Le paysage : un patrimoine à gérer

Abstract

The Landscape : A Heritage to Manage Drawing up landscape policy for a regional park means choosing. Although parks may maintain a variety of options, values common to their policies can be singled out. To do this, we must have as clear an idea as possible about what is meant by the landscape and about its place in relation to a park's general policy. This implies objectives to be reached, priorities to be kept, and the means to be obtained to do all this : places, actions, partners. It carries a price in financial terms, of course, but also in terms of efforts and constraints. It is not always easy to assess this price which, beyond rhetorical incantations, is nonetheless a good indicator of the real value a social group sets on its landscape.

Imagine There's No Rural

“…Among the benefits of instituting rural spaces as legally protected areas we can find, according to Tichnell and Machlis (1985) and Pérez (1995), those associated with the preservation of autochthonous and wild species; effects for protection from some natural disasters; the creation of employment; the improvement of revenues (both associated with leisure and tourism) and those related to their constitution as spaces appropriated for scientific research and for environmental education. In this sense, as Bouillon (1991) states, legally protected spaces have often been presented as innovators in terms of socio-economic development of the areas where they are implemented. If this is to be the vocation of most PAs created in remote rural areas as well, it is also true that most of them do not reach this objective in Portugal.…”

S'il te plaît, dessine moi un paysage…

“…Unlike Pares Nationaux, the Pares Regionaux which have been designated since 1st March 1967, have a responsibility not only for the protection of the natural heritage of these areas but also their cultural character and the promotion of their social and economic development. The primary purpose of Regional Parks is not only environmental protection but also countryside planning, involving the enhancement of their quality and opportunities for public access (Bouillon, 1991). In addition to these national and regional designations, Departements, since 1985, are empowered to identify Espaces Naturels Sensibles (which since 1960 were formally described as Perimetres Sensibles).…”