Med-INAMediterranean Institute for Nature and Atnthropos

Rationale

Several European initiatives and conventions, such as as the  European Landscape Convention, and  UNESCO’s Heritage Convention, have for several years now seen that the profoundly important relation between humans and nature is nowhere else more clearlyevident than in the case of landscape.
Nowadays, human pressure on natural environments is greater than in the past in terms of magnitude and efficiency in disrupting landscapes. In the case of Greece, widespread urbanisation, insensitive construction of major public works, increasing fragmentation, abandonment of traditional activities and management of resources, and unsustainable development of the tourist industry constitute the main threats for landscapes.

General purpose

Med-INA, recognising the great threat and the negative impacts which are seen both on the biodiversity and on culture, through this project aims to promote the protection of the Greek Landscapes through sound scientific research, public awareness strategies and encouragement of the participation of both the public and private sector and expert entities.

Duration

Three years from January 2008 to December 2010.

Funding source

The project is funded by the MAVA foundation.

Objectives

Three main objectives have been set

• To document the main Greek Landscape types
• To analyse the treats against them and to develop strategic proposals for remedial action
• To improve the instruments governing landscape development and management of the whole complexity of territorial, nature and human relations, as well as legislative protection and spatial planning, through public awareness and lobbying.

Activities

• Interdisciplinary research
• Study on the typology of Greek Landscapes
• Fieldwork in three pilot sites
• Inventory of Greek landscapes based on the typology developed
• Organisation of a national capacity building workshop on landscapes in 2009 and a international conference in 2010.
• Awareness raising campain on the Greek landscapes.
• Launching of a landscape (internet) portal hosted by Med-INA’s website.
• Establishment of a national network that will continue to enhance and promote the protection of the Greek landscapes during and after the completion of the project.
• Lobbying the Greek government and the media on the need of landscape conservation.

Expected results

• Increased knowledge on the Greek landscapes, documented in two volumes to be published in Greek and English
• Strategic proposals for remedial action and conservation planning.
• Systematic cooperation of scientists and organisations, through a network established during the implementation and after the completion of the project.
• Contribution to the implementation of the main guidance of the Europe Landscape Convention in Greece.

The three sites, Evros, Lemnos and Greater Epidaurus Area, selected as pilot project sites are briefly described below. It should be noted that the project team has included a site in Peloponnesus heavily damaged by the forest fires of the summer of 2007, in order to study the impact on its landscapes9. This work is carried out in co-operation with WWF Greece.

Fieldwork planned
Part of the activities of the Med-INA project on ‘Conservation and management of Greek landscapes’ concerns work at three pilot sites. For each of the three pilot sites, the following deskwork should be carried out.

• Historical development.
• Demography and settlements.
• Land uses.
• Natural heritage.
• Cultural heritage.
• Specificities.

For each pilot site, 8-12 characteristic landscapes should be proposed. The selection should also be as diverse as possible, covering natural, agricultural and peri-urban / urban landscapes. With approximately 30 landscapes identified in the three pilot sites, it is expected that they will provide the basis of an indicative –but not exhaustive– typology.

For each of the 10 landscapes identified, a systematic work should be carried out and the following data, if available, should be collected:

• Demographic data (number of inhabitants, major economic activities, social considerations.
• Land uses and settlements (illustrated on a sketch map).
• Bibliographical data.
• Old photographs or other visual material (preferably in digital form).

For each of the 10 sites selected, a survey will be conducted. This survey form is prepared based on the Landscape Character Assessment Survey Form. For each site an average of 3 different viewpoints (the so-called survey points) should be picked and from each of the points a different survey form should be filled.

One of the most important parts of the fieldwork is a series of interviews of local inhabitants which will guide the research team to understand and assess the local perceptions on landscape issues and will provide a comparative view on the understanding of landscape by Greeks.

On the basis of the analysis carried out, for site landscape certain proposals should be formulated. This stage should involve the project coordination team.

posted on 06  December 2010

International Workshop: Cultural identities and sustainable lifestyles in islands

28-30 September 2010, Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz, Ecuador

The Charles Darwin Foundation (CDF) organised the second international workshop on cultural identities and sustainable lifestyles, September 28-30 in Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz. The CDF invited experts and leaders on island culture, environment and development issues. The overall goal of the workshop, which was sponsored by UNESCO, was for the Galapagos people to learn, compare and analyse various island systems around the world in order to develop a model that could contribute to a sustainable development in Galapagos while preserving cultural values and natural resources. In other words, this second workshop focussed on the ways to establish an island culture and lifestyle that recognise limits to economic growth and expansion in a fragile environment. The Mediterranean Institute for Nature and Anthropos (Med-INA) was represented in the workshop by its member, Stefanos Dodouras, who presented the main lines and outcomes of Med-INA’s programme “Conservation and Management of Greek Landscapes focussing on the Island of Lemnos”.

