(Protection of the Natural and Cultural Heritage)

Considering the deep-seated interdependence between the intangible cultural heritage and the tangible cultural and natural heritage,

The state and local communities shall promote the preservation of the natural and cultural heritage.

Considering that existing international agreements, recommendations and resolutions concerning the cultural and natural heritage need to be effectively enriched and supplemented by means of new provisions relating to the intangible cultural heritage,

Noting the far-reaching impact of the activities of UNESCO in establishing normative instruments for the protection of the cultural heritage, in particular the Convention for the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage of 1972,

(c) promote education for the protection of natural spaces and places of memory whose existence is necessary for expressing the intangible cultural heritage.

It shall provide for the preservation of the natural wealth and cultural heritage and create opportunities for the harmonious development of society and culture in Slovenia.

a to recognise landscapes in law as an essential component of people's surroundings, an expression of the diversity of their shared cultural and natural heritage, and a foundation of their identity;

c) a representation of the special protection areas, protected areas, degraded areas and other areas in which a special legal regime has been prescribed for the purposes of environmental protection, nature conservation, protection of natural resources or protection of cultural heritage;

In the preparation of the plan, besides regulations, programmes and plans from the spheres of environmental protection, nature conservation, the protection of natural resources, the protection of cultural heritage and environmental starting-points, the guidelines and background provided by ministries and organisations responsible, with regard to the content of the plan, for individual environmental protection matters or the protection or use of natural goods or the protection of cultural heritage, must also be taken into account.

- existing publicly accessible data on the situation in the spheres of environmental protection, protection against natural and other disasters, nature conservation, protection and use of natural resources, protection of human health and protection of cultural heritage;

(a) altering the status or diminishing the level of protection under the 1972 Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage of World Heritage properties with which an item of the intangible cultural heritage is directly associated; or

The preliminary work referred to in Rule 10 (a) shall include an assessment that evaluates the significance and vulnerability of the underwater cultural heritage and the surrounding natural environment to damage by the proposed project, and the potential to obtain data that would meet the project objectives.

In the past, protection efforts were focused more on natural heritage and natural monuments, in accordance with the Natural and Cultural Heritage Act62, and less on nature as a whole.

- a significant interruption of the conservation or advancement of the good state of the environment and parts thereof, defined by the environmental objectives, or the protection of areas on the basis of the requirements of environmental protection, nature conservation, the protection of natural resources, the protection of human health and the protection of cultural heritage.

` Environmental, including health, effect` means any effect on the environment, including human health, flora, fauna, biodiversity, soil, climate, air, water, landscape, natural sites, material assets, cultural heritage and the interaction among these factors.

Realizing the need to codify and progressively develop rules relating to the protection and preservation of underwater cultural heritage in conformity with international law and practice, including the UNESCO Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property of 14 November 1970, the UNESCO Convention for the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage of 16 November 1972 and the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982,

- that all those elements of the plan which could by themselves or through cumulative or synergistic effects with other plans or activities have an important effect on the environment have been duly considered using appropriate methods from the point of view of all environmental impacts and with regard to all foreseeable consequences of the plan on the environment, natural resources, nature conservation and the protection of human health and cultural heritage;

Having regard to the legal texts existing at international level in the field of protection and management of the natural and cultural heritage, regional and spatial planning, local self government and transfrontier co-operation, in particular the Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats (Bern, 19 September 1979), the Convention for the Protection of the Architectural Heritage of Europe (Granada, 3 October 1985), the European Convention on the Protection of the Archaeological Heritage (revised) (Valletta, 16 January 1992), the European Outline Convention on Transfrontier Co-operation between Territorial Communities or Authorities (Madrid, 21 May 1980) and its additional protocols, the European Charter of Local Self-government (Strasbourg, 15 October 1985), the Convention on Biological Diversity (Rio, 5 June 1992), the Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (Paris, 16 November 1972), and the Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice on Environmental Matters (Aarhus, 25 June 1998);

environmental objectives are the assumed obligations set out in ratified international treaties or EU regulations relating above all to transboundary environmental impacts and global pollution, and protection objectives in areas with a special legal regime, including guidelines, starting-points, restrictions and prohibitions for the purpose of environmental protection, nature conservation, protection of natural resources or protection of cultural heritage.

(Protection of Natural and Cultural Heritage)

It shall provide for the preservation of the natural wealth and culturalheritage and create opportunities for the harmonious development of society and culture in Slovenia.

For example, financial aid may be granted to agricultural production in order to safeguard the cultural and natural heritage, promote tourism in a particular region or to protect the soil against erosion, regulate the natural water balance or influence the climate.

safeguarding and maximising the potential of natural and cultural heritage;

the development of tourism and cultural investment, including the protection of cultural and natural heritage, provided that they are creating sustainable jobs;

Recognizing that wild flora and fauna constitute a natural heritage of aesthetic, scientific, cultural, recreational, economic and intrinsic value that needs to be preserved and handed on to future generations;

For example, financial aid may be granted to agricultural production in order to safeguard the cultural and natural heritage, promote tourism in a particular region or to protect the soil against erosion, regulate the natural water balance or influence the climate.

identification of the tourism product, development of non-traditional and new tourism products, adaptation of existing products including the preservation and development of cultural heritage, ecological and environmental aspects, management, protection and conservation of flora and fauna, historical, social and other natural assets, development of ancillary services;

The mechanism is intended to help ensure better protection, primarily of people but also of the environment and property, including cultural heritage, in the event of major emergencies, i. e. natural, technological, radiological or environmental accidents occurring inside or outside the Community, including accidental marine pollution, as provided for in Decision No 2850/2000/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2000 setting up a Community framework for cooperation in the field of accidental or deliberate marine pollution (2).

Whereas architecture, the quality of buildings, the way they blend in with their surroundings, respect for the natural and urban environment and the collective and individual cultural heritage are matters of public concern;

The Contracting Parties to this Protocol (hereinafter referred to as 'the Parties') shall take all appropriate measures with a view to protecting those marine areas which are important for the safeguard of the natural resources and natural sites of the Mediterranean Sea area, as well as for the safeguard of their cultural heritage in the region.

STRESSING the importance of protecting and, as appropriate, improving the state of the natural resources and natural sites of the Mediterranean Sea, as well as of their cultural heritage in the region, among other means by the establishment of specially protected areas including marine areas and their environment,

STRESSING the importance of protecting and, as appropriate, improving the state of the Mediterranean natural and cultural heritage, in particular through the establishment of specially protected areas and also by the protection and conservation of threatened species,

The mechanism is intended to help ensure better protection, primarily of people but also of the environment and property, including cultural heritage, in the event of major emergencies, i.e. natural, technological, radiological or environmental accidents occurring inside or outside the Community, including accidental marine pollution, as provided for in Decision No 2850/2000/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2000 setting up a Community framework for cooperation in the field of accidental or deliberate marine pollution(9).