Biocultural Diversity for Sustainable Ecological, Cultural and Sacred Landscapes: The Biocultural Landscape Approach - Landscape Ecology for Sustainable Environment and Culture - page 68

interactions between biological and cultural diversity which are vital for enhancing
environmental integrity and human well-being.
Recognising the inextricable link between biological and cultural diversity,
UNESCO and the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (SCBD)
joined forces to understand and address the interaction between biological and
cultural diversity, and the common challenges posed by contemporary processing
affecting the current diversity trends. The result was the SCBD-UNESCO Joint
Programme on Biological and Cultural Diversity, which aimed at deepening global
awareness of the inter-linkages between cultural and biological diversity. State
Parties and other relevant stakeholders were invited to support the implementation
of the joint programme. In addition to linking grassroots and community initiatives
with local, regional, national and global policy processes, one of the key goals is to
advance knowledge on the ways in which cultures have shaped and continue to
shape biodiversity in a sustainable way, so as to be able to identify and implement
management and policy approaches to sustain our planet's diversity (Persic and
Martin 2008 ).
Building on the above, the biocultural landscape model can be implemented at
different scales--global, national and local--each with its own objectives, as
shown in Fig. 4.9 .
Fig. 4.9 Different scales of implementation of the biocultural landscape model with their
objectives