GEOLAND Presentation UN-GGIM
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The document discusses a learning path for students and professors focused on geospatial information and open data for landscape management. It highlights the importance of landscapes in economic, social, ecological, and cultural domains, referencing various international conventions and policies aimed at sustainable landscape management. Additionally, it outlines the goals and outcomes of the GEOLAND project, which includes the development of educational resources and digital tools for landscape education and monitoring.
GEOLAND Presentation UN-GGIM
- 1. A learning path for HE students and professors Rafael de Miguel González, EUROGEO and University of Zaragoza Karl Donert, EUROGEO Luc Zwartjes, EUROGEO and Ghent University
- 2. Geospatial information and open data for landscape monitoring and management From the UN to the Council of Europe Karl Donert, EUROGEO
- 3. Why Landscapes are important? Economic Social/Cultural Ecological Tourism Branding Attracting Investment Attracts Residents Productive Capacity Quality of Life Spiritual Renewal Sense of Place and Identity Cultural Values Historical Linkages Indigenous Habitats Regeneration Conservation Sustainable development
- 4. Monoculture Mixed land use Kremen, C. and Merenlender, A.M., 2018. Landscapes that work for biodiversity and people. Science, 362(6412), p.eaau6020. Biodiversity
- 5. Why Landscape? Preamble of the European Landscape Convention • An important role in the cultural, ecological, environmental and social fields • A resource for economic activity and whose protection, management and planning can contribute to job creation; • Contributes to local cultures and ... is a basic component of the … natural and cultural heritage, contributing to human well-being…;
- 6. • An important part of the quality of life for people everywhere: in urban areas and in the countryside, in degraded areas as well as in areas of high quality, in areas recognised as being of outstanding beauty as well as everyday areas; • A key element of individual and social well-being • Landscape protection, management and planning entail rights and responsibilities for everyone Why Landscape? Preamble of the European Landscape Convention
- 7. Schematic representation of landscape as a social- ecological system (Opdam, 2014)
- 8. UN and landscape policy • Attempts to create new international legal instruments • UNESCO has been the main United Nations organization, included in heritage conservation programmes on urban or rural landscapes • First global legal instrument on “landscape” in 1962, with the UNESCO Recommendation concerning the Safeguarding of Beauty and Character of Landscapes and Sites (UNESCO, 1962)
- 9. UN and landscape policy • 1972 World Heritage Convention which, in its definition of cultural heritage in Article 1, included sites as “works of man or the combined works of nature and man” (UNESCO, 1972) • Cultural landscapes recognised in 1992 • Parallel activity at pan-European level - Council of Europe’s adoption of the European Landscape Convention (Florence, 2000)
- 10. UN and landscape policy • Attempts to establish a Global Landscape Convention • 2011 UNESCO Recommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape adopted • growing interest in a holistic view, global collaboration and integrated approaches in addressing non-sustainable practices • Led to : degradation of ecosystems, controlling urbanization, and reducing over-use of limited land and natural resources
- 11. global ‘call to action’ mobilize political and financial support to restore the world’s deforested and degraded ecosystems https://www.decadeonrestoration.org/
- 15. Landscapes for our future (2020-2026) • Sustainable land management - drought and desertification • integration of several SDGs • pursued through all country/sub-regional activities • countries will develop their own monitoring frameworks, under the overall coordination led by the global component • development of common monitoring tools, indicators and knowledge products
- 16. Landscapes for our future (2020-2026) • Promote integrated landscape approaches. Expected outputs: • scalable pilot initiatives that help conciliate different land uses, foster innovation and lessons learning are field tested and deliver multiple benefits; • improved land governance and management systems for land-related decisions • capacity for sustainable landscape management is enhanced
- 17. Landscapes for our future (2020-2026) Promote approaches for sustainable land management through: • documenting field experience, knowledge generation and sharing • technical advice on integrated sustainable landscape management, • support to coordination, learning lessons, dissemination, communication, and • contribution to international fora and land related policy discussions
- 18. Purpose: to enhance habitat and species connectivity to preserve ecosystems and wildlife corridors that share borders between countries UN Secretary General to report to the General Assembly in two years’ time April 16 2021
- 19. UN FAO’s publication 'Landscapes for life' • vision for SDG integration at the heart of UN FAO’s strategy for sustainable food and agriculture • boosting the efficiency of food systems • conserving natural ecosystems • improving livelihoods and well-being • enhancing resilience, and • promoting good governance https://www.fao.org/land-water/news-archive/news-detail/en/c/1103074/
- 20. Combine works of nature and humankind Relationship between people and their natural environment 121 Cultural Landscapes on World Heritage List
- 21. UN GeoSpatial Blueprint • UNESCO recently joined the European Union (EU) community of scientists and practitioners to develop innovative solutions for strengthening resilience, via ICT platforms. • OPERANDUM Geospatial Information Knowledge Platform (GeoIKP) • RURITAGE rural landscape mapping tool which aims to prove a comprehensive representation of human-landscape interactions • I-REACT project, implements a multi-hazard system with a focus on major climate-induced natural hazards such as floods, fires and extreme weather events. NO LONGER ACTIVE
- 22. OPERANDUM Geospatial Information Knowledge Platform (GeoIKP) https://geoikp.operandum-project.eu/
