Table 1 Relevant names and policies of GCH in various countries
Country | Types/appellations | Institution in charge | Specific legislation | Relevant legislation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Croatia | Cultural-historical areas and cultural landscapes | Directorate for the protection of cultural Heritage | Act on the protection and preservation of cultural property | |
Directorate for nature protection | Nature protection act | |||
Czech Republic | Protected gardens | Institute of national heritage | Act n. 114/1992 Coll. about protection of the nature and landscape | |
MCZK- Methodical center of garden culture in Kromeriz | Act n. 20/1987 Coll. about State Custody | |||
Finland | Protected gardens and parks | Ministry of education and culture | The land use and building act | |
National board of antiquities | National land use guidelines | |||
Ministry of environment | Act on the protection of built Heritage | |||
France | Parks and gardens which are of historical, artistic, or architectural interest | Ministry of culture and communication | Heritage code (book VI, titles I and II) | |
French national horticultural society (SNHF) | ||||
French landscape federation (FFP) | ||||
Italy | Historic parks and gardens | Ministry for cultural heritage, cultural activities, and tourism | The code of cultural heritage and landscape | |
The parks and gardens of italy association (APGI) | ||||
Netherlands | Gardens, parks, cemeteries | The cultural heritage agency of the Netherlands | Monumentenwet 1988 | |
Slovak Republic | Historical parks and gardens | Ministry of culture of Slovak Republic | National cultural monuments under law on the protection of monuments and historic sites | |
Ministry of Environment of Slovak Republic | ||||
Spain | Historic gardens | Ministry of education, culture and sports | The law of 16/1985, on Cultural and Historic Heritage | |
England | Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest | Historic England | National Heritage Act 1983 | |
Japan | Cultural Property Garden | Cultural property garden preservation council | Cultural property protection act | |
P.R. China | Classical Gardens | No unified regulatory body for the time being | Cultural relics protection law of the People's Republic of China | |
Korea | Traditional garden | Cultural heritage administration | Basic planning for the conservation, management and utilization of traditional gardens | |
South Africa | Cultural landscape | South African heritage resources agency | The National Heritage resources Act, Act No. 25 of 1999 | |
Kenya | Museums, sites and monuments | National Museums of Kenya | National Museums and Heritage act 6 of 2006 | |
The United States | Cultural landscapes, historic places | U.S. National Park Service | Management of cultural landscapes |
