Nature Policies and Landscape Policies: Towards an Alliance [Paperback]

The book focuses on the relationship between nature conservation policies and landscape policies. This is a relevant subject due to the current need of reviving nature conservation policies, which are today affected by a general effectiveness deficiency. To this end, landscape policies can play a crucial role, bridging nature and culture, fostering more integrated approaches to nature conservation and stimulating the active participation of local communities.

The book gathers reflections, researches and experiences developed on an international level on this subject by experts coming from different international contexts (Europe, U.S.A.), various disciplinary backgrounds (geographers, planners, biologists, historians, jurists, economists, etc.) and several institutional bodies (Universities, administrative bodies, international organizations such as IUCN, EUROPARC Federation, UNESCO, etc.). The overall reflections gathered in the book - which is divided in three main sections: regulations and institutional frameworks, policies, actions and tools - combine to suggest innovative visions about the relationships between nature policies and landscape policies.

Introduction.- Part I: New Paradigms.- Nature Conservation and Landscapes: An Introduction to the Issues.- Bringing Together Nature and Culture: Integrating a Landscape Approach in Protected Areas Policy and Practice.-The Place of Protected Areas in the European Landscape: A EUROPARC Federation Perspective.- From Park Centric Conservation to Whole Landscape Conservation in the USA.- Ecological Functions, Biodiversity and Landscape Conservation.- A Territorial Contradiction.- Legal Frameworks for Nature Conservation and Landscape Protection.- Beyond Gardens and Nature Reserves: Contemporaneous Landscapes.- From the Territory to the Landscape: The Image as a Tool for Discovery.- Part II: From Nature to Landscape and Back.- Biosphere Reserves and Protected Areas: A Liaison l#…