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 =====Cultural landscape===== =====Cultural landscape=====
-The terms [[wiki:landscape_management|landscape]] and cultural landscape are often used synonymously. 
  
-According to the [[http://whc.unesco.org/|UNESCO World Heritage Centre]], "[t]he term "cultural landscape" embraces a diversity of manifestations of the interaction between humankind and its natural environment. Cultural landscapes often reflect specific techniques of sustainable land-use, considering the characteristics and limits of the natural environment they are established in, and a specific spiritual relation to nature. Protection of cultural landscapes can contribute to modern techniques of sustainable land-use and can maintain or enhance natural values in the landscape. The continued existence of traditional forms of land-use supports biological diversity in many regions of the world. The protection of traditional cultural landscapes is therefore helpful in maintaining biological diversity."+=== Definition === 
 +According to the [[http://whc.unesco.org/|UNESCO World Heritage Centre]], "[t]he term "cultural landscape" embraces a diversity of manifestations of the interaction between humankind and its natural environment. 
  
 +=== Concept ===
 +Cultural landscapes often reflect specific techniques of sustainable land-use, considering the characteristics and limits of the natural environment they are established in, and a specific spiritual relation to nature. Protection of cultural landscapes can contribute to modern techniques of sustainable land-use and can maintain or enhance natural values in the landscape. The continued existence of traditional forms of land-use supports biological diversity in many regions of the world. The protection of traditional cultural landscapes is therefore helpful in maintaining [[biodiversity|biological diversity]]." The terms [[wiki:landscape_management|landscape]] and cultural landscape are often used synonymously.
 Source: [[http://whc.unesco.org/en/culturallandscape/#1|UNESCO World Heritage Council]] Source: [[http://whc.unesco.org/en/culturallandscape/#1|UNESCO World Heritage Council]]
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 +=== Projects ===
 +[[Alphouse]], [[Capacities]], [[Visible]]
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 +=== See also ===
 +[[wiki:glossary|Glossary]]
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 +~~DISCUSSION~~
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 +{{tag>"landscape" "ecosystem services" "urban development" "rural development" "territorial development"}}
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