The research team Socio-Ecological Systems, Landscape and Local Development (ADAPTA) is a transdisciplinary team focussing principally on environmental research for immediate application of ecological science, anthropology, geography and landscape architecture, considering the environmental challenges that current Global Change (climatic and socioeconomic) poses. The team adapts and applies scientific and technical studies to the current needs of planning and management of cultural landscapes and socio-ecosystems. The researchers are collaborating in common studies, projects and publications developed by (1) the Dept. of Ecology of the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, UCM, (2) the Dept. of Human Geography of the above mentioned university, (3) the Dept. of Ecology of the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, UAM, (4) the Institute of Social and Political Sciences of the Universidad de La Laguna, ULL, (5) the School of Architecture of the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, UPM, and (6) the School of Technical Engineering of the latter university.