In the light of recent climate changes challenges and an increased awareness of the nature-culture engtanglements of heritage, this article examines how recent Norwegian heritage policy addresses the relation between nature and culture in the context of climate change adaptation, sustainability, and legislative reform. Drawing on an analysis of the latest whitepaper and the proposal for a new Cultural Environment Act, the article traces the shift toward more integrated and relational understandings of heritage. While policy language increasingly frames cultural environments as shaped by long-term interactions between humans and the environment, the analysis finds that value hierarchies and legal frameworks remain primarily anthropocentric. The article concludes that, despite a more holistic vocabulary, Norwegian heritage governance continues to reproduce the institutional and conceptual separation of natural and cultural heritage. It argues that to bridge this divide will require not only coordinated governance and expertise across sectors, but also a more fundamental recognition of more-than-human interests and agency in heritage governance.
Anna Karlsson (Mon,) studied this question.