F E A S I B I L I T Y O F A N I N T E R N A T I O N A L L A N D S C A P E C O N V E N T I O N U N E S C O P a r i s

Martha Fajardo IFLA former president

Why a Landscape Convention from a Lat in

Amer ica perspect ive?

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South Landscapes Brazil

Why UNESCO endorsement?3

The advantage to have UNESCO leading the process is very significant,

and even though is premature to draw conclusions on the outcomes of

this initiative, _but looking from an emerging country in Latin-American_

the UNESCO leadership advantages will includes:

Participation and Visibility: ·

The success of UNESCO in influencing through its members this type of

Initiatives cannot be denied. UNESCO has taken on leadership

responsibilities for a number of joint programmes in the majority of

locations on the landscape subject. This ability to influence countries with

direct respect augurs well for UNESCO to enhance its impact on the

World Landscape Convention as an international instrument to deal in an

integrated manner with the whole landscape. As reward it will provide an

international context for landscape, placing this important resource

alongside with biodiversity and cultural heritage

Capitalization on sectoral competencies:·

As a specialized agency, UNESCO has particular expertise in this

specific field. If they support the global proposal will give UNESCO with a

unique opportunity to bring to bear its sectorial competencies to the

initiative.

Why UNESCO endorsement?4

Collaboration on the New Holistic approach on the Landscape:·

The adopted the European Landscape Convention and its legal document are worth

catalyzing notable interest, for some reasons. It is the first legal tool in the history of multi-

lateral conventions which regulates the landscape in a vast, continental space focusing on

planning and management on the local scale, therefore serving as a potential basis for

convening other similar initiatives in other parts of the world.

As regards the spirit with which the landscape concept was designed in the international

and European scene, UNESCO approach is different resulted from the convergence of a

multitude of cultural backgrounds, potentially covering the entire world, while the approach

from the CoE comes from the visions from the European cultural backgrounds. ·

How these two approaches diverge may be more clearly perceived when attention shifts to

the objective of the approach. UNESCO aims at identifying landscapes, which are

endowed with so peculiar cultural and natural characters as to be worthy of protection and

conservation in a perspective of helping for the local sustainable development.·

Collaboration is needed in order to assess the local conditions that are relevant to protect,

manage and plan the landscape, hopefully in the framework of planning-oriented

approaches ·

Collaboration is need at the normative level, in order to design the specific ways

according to which the landscape is framed in management and planning-serving designs.

TOWARDS A DOCUMENT ON THE FEASIBILITY OF A

POTENTIAL INTERNATIONAL LANDSCAPE CONVENTION

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SCOPE: New tools to address new problems to achieve sustainable economic growth.

AIMS of the convention: to acknowledge legally the landscapes as an essential component of people´s lives. To acknowledge cultural variety of economical, cultural and social forces as a

sustainable development factor

LANDSCAPE as an umbrella concept of an integrated

entity of physical environments, is imbued with meaning

and compromises an underpinning component for ensuring

well-being and dignity of communities and individuals.

LANDSCAPE is perceived by people

and therefore reflects the diversity of

cultures; landscapes are the basis of

human life and inspire the cultures

that inherit and inhabit them

Landscapes are a determining factor

for cultural identity, formation and

consolidation. Landscape is a shared

recourse of all human beings

including past, present and future

generations-they deserve a right to

landscape.

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TOOLS: this Convention considers that landscapes are dynamic and have evolved and

continued to evolve over the time through global change and tools enable society to be

resilient and adaptive.

Landscape protection, management and enhancement requires a comprehensive and

holistic system of tools which are based on inter/ multidisciplinary and transversal (cross-

sectoral or cross cutting) approaches

BENEFITS:

An international instrument on landscapes would means of:

Understanding concepts and definitions of landscape for

sharing and exchanging these treasures with others, and

developing them further

Developing a common mechanism for documenting and

understanding the diversity and sharing it a global level

Creating and straightening common networks, common

research and the sharing of good practice trough

international exchanges of knowledge and information

Building people’s capacity to see their own landscape in a

new and different way (with new eyes). That is to appreciate

and understand the importance of what they already have

Improve the levels of commitment at all levels of society

for landscapes

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BOTTOM-UP process by the Civil society

UNESCO TOP-DOWN

Why UNESCO endorsement?

