The International Protection of Landscapes

The International Protection of Landscapes

A global assessment on the occasion of the 40th Anniversary of the World Heritage Convention

Steering Committee Regione Toscana; Provincia di Firenze; Comune di Firenze; Comune di Bagno a Ripoli; Fondazione Florens; Michael Currington: Maria Nobrega Fundation; Paolo Del Bianco: Fondazione Romualdo Del Bianco速 - Life Beyond Tourism速; Beatrice Gentili: Politecnica; Pietro Laureano: ITKI- IPOGEA

Florence, Italy 19-20-21 September 2012

Wednesday 19 September h 17:00-19:00

Palazzo Medici Riccardi - Sala Luca Giordano Welcome Addresses President of Province of Florence Mayor (City of Florence) F. Bandarin, Assistant Director General for Culture of UNESCO Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Forestry / Ministry for Culture) Tuscany representatives ITALIAN NATIONAL INSTITUTIONS Ambassador of Italy to UNESCO President, Italian UNESCO National Commission President, ICOMOS Italy President, Italian UNESCO Sites Association Keynote Speeches Sultan Bin Salman al Saud (Saudi Arabia) VANDANA SHIVA

h 19:30

Palazzo Medici Riccardi - Traditional Dinner

Thursday 20 September h 9:30-10:30

Auditorium al Duomo - Anfiteatro Andrzej Tomaszewski

The global crisis: risks and threats for the ecosystems and the landscape Chairperson: Pietro Laureano - ITKI

“Global risk” David Alexander - Chief Senior Scientist Global Risk Forum GRF Davos

“Climate change, impacts on cultural landscapes” Keith Alverson - Head of Climate Change Adaptation at UNEP - Kenya

“Urbanisation” UN Habitat Dr Christian Schlosser / Rafael Tuts - Coordinator, Urban Planning and Design Branch at UN-HABITAT – Kenya /or/ Ju Lee Urban sustainable development specialist at UN-HABITAT - Vietnam

“Desertification” Luc Gnacadja - Executive Secretary of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification /or/ Ms Elysabeth David (Secretariat UNCCD) /or/ Massimo Candelori Advisor Secretary at UNCCD /or/ Emmanuel Chinyamakobvu - Environmental Programmes at UNCCD

“Disaster” Abhas Jha - Disaster and Climate Resilience,Smart Cities,East Asia and Pacific, The World Bank

- Km0 Break -

h 11:00-13:00

Auditorium al Duomo - Anfiteatro Andrzej Tomaszewski

Achievements and challenges in landscape protection Chairperson: Massimo Candelori – UNCCD / Maurizio Sciortino - ENEA

“Global landscape protection efforts “ Francesco Francioni, European University Institute

“UNESCO’s experiences: 50 years of cultural landscape protection” Mechtild Rossler, UNESCO World Heritage Centre

“The experience of the European Landscape Convention (Florence, 2000)” Magdalene Dejeant-Pons, Head, Cultural Heritage, Landscape and Spatial Planning Division, Council of Europe

“Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems” Parviz Koohafkan, Director, Land and Water Division, FAO

“EU agricultural policy and landscape protection” Philippe Quevauviller Scientific Officer at European Commission

- Lunch -

h 14:30-16:00

Auditorium al Duomo - Anfiteatro Andrzej Tomaszewski

New challenges and international experiences Chairperson: Mechtild Rossler - UNESCO World Heritage Centre

“Landscape and Traditional Knowledge” Pietro Laureano, UNESCO Centre for Traditional Knowledge

“Regional and national charters in Latin America” Martha C. Fajardo, Former President of IFLA, Colombia

“The development of the Satoyama initiative” International Partnership for the Satoyama Initiative (IPSI), United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies (UNU-IAS), Japan

“Towards local participation: experiences with cultural Landscapes in the EUROMED programme in the Arab Region” Jean Louis Luxen

“Historic Urban Landscape Approach – a new tool “ Mike Turner

- Km0 Break -

h 16:30-18:00 Auditorium al Duomo - Anfiteatro Andrzej Tomaszewski

Case Studies on the management of landscapes and Best Practices Chairperson: Augusto Marinelli – Spadolini Foundation

Tuscany region Anna Marson – Regional Councillor at Urban Planning

State of Arizona – USA Chuck Hucklberry - General Director Pima County

Iran Semsar Yazdi - Director International Center on Qanats

Morocco Mohamed BADDOU Coordonnateur National du POT, Programme Oasis

Bandiagara, Mali Drissa Kanambaye - Network Water Anthropology for local development

India - Landscapes and sustainable development Jyoti Hosagrahar

FILM PREMIERE - "DECODING DACIA" A documentary featuring two UNESCO Heritage Sites, in Italy (Forum in Rome) and Romania (Sarmizegetusa).

Produced and Co-Directed by Dan Dimancescu, President of Kogainon Films and Trustee The Maria Nobrega Foundation HERITAGE TELEVISION CHANNEL Introduced by Michael Carrington, Director General The Maria Nobrega Foundation and Christpher Akers, Chairman Heritage TV

Friday 21 September h 9:30-11:00

Auditorium al Duomo - Anfiteatro Andrzej Tomaszewski

Managing Landscape Risks and Disasters for the benefits of Peoples Chairperson: (Ministry of Agriculture)

(title) Mr Rohit Jigyasu UNESCO Chair Professor at Research Center for Disaster Mitigation of Urban Cultural Heritage, Ritsumeikan University; President ICOMOS Disaster Group

Agriculture and food production Carlo Petrini, Slow Food

Buildings and Landskape Early Warning: a lesson from recent earthquake in Emilia Romagna Region Politecnica

Online Database to manage Landscape: TKWB (nome)

- Km0 Break -

h 11:30-13:00 Auditorium al Duomo - Anfiteatro Andrzej Tomaszewski

Towards enhanced landscape management and protection At National level Chairperson: Carlo Francini – Municipality of Florence

National Registers Mauro Agnoletti, University of Florence

"Heritage and contemporary culture at the service of territorial development with a new tool -non profit cultural portal Life Beyond Tourism" Paolo Del Bianco

Paesaggi e misure di salvaguardia delle Isole Pier Luigi Petrillo - Professore di Diritto Comparato alla Unitelma Sapienza Universita di Roma

Landscape protection in the UK NN English Heritage

ICOMOS charters Monica Luengo, President ICOMOS Committee

Towards an International Landscape Convention K. Moore, IFLA Task Force

The way forward: The Tuscany landscape declaration Closure of the meeting National authorities

Mr Bandarin, Assistant Director General For Culture - Traditional Lunch And Field Visit To The Tuscany Hills Landscape Ospitale Del Bigallo – Bagno A Ripoli