Regulatory framework of the spanish agricultural landscapes

Abstract

This article provides an approach to the treatment of Spanish agricultural landscapes by institutions associated with their protection, management and planning. Firstly, the main documents and regulatory frameworks are analyzed, as well as the treatment these documents and regulatory frameworks have among the different territorial figures. Secondly, attention is focused on the new programs, which are transverse and pay special attention to landscapes with an agricultural origin. This deserves a positive assessment that, nevertheless, is being underestimated due to the lack of coordination among the programs and between administrations. As a result, lots of measures are being taken that coincide in their aims but diverge in their precision and instruments and that, apart from jeopardizing the development of potential synergies, results in opposed perceptions and, consequently, against the interests of landscapes.