Colombian landscape Charter 2009

LATIN AMERICA have started the process with a bottom-up

STRATEGIC led by the LANDSCAPE CHARTERS

Colombia Landscape Charter_SAP

Brazil Landscape Charter_ABAP

Costa Rica Landscape Charter_ASOPAICO

Venezuela Landscape Charter_SAPV

Mexicco Landscape Charter_SAPM

Argentina Landscape Charter_CAAP

Colombian Landscape Charter

Carta Colombiana del Paisaje

Sociedad Colombiana de Arquitectos Paisajistasl i d e r a z g o / d i s e ñ o / g e s t i ó n / c o l a b o r a c i ó n / r e p r e s e n t a c i ó n

1. Introducción

2. Contexto internacional

3. La carta colombiana de paisaje

– Preámbulo

– Principios

– Objetivos

– Campos de acción y Medidas

– Instrumentos

4. Compromisos de la SAP

5. Glosario

What is the Colombian Landscape Charter?

The Colombian landscape Charter is a declaration of fundamental ethical principles to promote the

recognition, evaluation, protection, planning and management of Colombian landscapes through the adoption

of guidelines, conventions (laws, agreements) which recognize the diversity and values of the myriad of the

Colombian’s landscapes, as well as principles and processes relevant to safeguarding landscape resources.

The initiative is inspired by the Global Landscape Convention convened by the International Federation of

Landscape Architects (IFLA). The Charter seeks to call together and encourage state agencies, professional

organizations, institutions and the civil society to:

-Develop specific policies relating to the landscape

-Provide legal support to the management of the landscape

-Incorporating public participation processes in the landscape policies

-Implementing the landscape policy in regional planning

-Promote and participate in international strategies and programs relating to the landscape, encouraging local

and regional cooperation.

The landscape charter is a vision of hope and a call to action. At a time when major changes in how we think

and live are urgently needed, the Landscape Charter confronts us to examine our values and to choose a

better way for the transformation of the Colombian landscape. At a time when international partnership is

increasingly necessary, the Charter encourages us to search for common ground in the midst of our diversity

and to embrace a new ethic that is shared by a growing number of organizations, people throughout the world.

At a time when sustainable landscape planning and management has become essential, the Charter provides

a very valuable instrument.

Martha Fajardo Chair

Honorary Member of the Colombian Society of Landscape Architects

International Federation of Landscape Architects Former President

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a. Preamble

The members of the Colombian Society of Landscape Architects (SAP) Signatories hereto;

• Concerned to achieve sustainable development based on a balanced and harmonious relationship

between social needs, economic activity and the environment;

• Believing that the landscape is a fundamental element of individual and social well-being and that its

recognition, protection, management and planning entail rights and responsibilities for everyone

• Acknowledging that the landscape constitute a shared resource for the quality of life of people; in rural,

suburban, urban, as well outstanding landscapes but also the vernacular, the ordinary and even degraded

and damaged landscapes

• Aware that the landscape contributes to the formation of local cultures and that it is a basic component of

the natural and cultural heritage, contributing to human well-being and consolidation of the Colombian

identity;

• Noting that the landscape has an important public interest role in the cultural, ecological, environmental

and social fields, and constitutes a resource favorable to economic activity and whose protection,

management and planning can contribute to job creation;

• Noting that Colombian developments and changes in regional planning, town planning, transport,

infrastructure, tourism and recreation as well as in agriculture, forestry, industrial and mineral production

techniques, are in many cases accelerating the transformation of landscapes;

• Acknowledging that the quality and diversity of Colombian landscapes constitute a common resource,

and that it is important to work towards its protection, management and planning;

• Wishing to respond to the public’s wish to enjoy high quality landscapes and to play an active part in the

development of the recognition, measurement, protection, management and planning;

• Urging to develop a new instrument devoted exclusively to the recognition, protection, management andplanning of all Colombian landscapes;

3. La Carta Colombiana del Paisaje

Colombian landscape architects and the civil society through the adoption of the Charter declares its

responsibility to lead the planning, design and management of the landscape under the following

principles, objectives, action areas, measures and instruments:

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a.Principles

In the context of values, environmental and

social responsibility, equity, environmental

awareness and constructive integration of the

country in global dynamics, the following

principles govern this letter:

The enjoyment of the landscape is a right

of all human beings

The landscape is a fact of general

interest

The landscape is fundamental to the

society quality of life.

The landscape contributes in the overall

goal of sustainability.

