20/01/2010A study by the governmental agency Natural England on the cultural benefits and experiential qualities that landscapes bring to society, such as spiritual enrichment, cognitive development, reflection and a esthetic enjoyment.
20/01/2010The legislative text of the Legislative Assembly of the Italian administrative region of Emilia-Romagna, approved 30 November 2009, with respect to landscape protection and improvement.
03/12/2009This study was carried out by the Rural World Foundation (Fundació del Món Rural) on the relationship of coexistence and compatibility between protected areas and the rural world and the agrarian activities that have sustained and continue to sustain it.
18/06/2009A basic manual for preparing studies on the population's perception of the landscape, carried out by Landscape Alliance Ireland with the collaboration of the Heritage Council, published in 2008.
20/04/2009Document containing the foundations, criteria, goals and basic lines of action which define the landscape strategy or plan for the island of Mallorca, promoted by the Council of Mallorca.
05/04/2009A publication edited in 2008 by the French Ministère de l'Écologie, de l'Énergie, du Dévelopement Durable et de l'Aménagement du Territoire, which presents the method used by the Observatoire Photographique du Paysage in observing, understanding and analysing the diversity and evolution of French landscape.
05/03/2009A video of the appearance of the technical coordinator of the Landscape Observatory of Catalonia in the ordinary session of the Commission of Town and Country Planning on December 3rd 2008, in relation to the Bill for improving estates with urban shortcomings.
28/01/2009Report from the Swedish National Heritage Board commissioned by the Swedish government analysing the present institutional and competence framework in regard to the landscape in Sweden and making a proposal for the implementation of the European Landscape Convention in this state.
04/11/2008Dossier of the Revista de Girona corresponding to No. 250 ('The power of the landscape' September-October 2008). This dossier, coordinated by Anna Ribas, geographer of the University of Girona, places special emphasis on the work for the development of the Landscape Catalogue of the Regions of Girona and the Landscape Charter of the Valley of Camprodon, among others initiatives in the field of landscape planning and education.
08/10/2008Recommendation of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, adopted on the 6th of February 2008, with a series of theoretical, methodological and practical guidelines for the implementation of the European Landscape Convention.
04/09/2008Collection of nine features published in the newspaper La Vanguardia from 5th July to 30rd August 2008 under the general title "Paisajes amenazados" (Threatened landscapes) and written by the journalist Rosa M. Bosch. The series present nine landscapes corresponding to different locations in Spain which are subjected to interventions that may threaten their own nature.
07/08/2008Publication by the Landscape Europe association within the frame of the seminar 'Blueprint for Euroscape 2020: Reframing the Future of the European Landscape' (May 2008), offers methodologies and objectives in order for the european landscapes to be taken into consideration within policy agendas.
18/06/2008Video feature with the director of the Landscape Observatory of Catalonia attending the general session of the Catalan Land Policy Committee, held on the 30th of April 2008. The session focused mainly on the bill to amend the Road Act 7/1993, passed on the 30th of September 1993.
30/03/2008Report by the European Environment Agency summarising the results of the PRELUDE project, analysing five different possible scenarios of the use of land in Europe over the next 30 years.
13/03/2008Chapter in number 5 of the journal VIA. Valors, Idees, Actituds (January 2008), published by the Jordi Pujol Study Centre, where Joan Antoni Solans, Ramon Folch, Joan Nogué, Albert Serratosa, Josep Oliva and Albert Vilalta give their answers to the question posed in the title (Looking at the future development of Catalonia, what are the key territorial aspects?). This issue of the journal raises a debate with the participation of more authors around the question of territories in transition.
29/02/2008Publication in the Official State Journal, no. 31 of 05-02-08, of the ratification by the Spanish State of the European Landscape Convention on 6 November 2007. The Convention comes into force on 1 March 2008.
11/02/2008Article by Rosa M. Bosch, published in La Vanguardia on Sunday 30 December 2007, on the value of landscape and its effects on health. The newspaper's editorial that Sunday is attached.