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posted on 22  June 2010

Landscape Observatory of Catalonia – Seminars

The Landscape Observatory of Catalonia, in collaboration with the Government od Canada, has orginised a seminar to study the structuring role of the landscape in international cooperation projects. The seminar, titled “Landscape and Development Cooperation” was held in Sala d’ Arles (Can Batllo Assembly Hall), Barchelona on Friday 18th, June 2010. Special attention was paid to the possibilities the landscape can offer with regard to improving the living conditions of contemporary societies.

For mare information please visit: http://www.catpaisatge.net/eng/jornades_cooperacio.php

The Landscape Observatory of Catalonia in collaboration with the European Network of Local and Regional Authorities for the Implementation of the European Convention (RECEP) is organising an international seminar titled “Fringes: The Landscape of the Periphery”.  The seminar to be held on Wednesday 10th and Thursday 11th, November 2010 in Casal Maria, Olot, Spain. The seminar’s main aim is to propose new landscape management and interaction methods.

For mare information please visit: http://catpaisatge.net/franges2010/eng

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posted on 03 July 2009

European IALE Conference 2009

The International Association for Landscape Ecology (IALE), celebrating its 70 years dedication on Landscape Ecology in Europe, organised the European IALE Conference, on “European Landscapes in Transformation: Challenges for Landscape Ecology and Management”. The main theme includesd seven topics concerning major pressures and future changes in landscape development.

During the IALE Conference, Med-INA’s staff member Stefanos Dodouras presented a poster on “Conservation and management of Greek landscapes” and a paper on “In search of the Greek landscapes: current trends and future concerns”.

The conference was held on July 12 – 16, 2009 in Salzburg, Austria. For more information please visit the following website http://www.iale2009.eu/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1.

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posted on 02 July 2009

Implementing locally the European Landscape Convention

The 1st European Conference on ‘the Local Implementation of the European Landscape Convention’ took place in Nove Hrady, Czech Republic, from 27-30 May 2009 under the patronage of the Council of Europe, the Czech Ministry of Environment, RECEP-ENELC, CIVILSCAPE and UNISCAPE. The aim of the Conference was to bring together key representatives from non-profit organisations, local authorities, and ecomuseums in support of the European Landscape Convention and to share views about good practices in the implementation of the ELC.

Med-INA, represented by Aphrodite Sorotou, participated in this Conference and presented a paper with the title ‘Towards ratification and implementation of the ELC: the role of academics, conservationists and NGOs in Greece’. The paper illustrated both the current landscape concerns in Greece and outlined the aims of the Med-INA project ‘Conservation and management of the Greek Landscapes, and its role towards the ratification and implementation of the European Landscape Convention.

For more information about the conference visit:  http://www.landscapeconventionconference.com/

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posted on 01 December  2008

IUCN book on cultural landscapes and Simonopetra paper

Parallel to the development of the project, Thymio Papayannis was invited in 2008 to take part as one of the main authors inthe recently publishes IUCN/WCPA second edition of the series ‘Values of Protcted Landscapes and Seascapes’ entitled Protected Landscapes and Cultural and Spiritual Values, edited by Josep-Maria Mallarach. Based on his recent research on Mountain Athos and the Simonopetra Monastery and with the advice of Abbot Elisaios, he wrote a chapter of the book on ‘Characteroistic Mt. Athos landscapes: the case of the Holy Simonopetra Monastery, Greece’.

A previously written article by Thymio Papayannis and Aphrodite Sorotou entitled ‘Cultural Landscapes of MeditrraneanIslands’ was puplished in March 2008 in the edited volume Mediterranean Island Landscapes (I.N. Vogiatzakis et al eds).

