European Landscape Convention
| European Landscape Convention | |
|---|---|
| Short title: | Landscape Convention, Florence Convention |
| Date: | October 20, 2000 |
| Come into effect: | March 1, 2004 |
| Reference: | conventions.coe.int |
| Reference (German): | not official, ibid. |
| Contract type: | Council of Europe Convention |
| Legal matter: | Nature conservation , cultural heritage protection |
| Signing: | 41 |
| Ratification : | 39 |
| European Union: | - |
| Germany: | - |
| Liechtenstein: | - |
| Austria: | - |
| Switzerland: | sign. Oct. 20, 2000, rat. 2013. |
| Please note the note on the applicable contract version . | |
The European Landscape Convention (also known as the European Landscape Convention or Florence Convention ) is a Council of Europe agreement that was created on the initiative of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe . The contract with SEV no. 176 was signed in Florence on October 20, 2000 and entered into force on March 1, 2004.
Content and signature
It is the first international agreement that deals exclusively with the promotion, protection, care and design of European landscapes . The aim is also to organize European cooperation on landscape issues. It represents an important basis for the protection of cultural landscapes at European level.
The Convention first emphasizes the social benefits and the European dimension of landscapes. Landscapes are important elements for the quality of life of the population. The convention affects all landscapes. It covers natural, rural, urban and peri-urban areas, both particularly significant and common. All government measures should be geared towards the respective landscape and adapted to it.
The agreement also provides for a landscape prize to be awarded by the Council of Europe to municipalities, regions and non-governmental organizations if they have made an exemplary and lasting contribution to landscape protection , landscape maintenance and landscape planning with their policies .
Even states that are not members of the Council of Europe, such as the European Union , can join the agreement.
The European Landscape Convention has already been signed by 41 member states of the Council of Europe and ratified by 39. Switzerland signed as early as 2000; it was ratified on February 20, 2013. Only six member states of the Council of Europe have neither signed nor ratified "this instrument of joint efforts to preserve the European natural and cultural heritage"; these are Albania, Germany and Liechtenstein ( intends to ratify), Monaco, Austria, and Russia.
See also
- Landscape protection ; Bern Convention , Alpine Convention
- Monument protection ; Granada Convention , European Convention for the Protection of the Archaeological Heritage (revised)
- UNESCO world heritage
literature
- European Landscape Convention. Florence, 20.X.2000 (English). Full text online at conventions.coe.int.
- European Landscape Convention (unofficial translation Germany, conventions.coe.int)
- European Landscape Convention (unofficial translation Switzerland)
- Explanatory Report (ETS No. 176) , conventions.coe.int (Eng.)
Web links
- Official website of the Council of Europe (German)
- CIVILSCAPE - Network of non-governmental organizations for the implementation of the European Landscape Convention (CIVILSCAPE)
- Congress of Local and Regional Authorities
- European Landscape Convention , Federal Environment Agency Austria
- European Landscape Convention , Federal Office for the Environment, Switzerland
Individual evidence
- ↑ Signatures and ratification status. conventions.coe.int, accessed 2018 .
- ↑ Switzerland signs the European Landscape Convention. In: bafu.admin.ch> Documentation> Media Releases. October 20, 2000, accessed May 16, 2011 .
- ↑ Switzerland's role model confirmed. parlament.ch, February 14, 2012, accessed on March 11, 2013 .
- ↑ a b European Landscape Convention. In: naturschutz.at> Conventions. Federal Environment Agency, December 22, 2009, accessed on May 16, 2011 .
- ^ Council of Europe - CD-Pat. (No longer available online.) In: LLV.li Hochbauamt. State administration of the Principality of Liechtenstein, archived from the original on November 15, 2010 ; Retrieved May 16, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
