The workshop Identification, Protection and Management of Landscapes based on Natura 2000 was organized by the Bulgarian Ministry of Environment and Water () with the support of the Technical Assistance Information Exchange Unit () of the European Commission. The aim of the meeting was to provide participants with a clear view, on the one hand, of the synergies between the European nature protection legislation and landscapes, and, on the other hand, of the urgent need to protect and manage landscapes as a means to maintain the world cultural heritage. It was expected that a concept for the approach to transpose the European Landscape Convention in the Bulgarian legislation would be elaborated in the course of the panel discussions that took place during the event.

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One-page English summaries of the conclusions and recommendations from the panel discussions are available for download:

a)   The roles of institutions and the civil society at the three stages of landscape protection (identification, designation and sustainable development).

b)   Alternatives for the transposition of the requirements of the European Landscape Convention in the Bulgarian legislation.

The full versions of the conclusions and recommendations can be downloaded in Bulgarian only from the Bulgarian version of the site.

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This section contains the presentations delivered at the workshop, together with photos from the event and additional sources. Left-click on a title to view a document. To download a document, right-click on its title and choose "Save Target As…" from the drop-down menu.

1)   Presentations and additional information.

2)   Agenda of the workshop.

3)   List of the participants and speakers.

4)   Photos from the workshop.

5)   Additional reading on the European Landscape Convention:

Text of the European Landscape Convention. For more details about the convention and for practical examples of implementation models visit the web site of the European Landscape Convention () at the Council of Europe's treaty web site (). Explanatory Report to the European Landscape Convention. Naturopa Magazine Issue No. 98/2002, dedicated to the European Landscape Convention. For more issues of the Naturopa Magazine visit its web site (). Recommendation Rec(2002)1 of the Committee of Ministers to Member States on the Guiding Principles for Sustainable Spatial Development of the European Continent. For more information about the Guiding Principles for Sustainable Spatial Development of the European Continent (GPSSDEC-CEMAT) visit the Council of Europe's web site on the Guiding Principles for Sustainable Spatial Development of the European Continent (). Top

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