- 23. RURITAGE: Rural landscape mapping tool https://www.ruritage.eu/
- 24. Protecting the landscape: the European Landscape Convention • First international treaty on Landscape • Covers all aspects when planning European landscapes • Adopted by the Council of Europe, 2000 • Obliges the signatory member countries of EU to incorporate the landscape dimension in their legislation 🡪 policies with possible direct or indirect impact on landscape
- 25. Protecting the landscape: the European Landscape Convention • Covers all landscapes, both outstanding and ordinary or even degraded, that determine the quality of people’s living environment. • Provides a framework for integrated intergovernmental efforts towards the preservation of landscape character and its quality • Challenges traditional ways of perceiving landscape
- 26. Protecting the landscape: the European Landscape Convention • The Council of Europe does not represent the power of a state, but the moral authority of Europe • It doesn’t make or enforce laws, it facilitates conventions • Conventions are meta-laws, which are sets above the laws of the differing states • Implementation of the Convention is harmonised by states within their own policies
- 27. Protecting the landscape: the European Landscape Convention • Landscape becomes a mainstream political concern • The Landscape Convention is a dynamic legal instrument • It defines the meaning of landscape in relation to law and justice • Focuses on the way older ideas of landscape coexist and conflict in modern contexts Olwig, K.R., 2007. The Practice of Landscape ‘Conventions’ and the Just Landscape: The Case of the European Landscape Convention. Landscape Research, 32(5), pp.579-594.
- 28. Protecting the landscape: the European Landscape Convention • Landscape concerns everyone • It lends itself to democratic treatment, particularly at local and regional level • Its protection, management and planning concerns rights and responsibilities for everyone • the people whose daily practices and perceptions shape the social and physical landscape should plan and develop the landscape Olwig, K.R., 2007. The Practice of Landscape ‘Conventions’ and the Just Landscape: The Case of the European Landscape Convention. Landscape Research, 32(5), pp.579-594.
- 29. Protecting the landscape: the European Landscape Convention • Practices shaped by the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities (CLRA) • Aims to ensure the participation of local and regional authorities in the implementation • Result: European Landscape Convention is a tension between region and state, law and convention – supported by Explanatory Reports Olwig, K.R., 2007. The Practice of Landscape ‘Conventions’ and the Just Landscape: The Case of the European Landscape Convention. Landscape Research, 32(5), pp.579-594.
- 30. Protecting the landscape: the European Landscape Convention •Explanatory reports established by a Committee of Experts •Provide links between scientific and technocratic expertise and the subjective opinions of the public •Explanatory reports are not authoritative, the Convention is open to other interpretations Olwig, K.R., 2007. The Practice of Landscape ‘Conventions’ and the Just Landscape: The Case of the European Landscape Convention. Landscape Research, 32(5), pp.579-594.
- 31. Protecting the landscape: the European Landscape Convention Each Party undertakes to increase awareness of the value of landscapes, their role and changes to them, among: •civil society •private organisations and •public authorities Olwig, K.R., 2007. The Practice of Landscape ‘Conventions’ and the Just Landscape: The Case of the European Landscape Convention. Landscape Research, 32(5), pp.579-594.
- 32. Protecting the landscape: the European Landscape Convention The Convention calls for: “multidisciplinary training programmes in landscape policy, protection, management and planning, for professionals in the private and public sectors and for associations concerned” To provide a dynamic means by which the relevant authorities could learn to tackle issues involving landscape quality and the public’s landscape values, and the crucial question of awareness Olwig, K.R., 2007. The Practice of Landscape ‘Conventions’ and the Just Landscape: The Case of the European Landscape Convention. Landscape Research, 32(5), pp.579-594.
- 33. Protecting the landscape: the European Landscape Convention •Campaigns for informing and educating the public, elected representatives and associations about the value of present and future landscapes •Provides the practical framework needed to administer the landscape according to transparent legal principles Olwig, K.R., 2007. The Practice of Landscape ‘Conventions’ and the Just Landscape: The Case of the European Landscape Convention. Landscape Research, 32(5), pp.579-594.
- 34. European Landscape Convention and information In its Preamble the European Landscape Convention refers to the Council of Europe’s Aarhus Convention of 1998 (in force 2001) to: •access to information •public participation in decision-making and •access to justice in environmental matters
- 35. Actions to make the European Landscape Convention (ELC) work (Vasiljević et al., 2018)
- 36. European Landscape Convention and information In its Preamble the European Landscape Convention refers to the Council of Europe’s Aarhus Convention of 1998 (in force 2001) on: •access to information •public participation in decision-making and •access to justice in environmental matters
- 37. European Landscape Convention Links Key areas •Culture, Heritage and Landscape •Wildlife and Natural Habitats •Major disasters
- 38. Landscape Governance • Landscape research became relevant to different disciplines • Links landscape science to landscape planning, policies and governance • Multiple tools and concepts for allocating and managing land • Integrating stakeholder involvement - platforms for facilitating public participation • Public involvement considered a key factor in developing landscape policies Pătru-Stupariu, I. and Nita, A., 2022. Impacts of the European Landscape Convention on interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research. Landscape Ecology, pp.1-15.
