Biodiversity and Landscape Protection

Abstract

Biodiversity and Landscape are different but closely related concepts and values. Biodiversity focuses on the variety of life forms, while Landscape considers the combination of natural and cultural elements that characterise a geographical area. Both are important for the conservation and a sustainable management of ecosystems and territories. The protection of Biodiversity and Landscape requires concrete and coordinated actions. For several years now Italia Nostra Sud Salento has been committed in actions, including legal ones, to protect Biodiversity, the Landscape, the socio-economic environment, the cultural, historical and artistic heritage in general, and the cultural identity of Salento in particular.