Presentation of the Landscape Catalogues of Alt Pirineu i Aran, Comarques Gironines and Terres de l'Ebre after the summer in 2008, and of the Regió Metropolitana de Barcelona at the end of 2008. The coordination of the Landscape Catalogue of the Comarques Centrals starts from February 2008 and will be finished at the beginning of 2009.
The Landscape Observatory is taking part in monitoring and advising on the Landscape Charters of the Camprodon Valley, Alt Empordà and the municipalities of the Valley of the Argentona stream and the Valley of the Tenes.
Collaboration with the ministries of Education and of Town and Country Planning and Public Works of the Government of Catalonia in the implementation of teaching material in the educational innovation project "City, territory and landscape", for ESO. The project includes an educational web on landscape as a new section in the Observatory web.
Definition and application of a list of landscape indicators for Catalonia which provide knowledge and give ability to follow up the state of Catalan landscapes and their evolution, the people's satisfaction with their landscape and the effectiveness of public and private initiatives for the improvement of the landscapes.
A line of research in 2009 through the Catalonia Historical Landscape project (PaHisCat) on the historical evolution of the landscapes in Catalonia, as a complement to the landscape catalogues.
Creation of the new digital dossier "Gardens", that tries to promote a heritage that is often ignored and undervalued, and to become a a point of reference on this topic.
This workshop was held on the 11th, 12th and 13th of June in Olot and was jointly organized by the French Department of Ecology, Energy, Sustainable Development and Land Planning and the Landscape Observatory of Catalonia.
Landscape has been traditionally linked to the sense of sight. However, sound, smell, taste and touch can also be as important if not more important than sight when perceiving and living a given landscape. How a place sounds gives it its unique identity. It is an essential facet of its landscape.
Organization of the International Seminar "Landscape and Education", with the collaboration of the Council of Europe, the Ministry of Town and Country Planning and Public Works, the Ministry of Education, the Recep Network and Caixa Catalunya's Social Work.
Distribution every two months of the bulletin Landscap-e, as a reference tool of information, training and sensitisation on landscape in Catalan society. It sets out the activity developed by the Observatory and all the information of interest on landscape in our country and on an international scale.
Distribution of the Dietari de Paisatge, a weekly collection of news items on landscape published in the principal written communication media around the world, with special emphasis on news referring to Catalonia.
Monthly issue of the bulletin Landscape Events, offering a selection of congresses, seminars, courses, presentations, conferences and exhibitions, among other activities around the world, with special emphasis on events in Catalonia.
