The International Consortium on Landslides (ICL) created at the Kyoto Symposium in January 2002 is an International non-governmental and non-profit scientific organization, which is supported by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UN/ISDR), and intergovernmental programmes such as the International Hydrological Programme of UNESCO; the Government of Japan; and other governmental bodies. ICL was registered as a legal body under Japanese law for non-profit organizations in August 2002 in the Government of Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. The present domicile of the International Consortium on Landslides is Kyoto, Japan, where the Secretariat is located.

            　　

 Recent News of ICL

Bid Annoucement for Data Input Works for Database of Landslides of the World

A new book: Progress in Landslide Science (Kyoji Sassa, Hiroshi Fukuoka, Fawu Wang and Gonghi Wang Eds.) was published by Springer.

ICL International Summer School on Rockslides and Related Phenomena in the Kokomeren River Valley (Kyrgyzstan) will be held from June 21 to July 6 (see the announcement and the guidebook).

Bulletin-1 of The First World Landslide Forum, Implementing the 2006 Tokyo Action Plan on the International Programme on Landslides (IPL), -Strengthening Research and Learning on Earth System Risk Analysis and Sustainable Disaster Management within UN-ISDR as Regards “Landslides”-, Date: 18-21 November 2008, Venue: United Nations University, Tokyo, Japan is uploaded (English Version, Japanese Version)

The First Session of IPL Global Promotion Committee and the IPL Symposium 2007 (see Proceedings in PDF) were held on 22-25 January 2007 in UNU, Tokyo (Joint Photo).

5th ICL BOR in 2006 and 5th ICL Symposium (see Proceedings in PDF) was held on 23-24 November 2006 in UNESCO, Paris (Joint Photo), Director-General of UNESCO opens 5th session of International Consortium on Landslides (Opening address) (Also see UNESCO Flash Info N° 188-2006).

The launching ceremony of the organization Committee of the First World Landslide Forum was held in Tokyo on 22 August 2006 after the signing ceremony of MoU between UNESCO and ICL (Brief report with photo).

MoU between UNESCO and ICL, MoU between WFEO and ICL, MoU between WMO and ICL, MoU between UN/ISDR and ICL, MoU between UNU and ICL, MoU between ICSU and ICL, were signed.

On 27 June 2006, ICL President Kyoji Sassa and Executive Director Kaoru Takara and others visited UNESCO Headquarter in Paris, and had a meeting with the Director-General of UNESCO Mr. Koichiro Matsuura (Photos).

The 2006 Second Steering Committee Meeting of ICL was held on 28-29 June 2006, at Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, Germany (Joint photo).

For strengthening research and learning on Earth System Risk Analysis and Sustainable Disaster Management within UN-ISDR as Regards "Landslides", and towards a Dynamic Global Network of International Programme on Landslides (IPL), a Round Table Discussion was held on 18-20 January 2006, at United Nations University, Tokyo, Japan(RTD-Full-Documents). As the result of the meeting, 2006 Tokyo Action Plan was adopted.

The Fourth Session of Board of Representatives and the First General Assembly of International Consortium on Landslides were successfully held on 12 -14 October 2005, at Keck Center of the National Academy of Sciences, Washington D.C., USA.

The International Workshop on Landslides in Machu Picchu was held in Machu Picchu, Cusco, Peru on 12-13 September, 2005.

ICL History and Activities by the President
From the book: "Landslides: -Risk Analysis and Sustainable Disaster Management" by Springer, 2005

Letter of Intent

ICL jointly proposed a “New International Initiatives for Research and Risk Mitigation of Floods (IFI) and Landslides (IPL)”

The 3^rd BOR of ICL was held in Bratislava, Slovakia

Call for Nomination of Varnes Medal

Call for IPL Success Award

 

 

 

 

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