In the year 2000 the European Landscape Convention was adopted, came into force in
2004, and has been since then open for signature by member states of the Council of …

The work presented in this report is part of the effort to define the landscape state and
diversity indicator in the frame of COM (2006) 508 “Development of agri-environmental …

Research for a concept of sustainable agriculture and for the sustainable use of agricultural
landscapes are closely related to the development of an international acknowledged …

This work is an interdisciplinary, cross-cultural, widely-calibrated checklist for EU
sustainable landscape management, which is intended to serve both as an analytical tool of …

What is the purpose of landscape indicators? Can we “measure” the quality of landscape?
And if landscape as a whole is impossible to assess from a holistic point of view, can we …

Agriculture is both a large-scale user of land and a provider of landscapes. The adaptation
of agricultural practices to local conditions has led to a wide variety of" cultural landscapes" …

While many scientific studies show the influence of agricultural landscape patterns on water
cycle and water quality, only a few of these have proposed scientifically based and …

Since its introduction in the early 1960s, the EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) has
demonstrated a capacity to adapt and change in the face of new challenges. The reformed …

During the last 50 years, the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) has impacted the evolution
of European agricultural landscapes by driving changes in land use and farming practices …

Decoupling economic growth from the exploitation of natural resources, protecting
vulnerable ecosystems, restoring habitats and species, and supporting areas used for …