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Fig. 4.1 Holistic landscape approach: landscape aspects (gray) and landscape dimensions

(white)

dimensions have also been considered within the structure of the 10th Council of
Europe meeting of workshops for the implementation of the European Landscape
Convention.
Past research (Naveh 2011 ; Grove and Rackham 2003 ; Makhzoumi and
Pungetti 1999 , 2003 ) has indicated that the ecological landscape approach could
serve as a vehicle for bringing together natural and cultural landscape research.
Indeed, landscape ecology studies on landscape mosaic (e.g. Forman and Wilson
1996 ) and on landscape resources (e.g. Farina 2006 ) have proposed several
directions for studying and preserving our common landscape by the humans who
are shaping it (Fig. 4.2 ).
Natural and cultural landscapes form a total ecosystem entity where all are
united and responsible (Naveh 2011 ). It was in this light that the 8th World
Congress of IALE addressed the importance of landscape ecology for a sustainable
environment and culture. Landscape ecology, furthermore, can be applied in
understanding cultural landscapes and maintaining indigenous knowledge. This
topic was addressed at the Symposium 'Landscape ecological perspectives on
biocultural diversity and sacred landscape' of the Congress, and it is discussed in
Sect. 4.6 .