Article 2

1 The Parties undertake, each in accordance with its own laws:

- to maintain and improve the natural landscape and its specific character;

- to protect and enrich its natural heritage (fauna, flora, habitats);

- to protect and enhance the cultural heritage (whether architectural, archaeological, rural or historical);

- to help educate people towards a better appreciation and wider knowledge of other area's natural and cultural heritage;

- to take the necessary steps to preserve the factors likely to influence the above-mentioned ecological and physical assets of the transfrontier park and the environment;

- to promote and guide economic and socio-cultural activities through integrated development capable of contributing to the well-being of the population in the area concerned, conservation of the qualities of its natural and cultural heritage and enhancement of its recreational value.

2 To this end, the Parties undertake to harmonise their methods of management and to co-ordinate all development projects or improvements by means of a comprehensive action programme leading ultimately to joint management of the park based on a joint management plan. The Parties will promote the exchange of information and experience.