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The Protected Landscape Approach: Linking Nature, Culture and Community In 1994 Kosenka organized an international Landscape Stewardship Exchange workshop, in cooperation with the Brno-based NGO Veronica, the Czech Environmental Partnership Foundation and the US-Canadian NGO, QLF/Atlantic Center for the Environment (see Box 1). The organization has since participated in other exchanges and training programmes organized by EPCE and QLF. In the decade since the Landscape Stewardship Exchange, Kosenka has become one of the most active promoters of the land stewardship concept in the Czech Republic, and a leading land trust, joining an emerging network that now includes 35 land trusts nation-wide. Box 1. Land scape Stew ard ship Ex changes in Cen tral and East ern Eu rope An important element in the joint programme of EPCE and QLF to foster land stewardship in Central Europe has been the Landscape Stewardship Exchange, a week-long community problem-solving exercise. Through the Exchange, an international team spends a week in a rural community or micro-region, at the invitation of local institutions, to learn about and advise on a problem identified by people in the community. The model relies on a combination of community organizing at the local level, and the outside perspective provided by the international team, to stimulate public participation and a dialogue among diverse stake-holders. Over the past decade, QLF and EPCE have conducted Landscape Stewardship Exchanges in ten rural sites in Central and Eastern Europe, most of which are in transboundary or border regions. The model has proven highly effective in fostering dialogue among interest groups and is frequently referred to by local leaders as having been catalytic – a watershed event in their community/regional development efforts. These sites include: 1. Plava Protected Landscape Area, Czech Republic (1994) – Enlargement of the Pálava Biosphere Reserve 2. White Carpathian Mountains, Czech Republic and Slovakia (1995) – Revitalization of rural communities in the Bílé/Biele Karpaty Protected Landsape Area 3. Kvaany Valley, Slovakia (1995) – Alternatives to large-scale development for recreation near the High Tatra National Park 4. Jizera Mountains/Frdlant, Czech Republic (1997) – Balancing tourism and recreation with nature conservation in a fragile mountainous landscape 5. Morava River Floodplains, Czech Republic and Slovakia (1999) – Development options to reduce flood risks in the lower Morava River basin, a tributary of the Danube 6. Zawoja/Babia Góra National Park, Poland (1999) – Building cooperation between Babia Góra National Park and surrounding communities in Poland and Slovakia 7. Czech Karst Protected Landscape Area, Czech Republic (2000) – Sustainable development and growth management in the Czech Karst Protected Landscape Area 8. Eastern Carpathians Greenway, Poland, Slovakia and Ukraine (2002) – Bridging Carpathian regions and their living heritage (Bieszczady region, home of the world’s only trilateral Biosphere Reserve) 9. The Plounice River, Dín, Czech Republic (2004) – River basin management and flood prevention 10. The White Carpathians Protected Landscape Area, Valaské Klobouky, Czech Republic (2004) – Marketing local products: A tool to support rural sustainability and landscape conservation Source: Brent Mitchell, Jessica Brown and Tomáš Ržika. 136
10. Sustaining rural landscapes and building civil society A number of other NGOs in the region are playing an important role in sustaining the special landscape of the White Carpathian mountains. In Slavin the Piveka Foundation and SOP- Slavin are active in nature conservation, education and renewal of local traditions (e.g., traditional local shoe production connected with revitalization of sheep-keeping). Not far from Valaské Klobouky, in the Kopanice area along the Slovak border, the Information Center for the Development of Kopanice is working to promote and develop small-scale tourism as a means of supplementing local incomes as well as organic agriculture among farmers in the White Carpathians Protected Landscape Area. Organic agriculture is becoming an important driving force in managing protected landscapes in Central Europe. Toward the south, SOP Blé Karpaty has been working with the state administration of the White Carpathian Protected Landscape Area to preserve the valuable meadow ecosystems of the southern White Carpathians and has collaborated with local landowners to manage the ertoryje reserve. This organization also initiated care of traditional varieties of fruit trees in the White Carpathians. These efforts by Czech NGOs are paralleled on the other side of the border by the work of Slovak NGOs, such as the Society for Sustainable Living-Biele Karpaty, Koza, and others. Recognising the need for economic tools for underwriting nature conservation efforts and sustainable management of protected landscapes, the above-mentioned NGOs, producers and processors of fruit, and communities have established a joint association called “Traditions of the White Carpathians,” (Tradice Bílych Karpat) to facilitate the renewal of small-scale processing and marketing of products as a means of preserving the natural and cultural heritage of the White Carpathians. The juice and other local products, including mutton, dried fruit and traditional crafts, are sold under the “Traditions of the White Carpathians” marketing label. The label is intended to help market high-quality products by associating them with the region and, at the same time, promote the region as a whole. In 2003 the non-profit association was transformed into a business operation with the same mission and label. The role of nature conservation NGOs in the Czech Republic has shifted significantly from one of classical nature protection and serving a “watch dog” function during the 1980s and early 1990s to one serving as initiators and incubators of innovative approaches to regional development, respecting the principles of sustainability and local traditions. NGOs in the White Carpathians Biosphere Reserve have pioneered many new ideas in the Czech Republic and have become models for others (e.g., programmes to preserve local varieties of fruit trees by introducing fruit processing and marketing tools, reintroducing sheep and cattle to manage protected meadows, practising land stewardship and land trust concepts, and including biomass energy in the concept of sustainable landscape management). Several of these pilot projects are concentrated in the small village of Hosttn. The village of Hostetín – a model for rural sustainability ^ The small village of Hosttín (population 227), located in eastern Moravia near the Czech- Slovak border, has over the last decade been transformed into a remarkable experiment in sustainable rural development. Its location within the boundaries of the CHKO Blé Karpaty, or the White Carpathians Protected Landscape Area (PLA), was one of the impetuses for this special development initiative. Here, the Brno-based NGO Veronica, SOP-Hosttn, together with the local government and the PLA administration, are cooperating to transform the village of Hosttn into a model for sustainable rural development. 137
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