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Bothnian Bay Coastal Meadows Management Project EUROPEAN LANDSCAPE CONVENTION LANDSCAPE AWARD OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE 7th Session – 2020-2021 APPLICATION FORM Council of Europe – European Landscape Convention Presentation The European Landscape Convention aims to promote the protection, management and planning of landscapes and to bring together European co-operation in this field. It is the first international treaty exclusively devoted to all dimensions of European landscape. Taking into account the landscape, natural and cultural values of the territory, it contributes to promoting the quality of life and well-being of Europeans. The Resolution on the Rules governing the Landscape Award of the Council of Europe, adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 20 February 2008 at the 1018th meeting of the Ministers’ Deputies, draws attention to the fact that Article 11 of the Convention institutes the Landscape Award of the Council of Europe and that it is in keeping with the work carried out by the Council of Europe concerning human rights, democracy and sustainable development. It effectively promotes the territorial dimension of human rights and democracy by acknowledging the importance of measures taken to improve the landscape for people’s living conditions. Opened to the Parties to the Convention, the Award is intended to raise civil society’s awareness of the value of landscapes, of their role and of changes to them. Its objective is to reward exemplary practical initiatives aimed at successful landscape quality objectives on the territories of the Parties to the Convention. The Award is conferred every two years and the files presenting applications must reach the Secretariat General of the Council of Europe. At its meeting held in Strasbourg on 28-29 April 2008, the Steering Committee for Cultural Heritage and Landscape (CDPATEP) decided that applications should be submitted to the Council of Europe Secretariat through the Permanent Representations of the Parties to the Convention. We would be very grateful if you could send no later than 30 January 2021 the following elements of the candidature file (20 pages maximum) established for your country on the basis of the proposals forwarded to you by the Ministries: – by E-mail, the Application form completed to: [email protected]; [email protected]; – by post, a copy of the Application form completed together with a CD-Rom, DVD or USB key, containing the all the additional material to: Maguelonne Déjeant-Pons, Executive Secretary of the European Landscape Convention, Council of Europe, Agora (A4-15V), F- 67075 STRASBOURG Cedex. * *** * * Please note that: – participation to the Landscape Award of the Council of Europe is only open to local and regional authorities and their groupings and non-governmental organisations, as stated in the Resolution CM/Res (2008)3, Appendix, Article 2; – the application form must be completed in all its parts, in one of the two official languages of the Council of Europe (English or French); – the materials submitted must be copyright-free, for use by the Council of Europe in communications aimed at promoting the Award or any other publications or activities relating to the Convention. The Council of Europe undertakes to cite the authors’ names; – files that are incomplete or fail to comply with the rules will not be taken into consideration. For further information please visit the Landscape Award section of the Council of Europe website: www.coe.int/EuropeanLandscapeConvention www.coe.int/en/web/landscape/landscape-award * 2 I. STATE CONCERNED AND APPLICANT 1. State Finland Represented by Mr Tapio Heikkilä Address: Ministry of the Environment Department of the Nature Environment P.O. Box 35 FI-00023 Government FINLAND Telephone: +358 295 250 166 E-mail: [email protected] 2. Applicant Center for Economic development, Transport and the Name of the local, Environment, North Ostrobothnia regional authority(ies) or NGO(s) Represented by Mr Jorma Pessa Center for Economic development, Transport and the Address: Environment, North Ostrobothnia Nature and land use unit P.O. Box 86 FIN-90101 Oulu FINLAND Telephone: +358 400 250 040 E-mail: [email protected] 3 II. PRESENTATION OF THE PROJET 3. Name of the Project Bothnian Bay Coastal Meadows Management Project 4. Location of the Project The Bothnian Bay, the northernmost part of the Baltic Sea 5. Summary of the Project (10-12 lines) In the Bothnian Bay coastal meadows management project, the objective has been to restore and maintain the landscape and habitats of the uniquely extensive coastal meadows. The meadows have resulted from traditional agriculture and degraded because of changes in agricultural practices. Now over 4,000 hectares of meadows have been restored. An operating model for the management of the coastal areas was developed in the beginning of the project. The operating model involves identifying valuable coastal meadow sites, finding suitable measures for restoring them to the target state, and finding a local farmer to implement these measures with funding via agri-environmental support. With the help of the pilot sites, the use of the operating model has been extended to the entire project area. The success of the project means that the traditional, expansive coastal meadows in the Bothnian Bay have been restored to their former glory. The successful management of the landscape in the Bothnian Bay is the result of long-term and extensive cooperation. 