Sustainable Futures for Europe's Heritage in Cultural Landscapes: Applying a landscape approach to land-use science and policy

Marie-Alice BUDNIOK, ELO

What is a (cultural) landscape?

• Scale: “Exactly the right scale for sustainability” (Forman, 1995)

• System: Spatial social-ecological system delivering a range of ecosystem services to society (Termorshuizen & Opdam, 2009)

• Approach: Tools / concepts to achieve joint social, economic and environmental objectives in landscapes where productive land uses compete with environmental goals (Sayer et al. 2013)

HERCULES seeks to empower public and private actors to protect and sustainably manage cultural landscapes that possess significant cultural, socio-economic, historical, natural and archaeological value, at a local, national and Pan-European level.

HERCULES Vision

HERCULES Consortium

HERCULES brings together 13 partners representing European universities, research institutes, enterprises and non-governmental organisations, all being dedicated to landscape science and practice

• University of Copenhagen (DK)

• Humboldt-Universität Berlin (DE)

• ALTICIME - Innovation Management and Environment Consulting (FR)

• European Landowners' Organization (EU)

• NORDECO (DK)

• Landscape Research Group (UK)

• Sinergise (SI)

• VU University Amsterdam (NL)

• Swiss Fed. Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (CH)

• University of Freiburg (DE)

• Tallinn University (EE)

• The University of the Aegean (GR)

• Uppsala University (SE) Photo: Steven Shuttleworth

Final Conference aims 4/10/2016

• To present and discuss recent progress toward an understanding of the dynamics and values of cultural landscapes in Europe

• To explore the perspectives for mainstreaming a landscape approach into EU and other public policies

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• Further information

• www.hercules-landscapes.eu

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