ABSTRACT
This chapter reviews the place of landscape at the international level. It argues that landscape was slow to become a suitable subject for international discourse because there was no consensus on the concept until recently, but that its relevance to the sustainability debate has changed this. Significant recent developments have been the incorporation of cultural landscapes within the World Heritage Convention; IUCN’s work on Category V protected areas, or Protected Landscapes; and developments within Europe, culminating in the adoption of the European Landscape Convention. The chapter analyses the importance of these developments and reviews their relevance to the UK. It concludes by predicting that the international dimension of landscape protection, management and planning will be increasingly important in the UK.
