VITAL LANDSCAPES aims to contribute to preserving the quality, diversity
and beauty of cultural landscapes as a potential for their future development
by introducing cross-sectoral regional strategies and new technologies for
visualizing landscape changes. To achieve these aims, the project will provide knowledge and motivation
to local actors and regional stakeholders to support the sustainable
development of cultural landscapes by creating regional networks, stimulating
dialogue and implementing pilot actions.
Each project partner will encourage local dialogue between landscape-maintaining actors such as farmers, investors, environmentalists and, not least, the population in order to raise awareness of the value of vital cultural landscapes. The aim is to jointly search for ways to conserve and shape valuable aspects of the landscape through a process of regional dialogue.
An essential element of the VITAL LANDSCAPES philosophy is the intensive exchange of experiences between project partners at a regional and European level.