07/01/2008Manifest of the 1st International Conference of the Alliance of Cultural Landscapes which took place at Aranjuez from 13 to 15 December 2007. This declaration is intended to emphasise the challenges in managing the assets declared as World Heritage by UNESCO.
03/12/2007Summary of the thesis by Diego Varga, directed by Josep Vila, of Girona University. The work analyses, quantifies and evaluates the changes in land use and cover suffered during the 20th century in the Hortmoier and Sant Aniol valleys, part of the Alta Garrotxa protected natural area.
08/11/2007A guide prepared by the Government of Quebec for the integration of windmills into the landscape on public lands. It offers guidelines on reducing the impact of wind farms on the landscape and proposes measures for their harmonisation.
20/09/2007Document in the context of the project Countryside Quality Counts, prepared by Natural England, DEFRA (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) and English Heritage. Using a series of indicators the study analyses the ways in which the character of the landscape in the United Kingdom is changing and the implications that this could have in the achievement of sustainable development.
20/06/2007Strategic plan for preservation of the sacred landscape of the Himalaya, set up by the Ministry of Forests and Soil Conservation of the Government of Nepal in 2006. The document gives an approximation to the Himalayan landscapes and establishes the strategies to be followed with a view to making development of the area compatible with the integrity of its sacred landscapes, taking into account the preservation of biodiversity, cultural values and the improvement of subsistence.
23/04/2007Document prepared by Ignacio Español to a commission from the Council of Europe and presented in Strasbourg on the occasion of the Meeting on "The European Landscape Convention", held on 22 and 23 March 2007.
23/02/2007Report by the European Environment Agency (EEA) and the Office for the Official Publications of the European Communities (OOPEC) on the phenomena of urban sprawl in Europe – its causes, its impact on the environment, the economy and society, and potential solutions.
15/01/2007Initiative of the entity Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) to calculate the tranquillity indicator in rural landscapes, based on frequency of visits, traffic passing through, light pollution and acoustic quality.
21/12/2006First Video Clip of the VerdCel music group from Valencia, prepared with video projections of the innovative show PaisViatge created from journeys and thoughts on and around landscape.
03/10/2006Manifesto calling for a new culture in town and country planning in Spain, supported initially by more than a hundred town and country planning experts and currently being considered by various academic institutions, professional associations and individuals with an interest in such matters. It was presented on 8 May at the Círculo de Bellas Artes in Madrid.
04/07/2006Article by Joan Nogué, director of the Landscape Observatory, published in number 8/9 of the magazine Activitat Parlamentària (Parliamentary Activity) of the Ministry of Institutional Relations and Participation of the Government of Catalonia, in which he studies various aspects of landscape in Catalonia and the Landscape Act, and raises challenges for its application.
06/06/2006Extract from research work by Albert Llausàs, directed by Anna Ribas, presented at Girona University on October 2005. This work won the 2006 Lluís Casassas i Simó Prize given by the Catalan Geographical Society.
12/04/2006This is a European research project that analyses the context of Catalonia's landscape administration, with particular emphasis on the landscape policies fostered by the Government of Catalonia (Generalitat de Catalunya) and its implications for other spheres, particularly the environmental sphere. This study is part of a broader study on public administration in environmental fields in which the ICTA and the Center for the Study of the Sciences and the Humanities of Bergen University (Norway) have taken part.
01/03/2006This Manifesto, backed by a group of citizens, calls for rethinking the project for the Segarra - Garrigues Canal (Lleida, Catalonia) in order to preserve and add value to the landscape heritage associated with dry-farming land, to foster the rational use of water, and to make this project, which is of interest to society, economically viable. Signed in Vallbona de les Monges, on 29 May 2004.
13/02/2006Declaration promoted by the World Conservation Union (UICN) and the Fundació Territori i Paisatge. Pallars Sobirà (Catalan Pyrenees), 27th of October 2005.