- 39. Landscape Governance Actions • Conservation, protection, management, and planning for different landscape types • Systematically integrated into regional and local planning policies (Brunetta et al. 2018) • Recent research related to: landscape values important for long- term maintenance, landscape ecology metrics, indices for climate change adaptation , and ways to adapt urban landscapes to sustainable blue green infrastructures Pătru-Stupariu, I. and Nita, A., 2022. Impacts of the European Landscape Convention on interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research. Landscape Ecology, pp.1-15.
- 40. Landscape Governance Actions Pătru-Stupariu, I. and Nita, A., 2022. Impacts of the European Landscape Convention on interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research. Landscape Ecology, pp.1-15. Country collaboration network for ELC research (size of countries given by betweenness centrality) Pătru-Stupariu, I. and Nita, A., 2022. Impacts of the European Landscape Convention on interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary
- 41. Public Participation • Public participation implies involving individuals and groups who are outside the formal decision-making process of the government and local authorities • Aims to complement official decision making • Have to get the public involved at an early stage • Defining landscape-quality objectives – public consultation Jones, M., 2019. The European Landscape Convention and the question of public participation. In Justice, Power and the Political Landscape (pp. 231-251). Routledge.
- 42. Landscape Quality Objectives LQOs involve: Descriptions of nature, land use, buildings The landscape’s visually distinctive features The role of art and literature, as well as People’s historical and cultural associations These types of information need to be combined with investigations of people’s preferences and values Jones, M., 2019. The European Landscape Convention and the question of public participation. In Justice, Power and the Political Landscape (pp. 231-251). Routledge.
- 43. (source: Markova, 2019) Attributes of landscape
- 44. Public Participation Public participation involves: • Democratisation of the landscape, decisions not imposed • Legitimacy for the final decisions, people listened to • Information exchange - incorporation of the public’s knowledge, values, viewpoints and behaviour • Tackling conflicts through dialogue • Heterogeneity and social justice in human-environment interaction Jones, M., 2019. The European Landscape Convention and the question of public participation. In Justice, Power and the Political Landscape (pp. 231-251). Routledge.
- 45. (Cope, 2011
- 46. Digital Space and the Digital Citizen
- 47. Landscape Quality Objectives LQOs involve: Descriptions of nature, land use, buildings The landscape’s visually distinctive features The role of art and literature, as well as People’s historical and cultural associations These types of information need to be combined with investigations of people’s preferences and values Jones, M., 2019. The European Landscape Convention and the question of public participation. In Justice, Power and the Political Landscape (pp. 231-251). Routledge.
- 48. Conclusions Landscape has the potential to be a unifying framework: • For future work of the UN • In addressing SDGs • With UNGGIM • Within other international agencies and • For the Council of Europe Jones, M., 2019. The European Landscape Convention and the question of public participation. In Justice, Power and the Political Landscape (pp. 231-251). Routledge.
- 49. Conclusions •United Nations Urban Agenda (2015) calls for a ‘right to the city’ •Every city should be supportive of all residents •Future planning and policies should be the result of democratic, participatory processes •Can relate to landscapes in all environments Jones, M., 2019. The European Landscape Convention and the question of public participation. In Justice, Power and the Political Landscape (pp. 231-251). Routledge.
- 50. GEOLAND Project Aims • establish a learning path for the Higher Education students and their professors so that they are able to apply their geospatial analysis knowledge in decision-making for landscape management, planning and protection of NATURA 2000 sites across Europe • focus in promoting digital skills like PPGIS (public participation GIS), low-cost geoinformatic tools and the digital readiness of higher education students in the Covid-19 pandemic era.
- 51. PARTNERS
- 52. GEOLAND main goals Develop: • an Educational Handbook for monitoring European Landscape, • a Web based GIS platform where numerous geospatial data may be uploaded and analysed and students’ opinion about landscape will be obtained through questionnaires and crowdsourcing • Policy Outreach resources – implementation of landscape planning
- 53. Geoland outcomes • O1: Educational Handbook for monitoring European Landscape presenting a homogeneous methodology for educating Higher Education students in studying European Landscape with means of Geoinformatics and citizen science methodology. • O2: Training course – Web-based GIS platform used by Higher Education students and Professors in order to apply Landscape Character Assessment (LCA) for assessing Landscape quality in Natura 2000 zones. • O3: Policy outreach 🡪 provide a unique opportunity to Higher Education students to study how European Landscape Convention (ELC) is implemented and adopted in different EU countries. • 04: Online gallery of students work • 05: Develop a Digital Readiness Tool, DERT, for the assessment of the digital readiness of the Higher Education students and courses.