6. Photo representing the Project (high definition – JPEG 350 dpi) and name of the author of the photo please Author: Mika Kastell 7. Website of the Project (if exists) - 4 III. CONTENT OF THE PROJECT 8. Start of the Project month 6 year 1995 The project must have been completed at least three years previously 9. Partners Private landowners, real estate units, farmers, agricultural authorities, ProAgria Oulu (Rural Women’s Advisory Organisation), Metsähallitus Parks & Wildlife Finland, various organisations (hunting clubs, BirdLife, member associations of the Finnish Association for Nature Conservation) 10. Financing bodies Ministry of the Environment, EU Agricultural Fund, national agricultural subsidies 11. Central aims of the Project The main objectives of the Bothnian Bay coastal meadows management project have been: 1) Restore and maintain the landscape and habitats of Finland's most extensive coastal meadows, which are unique in their biodiversity. The core of the coastal meadow chain are the meadows of Bay of Liminganlahti and Hailuoto Island, which are recognised as nationally valuable landscapes*. The cessation of mowing and grazing resulting from the structural change in agriculture, together with the eutrophication of coastal waters, resulted in large areas of coastal meadows becoming overgrown with reeds and other vegetation. 2) Create an operating model which will enable the management of coastal meadows to be expanded to the entire project area and which can be applied elsewhere as well. 3) Establish as wide a range of coastal pastures as possible throughout the coastal area in order to serve as attractive examples and to encourage farmers and agricultural entrepreneurs to set up new pastures. 4) Plan the management of the areas according to their characteristics to ensure the best outcome. 5) Monitor the impacts of the management on the landscape, habitat types and species and, where necessary, make changes to the management plans and methods to better meet the purpose. 5 6) Implement landscape management and planning through broad-based cooperation between nature conservation and agricultural authorities, landowners, farmers and organisations. 7) Implement the EU Natura 2000 conservation objectives. 8) Systematically increase the area of coastal meadows under management. At the start of the 2000s, the national target was to triple the area covered by traditional rural biotopes. For the North Ostrobothnia ELY Centre, this meant a target of approximately 2,000 hectares. 9) Increase the awareness of private landowners, farmers and other citizens about the landscape of the project area and its management as well as the value and significance of these landscapes. 10) Secure the commitment and motivation of farmers to manage the contract areas. 11) Plan and implement management also in areas where this cannot be supported by agri-environmental payments. 12) Implement the planning of the coastal meadows management in parallel with the planning of protected areas. 13) Secure the ecological functioning of the area as a whole. 14) Enrich the landscape with the help of grazing animals. *The nationally valuable landscapes were confirmed by a government resolution in 1995. These are Finland's most typical cultural landscapes, whose value is based on their diverse, culturally-shaped nature, managed agricultural landscape and traditional building stock. The identification of nationally valuable landscapes is used to secure the preservation of typical and vibrant rural landscapes and to attract interest in landscape management. The national land use targets laid down in the Land Use and Building Act require that valuable landscapes be taken into account in land use decisions for these areas. 12. Outcome The central aims of the project have been achieved brilliantly. Through the project, the quantity of coastal meadows under management has increased from approximately 200 hectares to its current total of over 4,000 hectares. This management has covered the landscape itself, the vulnerable habitat types and the area's species. The successful management
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