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Giovanni Fontana Antonelli, Ba/r Landscape Project Defining Landscape Democracy Conference, Oscarsborg, 4 June 2015 The Ba’r Landscape Project as a means of defence of territory and human rights Giovanni Fontana Antonelli

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Giovanni  Fontana  Antonelli,  Ba/r  Landscape  Project  -­‐  Defining  Landscape  Democracy  Conference,  Oscarsborg,  4  June  2015  

The  Ba'r  Landscape  Project  as  a  means  of  defence  of  territory  and  human  rights  

 

Giovanni  Fontana  Antonelli  

1.  LAND…  [  FARMING  METHODS  ]  [  SURVEY  ]  

2.  COMMUNITY…  [  IDENTITY  ]  [  SOCIAL  COHESION  ]  

3.  PARTICIPATION…  [  INCLUSIVENESS  ]  [  PLANNING  ]  

5.  CITIZENSHIP…  [  RESILIENCE  ]  [  L.  DEMOCRACY  ]  

4.  ADVOCACY…  [  PREVENTIVE  ]  [  JUDICIAL  ]  

Scale:

UNESCO RAMALLAH OFFICE in partnership with BATTIR VILLAGE COUNCIL

In cooperation with:THE MINISTRY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT�THE MINISTRY OF TOURISM AND ANTIQUITIESTHE GOVERNORATE OF BETHLEHEM�BATTIR BALADNA (LOCAL COMMUNITY COMMITTEE)

BATTIR LANDSCAPE CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT PLAN

PROJECT COORDINATION AND WORKING TEAM SUPERVISION: Arch. Giovanni Fontana Antonelli

LANDSCAPE SURVEY, GIS MAPPING AND ADVOCACY PLANNING: Arch. Samir Harb Arch. Mohammad Hammash Eng. Hassan Muamer (from February 2010) Arch. Mohammad Abu Hammad (until September 2009)

LANDSCAPE PLANNING SCIENTIFIC ADVISOR: Arch. Pasquale Barone

CONSULTANCY FOR GEOMORPHOLOGICAL ASPECTS: Mr. Francesco Cini

COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION: Dr. Claudia Cancellotti Dr. Patrizia Cirino Dr. Nicola Perugini

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH

2.D

LEGENDA

31 August 2010

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UNESCO Area of Study

BATTIR  OLD  CORE  

RAILWAY  BORDER  OF  STUDY  AREA  

ISRAELI  COLONY  

IRRIGATED  TERRACES  

WADI  MAHROUR  

BATTIR  SPRAWL  ALONG  NEW  ROAD  

BATTIR  LANDSCAPE  PLAN:  MAP  OF  VULNERABILITIES  1  

THREAT  ONE:  SEPARATION  BARRIER  

THREAT  TWO:  COLONIAL  EXPANSION  

1.  LAND…  [  FARMING  METHODS  ]  [  SURVEY  ]  

Ba/r  irrigated  terraces,  Al-­‐Jinan,  in  1892  

The  landscape  analysis  was  based  on  the  Land  Unit  surveying  methodology,  carried  out  through  photo  interpretaaon  and  field  work.  The  study  area  was  divided  into  46  rectangles  subsequently  recomposed  in  a  geo-­‐referenced  sheet  through  GIS  mapping    

Scale:

UNESCO RAMALLAH OFFICE in partnership with BATTIR VILLAGE COUNCIL

In cooperation with:THE MINISTRY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTTHE MINISTRY OF TOURISM AND ANTIQUITIESTHE GOVERNORATE OF BETHLEHEMBATTIR BALADNA (LOCAL COMMUNITY COMMITTEE)

BATTIR LANDSCAPE CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT PLAN

PROJECT COORDINATION AND WORKING TEAM SUPERVISION: Arch. Giovanni Fontana Antonelli

LANDSCAPE SURVEY, GIS MAPPING AND ADVOCACY PLANNING: Arch. Samir Harb Arch. Mohammad Hammash Eng. Hassan Muamer (from February 2010) Arch. Mohammad Abu Hammad (until September 2009)

LANDSCAPE PLANNING SCIENTIFIC ADVISOR: Arch. Pasquale Barone

CONSULTANCY FOR GEOMORPHOLOGICAL ASPECTS: Mr. Francesco Cini

COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION: Dr. Claudia Cancellotti Dr. Patrizia Cirino Dr. Nicola Perugini

