15/09/2009 President
Addressing today’s meeting of the General Assembly of the European Network of Local and Regional Authorities for the Implementation of the European Landscape Convention (RECEP-ENELC), the President of PACE pointed out that the Assembly has already adopted a recommendation on the conservation and use of the landscape potential of Europe. It had called for recognition of the concept of landscape in national law, for the implementation of proper national, regional and local landscape policies, and for the participation of civil society and non-governmental organisations in schemes to preserve the potential of the landscape.