Forum Landscape, Alps, Parks (FoLAP)
Acting as a national inter- and transdisciplinary network, the forum promotes knowledge and discourse about landscape and landscape-changing processes. It includes mountain areas and their surroundings, (peri-)urban and rural regions, as well as the interrelations between these spaces.
Our objectives
• To promote inter and trans-disciplinary exchange on landscape issues
• To intensify and coordinate landscape, alpine and park research at national and international levels
• To encourage dialogue on landscape issues between the academic, practical, political and social disciplines
We base what we do on the European Landscape Convention and the Alpine Convention, and we interpret the term landscape as holistic and relating to all areas. It includes mountain regions and the areas surrounding them as well as urban, suburban and rural regions and the interactions between these spaces.
Protecting our landscape is essential in order to maintain Switzerland’s diverse natural and cultural heritage. It plays a significant role in determining the quality of the environment we live in. One focus of our work is using parks and protected areas as a means of maintaining and improving the quality of landscapes in the relevant regions.
We analyse current developments and encourage inter and trans-disciplinary dialogue – for example by organising and running conferences and workshops. To carry out our work we collaborate closely with experts in landscape, alpine and park research who are active in Switzerland.
We represent the Swiss Academy of Sciences on the International Scientific Committee on Alpine Research (ISCAR) and on the Swiss National Park Research Committee (FOK-SNP), and manage office administration for the latter.
Year founded: 2018
• To promote inter and trans-disciplinary exchange on landscape issues
• To intensify and coordinate landscape, alpine and park research at national and international levels
• To encourage dialogue on landscape issues between the academic, practical, political and social disciplines
We base what we do on the European Landscape Convention and the Alpine Convention, and we interpret the term landscape as holistic and relating to all areas. It includes mountain regions and the areas surrounding them as well as urban, suburban and rural regions and the interactions between these spaces.
Protecting our landscape is essential in order to maintain Switzerland’s diverse natural and cultural heritage. It plays a significant role in determining the quality of the environment we live in. One focus of our work is using parks and protected areas as a means of maintaining and improving the quality of landscapes in the relevant regions.
We analyse current developments and encourage inter and trans-disciplinary dialogue – for example by organising and running conferences and workshops. To carry out our work we collaborate closely with experts in landscape, alpine and park research who are active in Switzerland.
We represent the Swiss Academy of Sciences on the International Scientific Committee on Alpine Research (ISCAR) and on the Swiss National Park Research Committee (FOK-SNP), and manage office administration for the latter.
Year founded: 2018
Contact
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Forum Landscape, Alps, Parks (FoLAP)
House of Academies
PO Box
3001 Bern
Switzerland