IFLA Asia Pacific Region Landscape Charter
Guiding principles for the protection, planning, enhancement, design, and management of landscapes across the Asia-Pacific region.
What is the Charter?
Landscapes are the result of unique combinations of biophysical, cultural and social processes, evolving over time and interwoven with memory, perception and tradition and should be protected from insensitive or inappropriate change or development.
The Charter is the IFLA Asia-Pacific Region’s declaration of a set of fundamental principles to support the active stewardship of, advocacy for, and enhancement of the landscapes of our region. It serves as a set of guiding principles for landscape architects, and as a frame of reference to inform decision-makers about the broad scope of landscape matters.
The Charter sets out policies, principles, definitions and values for the protection, planning, enhancement, design and management of landscapes in our region, and provides a framework through which other disciplines, Government agencies and departments, and other stakeholders can cooperate on landscape and landscape-related issues.
How can I support the Charter?
The Charter invites the widest possible range of stakeholders to become signatories and uphold its principles while working towards its goals.
- Representatives of Government agencies or departments
- Regional and local authorities
- Indigenous peoples
- Individuals
- Organisations with an interest in landscape
- Organisations that represent professions with an interest in landscape
Current Charter signatories
| Country | Association |
|---|---|
| Australia | AILA |
| Indonesia | ISLA |
| Iran | ISLAP |
| Japan | J_IFLA |
| Malaysia | ILAM |
| New Zealand | NZILA |
| Singapore | SILA |
| Thailand | TALA |
| Taiwan | CTLAS |