheds being The Fluvia, The Ter, and the Tordera. Together, they form the main source to sea water system for the Costa Brava.