Switzerland's landscape is divided into three characteristic regions: Jura, Central Plateau and Alps. In the last decades increasing housing developments and transport infrastructure along with intensified agriculture have destroyed the traditionally developed cultural landscape particularly in in the Central Plateau. Habitats for fauna and flora have been diminished and fragmented. The cultural landscape has been degraded, trivialized and has lost its emotional value for people. In order to mitigate landscape fragmentation, several concepts and strategies were developed on a legal basis. Considering ecological valorisation and landscape
connectivity, we emphasise the Ordinance on Ecological Quality (Ökoqualitätsverordnung ÖQV), the restoration of supra-regional wildlife corridors and the National Ecological Network (Réseau Ecologique National REN). Their application and implementation do not only increase the landscape's ecological value, but do also enhance its value for experience.