MAP OF PREVALENT LAND COVER / LAND USE

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Olive Groves

Orchards

Vegetable Gardens

Vineyard

Crop Fields

Almonds

Green House

Uncultivated Land

Garigue

Maquis on Limestone terrsces (remnants)

Barren land colonized by conifers

Rocky Area

Rock Belts

Dry water course

Historic Core

Cemetery

Urban Sprawl

Urban space

Urban Park

Third Landscape

Excivated land

Dump Yard

Bypass Road

Ottoman-British Railway

Asphalted road

Gravel road

Checkpoint Terminal

New Israeli Generator

LAND  USE  MAP  

2.  COMMUNITY…  [  IDENTITY  ]  [  SOCIAL  COHESION  ]  

‘AIN  AL  BALAD  THE  VILLAGE  WATER  SPRING  WHICH  ORIGINATES  THE  IRRIGATED  TERRACES  

ENVIRONMENTAL  EDUCATION  CAMPAIGNS  FOR  CHILDREN  AND  YOUTH  

LANDSCAPE  RESTORATION:  REHABILITATION  OF  TRAILS  IN  WADI  MAHROUR    

3.  PARTICIPATION…  [  INCLUSIVENESS  ]  [  PLANNING  ]  

Scale:

UNESCO RAMALLAH OFFICE in partnership with BATTIR VILLAGE COUNCIL

In cooperation with:THE MINISTRY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTTHE MINISTRY OF TOURISM AND ANTIQUITIESTHE GOVERNORATE OF BETHLEHEMBATTIR BALADNA (LOCAL COMMUNITY COMMITTEE)

BATTIR LANDSCAPE CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT PLAN

PROJECT COORDINATION AND WORKING TEAM SUPERVISION: Arch. Giovanni Fontana Antonelli

LANDSCAPE SURVEY, GIS MAPPING AND ADVOCACY PLANNING: Arch. Samir Harb Arch. Mohammad Hammash Eng. Hassan Muamer (from February 2010) Arch. Mohammad Abu Hammad (until September 2009)

LANDSCAPE PLANNING SCIENTIFIC ADVISOR: Arch. Pasquale Barone

CONSULTANCY FOR GEOMORPHOLOGICAL ASPECTS: Mr. Francesco Cini

COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION: Dr. Claudia Cancellotti Dr. Patrizia Cirino Dr. Nicola Perugini

MAP OF THE DRY-STONE MASONRY SYSTEM

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Terrace mattress

Dry Stone Masonry Walls

Topography

The  extensive  texture  of  terracing  in  the  Ba/r  area:  545,000  linear  meters  of  dry-­‐stone  walls  in  12  sq.  km  

Valley-­‐bogom  terraces   Irrigated  terraces  

Contour  terraces   Cross-­‐channel  terraces   Relic  terraces  

Enclosed  terraces  

The  diverse  typologies  of  terraces  define  the  landscape  classificaaon  in  land  units  

4.  ADVOCACY…  [  PREVENTIVE  ]  [  JUDICIAL  ]  

PARIS,  UNESCO  HEADQUARTERS  29  MAY  2011  IRINA  BOKOVA,  UNESCO  DG,  AND  AKRAM  BADER,  MAYOR  OF  BATTIR  AT  THE  PRIZE-­‐GIVING  CEREMONY  OF  THE  MELINA  MERCOURI  INTERNATIONAL  PRIZE  

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8  OCTOBER  2013  BATTIR  IS  ON  THE  WORLD  MONUMENTS  WATCH  2014  

20  June  2014,  Doha,  Qatar  –  38^  Session  of  the  World  Heritage  Commigee    

THE  CULTURAL  LANDSCAPE  OF  SOUTHRN  JERUSALEM  -­‐  BATTIR  IS  INSCRIBED  ON  THE  WH  LIST  

5.  CITIZENSHIP…  [  RESILIENCE  ]  [  L.  DEMOCRACY  ]  

SMALL-­‐SCALE  REFORESTATION  ACTIVITIES  ON  UNCULTIVATED  LAND  AS  PREVENTIVE  MEASURE  AGAINST  LAND  CONFISCATION  

4  January  2015,  Jerusalem,  High  Court  of  Jusace  THE  HIGH  COURT  DECIDES  TO  FREEZE  THE  CONSTRUCTION  OF  THE  SEPARATION  BARRIER.  

THE  ISRAELY  ARMY,  IF  KEEPS  ITS  INTENTION  IN  BUILDING  THE  BARRIER,  SHALL  RESTART  THE  PROCEDURE  FROM  SCRATCH