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A Step Forward
intelligently as possible, building on our knowledge of the environment and with full
respect for natural processes.
The underwater landscape must therefore be tackled by both hard and soft science, since it is of public interest, at ecological, environmental, cultural, social and
economic levels. From time immemorial, writers, poets, artists, photographers and
musicians have found inspiration in the formidable wealth of natural, cultural and
landscape resources that these areas form. We must now further our knowledge and
recognition of them.
The European Landscape Convention stipulates that appropriate protection, management and planning of the landscape can contribute to job creation. We must
therefore promote the marine environment, in accordance with its values and with a
sustainable development approach. The Convention states that we must respond to
the public’s wish to enjoy high quality landscapes and play an active part in their
development.
The Parties to the Convention therefore undertake to protect, manage and/or plan
their landscapes by adopting both general and specific measures. They undertake to:
• define and implement landscape policies aimed at landscape protection, management and planning;
• establish procedures for the participation of the general public, local and regional
authorities, and other parties with an interest in the definition and implementation
of landscape policies;
• integrate landscape into regional and town planning policies and into cultural,
environmental, agricultural, social and economic policies, as well as any other
policies with possible direct or indirect impact on landscape.
The Parties further undertake to promote landscape awareness, training and education, identification and assessment, as well as the definition of landscape quality
objectives and landscape policy implementation.
Awareness must be raised in civil society, private organisations and public authorities of the value of landscapes, and their role and changes; photography competitions
are in this respect particularly useful. The Parties are required to promote training
for specialists in landscape appraisal and operations; multidisciplinary training programmes in landscape policy, protection, management and planning for professionals
in the private and public sectors and for other interested organisations; and school and
university courses which, in the relevant subject areas, address the values attaching
to landscapes and the issues raised by their protection, management and planning.
The attention of future generations must also be drawn to the value of the marine
environment. The relevant players must be involved with a view to improving knowledge of landscapes and landscape identification and assessment procedures must be
guided by sharing experience and methodologies. Landscape quality objectives must
be determined for the landscapes identified and assessed, after consulting the public.
Lastly, instruments aimed at protecting, managing and/or planning the landscape
must be introduced.
A Step Forward
intelligently as possible, building on our knowledge of the environment and with full
respect for natural processes.
The underwater landscape must therefore be tackled by both hard and soft science, since it is of public interest, at ecological, environmental, cultural, social and
economic levels. From time immemorial, writers, poets, artists, photographers and
musicians have found inspiration in the formidable wealth of natural, cultural and
landscape resources that these areas form. We must now further our knowledge and
recognition of them.
The European Landscape Convention stipulates that appropriate protection, management and planning of the landscape can contribute to job creation. We must
therefore promote the marine environment, in accordance with its values and with a
sustainable development approach. The Convention states that we must respond to
the public’s wish to enjoy high quality landscapes and play an active part in their
development.
The Parties to the Convention therefore undertake to protect, manage and/or plan
their landscapes by adopting both general and specific measures. They undertake to:
• define and implement landscape policies aimed at landscape protection, management and planning;
• establish procedures for the participation of the general public, local and regional
authorities, and other parties with an interest in the definition and implementation
of landscape policies;
• integrate landscape into regional and town planning policies and into cultural,
environmental, agricultural, social and economic policies, as well as any other
policies with possible direct or indirect impact on landscape.
The Parties further undertake to promote landscape awareness, training and education, identification and assessment, as well as the definition of landscape quality
objectives and landscape policy implementation.
Awareness must be raised in civil society, private organisations and public authorities of the value of landscapes, and their role and changes; photography competitions
are in this respect particularly useful. The Parties are required to promote training
for specialists in landscape appraisal and operations; multidisciplinary training programmes in landscape policy, protection, management and planning for professionals
in the private and public sectors and for other interested organisations; and school and
university courses which, in the relevant subject areas, address the values attaching
to landscapes and the issues raised by their protection, management and planning.
The attention of future generations must also be drawn to the value of the marine
environment. The relevant players must be involved with a view to improving knowledge of landscapes and landscape identification and assessment procedures must be
guided by sharing experience and methodologies. Landscape quality objectives must
be determined for the landscapes identified and assessed, after consulting the public.
Lastly, instruments aimed at protecting, managing and/or planning the landscape
must be introduced.