67 PROJECTS’ SELECTION landscapedecisions.org exeter.ac.uk/research/esi/research/projects/landscape-futures Old and new growth at Gibside Hall, England [Caitlin DeSilvey (photo: Caitlin DeSilvey)] Landscape Futures and the Challenge of Change: Towards Integrated Cultural/Natural Heritage Decision Making Project Leader: University of Exeter Time Duration: 2020 – 2022 Countries Involved: United Kingdom Keywords: Built Environment, Data Collection, Dissemination, Landscape, Monitoring of Climate Impacts, Research & Innovation, Technologies Description The Landscape Futures and the Challenge of Change (LFCC) project convened a two-year programme of outreach and consultation which brought together historic and natural environment practitioners to develop a new pathway for proactively and positively managing heritage transformations: “adaptive release.” This approach delivers practical solutions for challenging sites and is underpinning discussion about emerging frameworks for policy and planning in both the UK and international contexts. A landscape approach, which understands cultural heritage assets as part of continually changing ecological and geophysical systems, has a key role in supporting a transition to more integrated and adaptive management of heritage and land assets. The project followed on from the AHRCfunded Heritage Futures research programme, which developed innovative approaches to cross-sectoral knowledge exchange aimed at identifying barriers to effective change management. Output Through ongoing monitoring and structured engagement, the project provides a proactive, adaptive management option for historical features and environments affected by accelerated environmental change. The project serves as a model for knowledge co-creation that delivers benefits directly to policymakers, regulators and decisionmakers. It has contributed to a paradigm shift in heritage practice, demonstrating that value and significance can be generated by working with processes of change and transformation as well as by securing preservation. As a direct project outcome, Historic England established an online forum (Heritage Lost + Found), where practitioners are actively discussing new approaches and developing best practices. Moreover, the “adaptive release” concept is included in jointly-developed guidance for climate change adaptation for historic places – an initiative led by the National Trust in partnership with Cadw, the Department for Communities Northern Ireland, Historic Environment Scotland, English Heritage Trust, National Trust Scotland and Historic England.
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