The landscape is closely linked to

climate change mitigation

The landscape is a fundamental part of

the natural and cultural heritage as well as

the regional and national identities

The landscape constitutes a resource

favorable to economic activity and

contribute to job creation

c. Objectives

The aim of the Charter is to promote the recognition,

evaluation, protection, planning and sustainable management

of landscapes at recognizing the diversity and values of the

landscapes of our country, under the following strategies:

i. Preserve, with the protective measures of the landscape, the

right of citizens to live in a culturally significant environment

and guarantee access to it and their ability to enjoy

ii. Acknowledging that the landscape is a resource of individual

and collective welfare, in addition to aesthetic and

environmental values, has an economic, cultural, social,

heritage and identity.

iii. Encourage the harmonious evolution of landscape in

accordance with the concepts of responsible rational planning,

sustainable urban development and ecosystem functionality.

iv. Consider the impact on the landscape of any performance

management and land management and assess the impact of

construction on the landscape.

v. Promote educational and professionalization in terms of

landscape.

vi. Promoting participation in the political landscape of the

social, economic and professional, especially professional

associations, universities, associations and representatives of

business organizations and trade unions.

vii. Cooperate with the various public administrations in the

development and implementation of planning and landscape

policies.

viii. Promote collaboration of public and private initiative in

driving performance, the adoption of instruments and decision-

making on the landscape.

d. Fields of Action

The integration of landscape policies whose actions have an impact landscape:

1) Spatial planning, town planning, housing

2) Environment. Water

3) Infrastructure and public works for mobility

4) historical-cultural heritage

5) Tourism, trade and sports activities

6) Actions agricultural and rural development

7) Technological and innovation activities

8) Energy Infrastructure and energy use.

9) Telecommunications Infrastructure

10) Education

11) Health

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Instrumentos

Valores y cualidades del Paisaje

Diversidad

Contexto

Historia y memoria

Carácter

Factores naturales

Hábitat y biodiversidad

Equidad e igualdad

Bienestar y felicidad

Resultados de la aplicación de estos valores y cualidades

Salud emocional y física

Ambiente confortable y seguro

Mitigación cambio climático

Practicas amigables; responsabilidad de conducir el diseño y la administración del paisaje

Seguridad y coexistencia ciudadana

Reconexión de los seres humanos, en especial, los niños con la naturaleza

Mitigación de violencia y terrorismo

Instrumentos para el manejo sostenible del Paisaje

Diseño

Colaboración

Educación

Representación

Investigación

Evaluación

Liderazgo

Identidad nacional del paisaje

Historia

Patrimonio

Tradición

Significación

Sentido de lugar

Conservación

Restauracion

Recuperación

Integración

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CARTA

BRASILEIRA DA

PAISAGEM

The Charter of Brazilian Landscape, the twelve principles.

Os doze princípios da carta brasileira da paisagem:

1. A paisagem e o seu papel coletivo. The landscape and its collective role

2. O reconhecimento das paisagens brasileiras

e seus ecossistemas. Recognition of the landscape and brazilian ecosystems

CARTA BRASILEIRA DA PAISAGEM

CARTA BRASILEIRA DA PAISAGEM

3. As relações entre a paisagem e a população: paisagens

culturais brasileiras. Relations between the landscape and population: brazilian cultural landscapes

4. A paisagem como instrumento para a planificação do

desenvolvimento sustentável do país.

The landscape as a tool for planning the sustanaible development

in the country

CARTA BRASILEIRA DA PAISAGEM

5. A paisagem e o seu valor econômico para a sociedade

brasileira.

The landscape and its economic value for brazilian society

6. A necessidade do respeito e da preservação de nossas

paisagens.

The need to respect and preservation our landscapes

CARTA BRASILEIRA DA PAISAGEM

7. O direito democrático à qualidade ambiental e paisagística.Democratic rights to environmental quality and our landscapes

8. Os princípios locais e nacionais para a gestão efetiva das

paisagens no Brasil.

Local and national principles for effective landscapes management in Brazil

CARTA BRASILEIRA DA PAISAGEM

9. A necessidade da visão integrada para os projetos e políticas

públicas governamentais.

The need for integrated vision for the government policies and projects

10. Intercâmbios paisagísticos na América através dos grandes

compartimentos territoriais de nossas paisagens.

Exchanges through the landscapes in America as territorial compartments

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Carta de Paisaje Costa Rica

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