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posted on 24 November  2008

Collaboration with Cyprus

Laona Fountation (Cyprus), an organisation that is carryinf out a project on the development of a typology of the landscapes of Cyprus under the title ‘Cyprus Landscape Mapping project’, invitedMed-INA to participate in its workshop organised on 17 November 2008 at Larnaca. Scientific co-ordinaton Aphrodite Sorotou presented both the project ‘Conservaton and Managenment of Greek Landscapes’ and the theoretical approach of the project scientific team. Straight after the meeting, both Laona Fountaton and the Department of Town Planning and Housing of Cyprus invited Med-INA to perticipate in future projects regarding landscape issues.

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posted on 18 April 2008

7th meeting of the Workshops for the implementation of the European Landscape Convention

The 7th meeting of the Workshops for the implementation of the European Landscape Convention with the theme: “Landscape in planning policies and governance: towards integrated spatial management” will take place in the town Piestany in Slovakia from the 24th until the 25th of April 2008. The theme of the workshop represents an up-to-date topic concerning the growing pressure on the landscape and its use in the international context. The workshop is expected to emphasise the scale of the challenge facing Europe in the next two decades and furthermore.

The meeting is organised by the Council of Europe, Cultural Heritage, Landscape and Spatial Planning Division, Directorate of Culture and Cultural and Natural Heritage, within the Slovak Chairmanship in Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe. For more information please visit the following website:

http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/cultureheritage/heritage/landscape/reunionateliers/ateliers_EN.asp

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posted on 14 April 2008

Parliamentary question on the delay of ratification of the European Landscape Convention

The professor of constitutional law at Athens University and Member of Parliament (Socialist Party), Mr George Papadimitriou, has submitted on 04 April 2008 a parliamentary question on the delay of ratification of the European Landscape Convention. Although the complete file of the case has been in the offices of the Ministry of Environment, Physical Planning and Public Works the ratification of the convention has been delayed for more than a year and half now.

National workshop (21 – 22 May 2009)

“In search of the Greek landscape”

During a time of constant degradation and threats, but also of public sensitisation and social awareness, the first national Workshop “… in search of the Greek Landscape” was organised on Thursday 21 and Friday 22 of May 2009, at the Museum Building of the Agricultural University of Athens.The meeting was organised by the Mediterranean Institute for Nature and Anthropos (Med-INA), with the support of the Agricultural University of Athens and WWF- Greece, in the framework of the project “Conservation and Management of Greek Landscape”, co-funded by the MAVA Foundation. During the workshop and following the Keynote addresses, the following topics were discussed:

• Diachronic factors that shape Greek Landscapes, drivers of change and future trends.
• Intervention goals.
• Means to achieve these goals (approach, methods and tools).

The meeting ended with a proposal for potential broader collaboration among all the stakeholders involved with the conservation and management of Greek Landscapes. The participants also approved the “Athens Statement on Greek Landscapes”.

You can download here the participants list.

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International workshop (16 – 20 May 2010)

‘Reclaiming the Greek landscape’

The Med-INA project on ‘Conservation and management of Greek landscapes’ started in January 2008. Since then, Med-INA has recognised the importance of landscape protection and has been trying to study and promote their conservation in Greece and the Mediterranean.

Greek landscapes encompass a wide range of significant and diverse components, which can be seen as invaluable sources of life, as well as an exceptional socio-cultural record of local communities. However, it is these landscapes that are being degraded mainly by the abandonment of traditional activities, land use changes, spreading urbanisation, intensive agriculture, mass tourism, unsustainable industrial development, large scale infrastructure constructions and, recently, by the climatic change impacts.

In May 2009, Med-INA organised a national workshop on the theme ‘In search of Greek landscapes’, in co-operation with the Athens Agricultural University and WWF Greece. A year later, on 16-20 May 2010, Med-INA organised an international workshop on the theme ‘Reclaiming the Greek landscape’. The Workshop was held in the historic town of Nafplion, in North-eastern Peloponnesus, Greece.

The 34 participants were experts on landscape issues and represented universities, government agencies and NGOs from eight countries. The Workshop was opened by an address of Secretary General of the Ministry of Environment, Energy and Climate Change, Maria Caltsa. Also, Maguelone Dejeant-Pons, Head of the Cultural Heritage, Landscape and Spatial Planning Division of the Council of Europe, presented the European Landscape Convention during the opening session of the workshop.

