The Top-Down and Bottom-Up protectionist initiatives for Walloon landscapes

peer reviewed ; While the European Landscape Convention mentions that “the landscape is a key element of individual and social well-being and that its protection […] entail rights and responsibilities for everyone” (Council of Europe 2000), what about the rights and responsibilities of the citizens? Based on analysis of legislative/strategic documents and of citizen initiatives, our communication proposes a critical view on the way the population is integrated into the protectionist policies conducted in Wallonia (Belgium), and on the interests promoted by the citizen protectionist initiatives... Mehr ...