World Rural Landscapes - North

America

Building a Community of Practioners

World Rural Landscapes

The World Rural Landscapes (WRL) is an initiative for global conservation and management to foster cooperation in the study, management and protection of rural landscapes.

More information is available on the project’s web site: http://www.worldrurallandscapes.org 

World Rural Landscapes

One proposed outcome is The Atlas of the World Rural Landscapes, which is a project coordinated by the World Rural Landscapes Initiative. The aim of this project is to depict the wide range of types of rural landscapes in. the world.

• Bibliography• Glossary• Rural Landscape Classifications• Criteria for evaluation • Case Studies

World Rural Landscapes

Lead by International Scientific Committee on Cultural Landscapes (ISCCL), established in 1970 by the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) in partnership with the International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA) to promote world-wide cooperation in the identification, increased awareness, study, education and training for protection, preservation, restoration, monitoring, management of cultural landscapes.

World Rural Landscapes – North America

The International Scientific Committee for Cultural Landscapes in North America have established a World Landscape Committee- North America.

World Rural Landscapes- North America

First Tasks:

• Glossary• Bibliography• Case Studieshttp://livinglandscapeobserver.net/living-landscapes/world-rural-landscape-initiative/

Proposed Case Studies

• Pennsylvania Fruit Belt• Maine Blueberry Barrens• Cape Cod Cranberry Bogs• Wild Rice Region of the Great Lakes• Ranches of the Rocky Mountain Front Range• Conservation Reserve Programs in the Corn

Belt• Silos and Smokestacks in Northeastern Iowa

The Core of Maine’s Blueberry Barrens From an elevation of 18,000 feet, the Pineo, Debois, and Cherryfield wild blueberry

barrens present distinct patterns of ancient outwash beaches.

Wild Blueberry Barrens Close Up

The Passamaquoddy Tribe owns this undulating section of the barrens.

Historic Wild Blueberry Barren Infrastructure

European Americans brought an industrial sensibility to the barrens.

World Rural Landscapes –North America

Framework for Cooperation