The opening session was followed by keynote presentations based on the research and the experience gained by other European countries on issues related to the European Landscape Convention (ELC) that will concern Greece, after the ratification of the ELC, and on specific issues concerning the drivers of change of Greek landscapes, intervention objectives and means and tools for achieving the objectives. It was followed by the presentations of the case studies of Evros prefecture, Lemnos Island and the Argolid prefecture as specific examples of the proposed interventions. The work in the three pilot sites was carried out by Med-INA. Further, the workshop continued with three thematic working groups, which analytically examined different types of landscapes (agricultural, urban-tourist and monumentalized landscapes), their drivers of change and their future trends. Three associated field trips in the wider area of Argolid.

The main conclusions were presented at the end of the Workshop. Also, several important interventions and highly interesting proposals that have been derived during all sessions of the workshop were incorporated in the ‘Nafplion statement on Greek landscapes’.

By the end of 2010, a major publication will be produced by Med-INA that will include all of the experience gained through the project, detailed recommendations for the future and the main papers presented during the two workshops

You can download here the programme of the workshop.

You can download here the participants’ list.

You can download here Med-INA Brochure.

Kea Island, Cyclades: Coryssia torrent bed eliminated

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Lemnos Island, NE Aegean: Pollution at Moudros coastal wetland

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Kea Island, Cyclades: New landscape elements

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Milos Island, Cyclades: An artificial crater

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Kea Island, Cyclades: Land terracing

Related opinions and articles

• Δοδούρας, Σ. (2009), Το κάψιμο της καλαμιάς, Συλλογική ενημέρωση, περιβαλλοντική δράση και «πράσινα» οικονομικά οφέλη, Εμπρός ημερήσια εφημερίδα νομού Λέσβου
• Παπαγιάννης, Θ. (2009),“Ελληνικά τοπία και αντιφάσεις”, ΤΕΕ, τεύχος 2551, σελ. 58-59
• Παπαγιάννης, Θ. (2009), “Φύση και τοπίο”, Η Φύση, τεύχος 125, (σελ. 20 – 24)
• Dodouras, S., Papayannis, T. and Sorotou, A., (2009), In search for the Greek land-scapes: Current trends and future concerns, Proceedings of the IALE European Conference 2009 “European Landscapes in Transformation – Challenges for Landscape Ecology and Management”, July 2009, pp. 37-40.
• Dodouras, S., Papayannis, T. and Sorotou, A., (2009), Conservation and Management of the Greek landscapes (Poster), Proceedings of the IALE European Conference 2009 “European Landscapes in Transformation – Challenges for Land-scape Ecology and Management”, July 2009, pp. 118
• Papayannis, T. (2008), “Characteristic Mt Athos landscape: the case of the Simonopetra Monastery” in: Mallarach, J.M. (ed), Protected Landscapes and Cultural and Spiritual Values, IUCN / WCPA, Barcelona (pp. 82 – 89)
• Papayannis, T. and Sorotou, A. (2008), “Cultural Landscapes of Mediterranean Islands”, in: Vogiatzakis, I.K., Pungetti, G., and Manion , A.M (eds) (2008) Mediterranean Islands Landscapes, Natural and Cultural Approaches, Springer, UK (pp. 82 – 99)
• Papayannis, T. (2005), “Viewing Prespa: from the Aesthetic to the Functional”, Landscape Research Extra, No 37, Oxford, U.K., pp. 1-3. more
• Papayannis, T. and  Sorotou, A. (2004), “Mediterranean wetland landscapes: The case of Prespa lakes”, paper presented at the Permanent European Conference on the Study of Rural Landscapes, Lemnos and Lesbos Islands, Greece, 16-20 September. more

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• IKI (2007), Διακήρυξη για το Περιβάλλον και τη Βιώσιμη Ανάπτυξη, Αρχές και κατευθύνσεις εναλλακτικής πολιτικής για την προάσπιση του δικαιώματος του «ζην» και του «ευ ζην» στα νησιά Κεφαλονιάς και Ιθάκης.
• Νόμος 1650 της 15/16.10.86. Για την προστασία του περιβάλλοντος.
• ΤΜΗΜΑ ΠΟΛΕΟ∆ΟΜΙΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΟΙΚΗΣΕΩΣ, (2004), ΕΥΡΩΠΑΪΚΗ ΣΥΜΒΑΣΗ ΓΙΑ ΤΟ ΤΟΠΙΟ, Λευκωσία, Νοέµβριος 2004.