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Do you have a great landscape project you want to showcase? Then why not enter the UK Landscape Awards?

The Awards are currently looking for the best landscape projects in the UK to show the power of landscape to benefit the communities of which they are part. They are looking for all types of landscape - including urban, rural, coastal, agricultural, designed and natural.

The landscape might be newly-created, it could be the improvement or renewal of an existing landscape or perhaps it has brought new life or community involvement to an existing place.

Entrants must come from a local or regional authority, a grouping of local or regional authorities or a non-governmental organisation such as a registered charity or a housing association. If you do not fit with one of these categories there it nothing to stop you suggesting that the appropriate authority should enter.

The Awards are a great opportunity for organisations to showcase landscape projects, highlighting their role in making good places and establishing community involvement in the process.

Heats are taking place in Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales and nine regions of England.

The closing date for entries is 27th August 2010. The winner will be announced at the European Landscape Convention Conference in Liverpool in early November 2010. The winner will then represent the UK at the Landscape Award of the Council of Europe, which will be decided in March 2011.

You can find more information, including a map of submissions and entry guidelines, on the UK Landscape Awards website.

Photo courtesy of Scottish Natural Heritage, celebrating 2010 - the International Year of Biodiversity.