Venturing into Holland, the Land of Windmills

Living Landscapes in an Institutionally Fractured Biocultural Landscape in Holland, UK

Marcus Petz, Institute of Forest, Environmental and Natural Resource Policy, BOKU, Vienna

Holland : hill-land

1795 2012

1893-5

Black Sluice IDB

Habitats

Fens

Heath

Edge

Fenlands

Drainage&

Opposition

Inclosure like a Buonaparte let not a thing remainIt levelled every bush and tree and levelled every hillAnd hung the moles for traitors - though the brook is running stillIt runs a naked brook cold and chill - Remembrances

Hereward the WakeCharles ISir Cornelius Wasterdyk VermuydenJohn Clare

Culture

Living LandscapesEach Living Landscape scheme covers a large area of land: a naturally functioning landscape (such as a river catchment) often encompassing several Wildlife Trust nature reserves and other important wildlife areas. …. individual Wildlife Trusts up and down the UK working with partners, landowners and local communities to restore the natural landscape. These local schemes are all pieces of the jigsaw that will combine to form the wider Living Landscape we envisage: a national network of high-quality natural areas for people and wildlife.

Everyone has a Plan!

Next Steps

• Clear identity for the Region – Holland

• Tourism based on Heritage Buildings – Mills

• Link with neighbors – The Broads, Great Fen Project

• Living Landscapes & others lack social aspects

• More Science, not just ethnography