1. World Rural
Landscapes - North
America
Building a Community of Practioners

2. World Rural Landscapes
The World Rural Landscapes (WRL) is an
initiative for global conservation and
management to foster cooperation in the
study, management and protection of
rural landscapes.
More information is available on the
project’s web site:
http://www.worldrurallandscapes.org

3. World Rural Landscapes
One proposed outcome is The Atlas of the World
Rural Landscapes, which is a project coordinated
by the World Rural Landscapes Initiative. The aim
of this project is to depict the wide range of types
of rural landscapes in. the world.
• Bibliography
• Glossary
• Rural Landscape Classifications
• Criteria for evaluation
• Case Studies

4. World Rural Landscapes
Lead by International Scientific Committee on
Cultural Landscapes (ISCCL), established in
1970 by the International Council on
Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) in partnership
with the International Federation of Landscape
Architects (IFLA) to promote world-wide
cooperation in the identification, increased
awareness, study, education and training for
protection, preservation, restoration,
monitoring, management of cultural landscapes.

5. World Rural Landscapes –
North America
The International Scientific Committee for
Cultural Landscapes in North America
have established a World Landscape
Committee- North America.

6. World Rural Landscapes-
North America
First Tasks:
• Glossary
• Bibliography
• Case Studies
http://livinglandscapeobserver.net/living
-landscapes/world-rural-landscape-
initiative/

7. Proposed Case Studies
• Pennsylvania Fruit Belt
• Maine Blueberry Barrens
• Cape Cod Cranberry Bogs
• Wild Rice Region of the Great Lakes
• Ranches of the Rocky Mountain Front Range
• Conservation Reserve Programs in the Corn
Belt
• Silos and Smokestacks in Northeastern Iowa

8. TheCoreofMaine’sBlueberryBarrens
From an elevation of 18,000 feet, the Pineo, Debois, and Cherryfield wild
blueberry barrens present distinct patterns of ancient outwash beaches.

9. WildBlueberryBarrensCloseUp
The Passamaquoddy Tribe owns this undulating section of the barrens.

10. HistoricWildBlueberryBarrenInfrastructure
European Americans brought an industrial sensibility to the barrens.

11. WorldRuralLandscapes–NorthAmerica
Framework for Cooperation