Regions                                                                                 ---> News from the Regions

To join IALE or to renew the IALE membership please contact the according IALE region (see the list below). If your country has no region, consider to ask a continental region (esp. Europe).

ARGENTINA

Executive Committee ASADEP-IALE (IALE Argentina)
President: Silvia D. Matteucci
Secretary-General: Patricia Kandus
Secretary- of Institutional Relationships: Daniel Somma
Treasurer:Julietta Bono
First Commitee member: Rubén Quitana
Second Commitee member: María Elena Zaccagnini
Substitut First Committee member: J.J. Neiff
Substitut Second Commitee member: Luciana Ghermandi

AUSTRALIA

Executive Committee IALE Australia:
Chair: Richard Hobbs
Secretary: Diane Pearson
Treasurer: Julian Gorman
Editor of bulletin: Amy Hahs
Other committee members: Clive McAlpine
Website: http://www.iale.cdu.edu.au/iale_oz

BRAZIL

Executive Committee Brazil
President: Jean Paul Metzger
Vice-President: José Eduardo dos Santos
First Secretary: Vania R. Pivello
SecondSecretary: Marcelo Lima
First Treasurer: Mateus Batistella
Second treasurer: Sí­lvio Ferraz
Members: Ana Luiza Coelho Netto, Carlos Hugo Rocha, Claudio Bohrer, Eduardo Mariano Neto, Ernesto C. de Castro, Geraldo Majela M. Salvio, Maria Luiza Porto, Rozely Ferreira dos Santos
Student members: Alexandre Camargo Martensen, Deisy Tress, Maria Lucia Florini, Sueli Thomaziello

CANADA

The Canadian regions isn't active at the moment. Most Canadian members are also members of IALE-US.
President Secretary-Treasurer: vacancy 

CHINA

Executive Committee IALE China Branch
Chair: Bojie Fu
Honorary Chair:
Duning Xiao
Vice chairs: Yanglin Wang, Qiong Gao, Guicai Li, Zhiyung Ouyang, Yuanman Hu
Secretary general: Liding Chen
Vice secretary general: Hui Zeng, Xiuzhen Li, Genxu Wang, Jun Gao
Contact address: Xiuzhen Li
journal: lALE China Branch Newsletter

CZECH REPUBLIC

Executive Committee Czech Republic
Chair: Petr Madera
Vice-chair: Dusan Romportl
Treasurer: Ivo Machar
Secretary: Zbynek Ulcak
Commitee-members: Alena Salasova, Eva Semancikova, Jan Skalos
Rep. in the IALE Council: Dusan Romportl
Website: http://www.iale.cz

DENMARK

Executive Committee Denmark:
Chair: Stephan Pauleit
Secretary/Treasurer: Anton Stahl Olafsson
Board Members: Jesper Brandt, Soeren Bech Pilgaard Kristensen, Lone Kristensen, Ole Hjorth Caspersen, Bernd Muenier, Morten Stenak
Website: http://www.landskabsoekologi.dk

ESTONIA

Contact person: Ülo Mander

EUROPE

  launch in July 2009  for free membership 2009 visit http://www.landscape-ecology.eu

FRANCE

President: Philip Roche
Secretary: Yannick Delettre
Treasurer: Sylvie Vanpeene
Website: http://www.imep-cnrs.com/ialeFrance/IALE2007.html

GERMANY

Executive Committee German region:
Chair: Felix Müller
Secretary: Uta Steinhart
Treasurer: Ulrich Walz
Website: http://www.iale.de

ITALY

Executive Committee Italian Region
President: Riccardo Santolini
Vice President: Maddalena Gioia Gibelli
Secretary:
Emilio Padoa-Schioppa
Treasurer:
Alberto Massa Saluzzo
Members: Gerardo Barancucci, Gianumberto  Caravello, Carlo Ferrari

Website: http://www.siep-iale.it/

JAPAN

Contact person: Nobukazu Nakagoshi
Secretary: Dr Michiro FUJIHARA
Website: http://iale.idec.hiroshima-u.ac.jp

NETHERLANDS

WLO Executive Committee
Chair: Dr Jacques de Smidt
Secretary:
Remco de Hoogt
Website WLO (Dutch Association for Landscape Ecology): http://www.landschap.nl

NORWAY

Executive Committee of the Norwegian Region
Chair: Ann Norderhaug
Secretary/treasurer:

POLAND

Executive committee of the Polish Region
President: Dr Maciej Pietrzak
Vice-president: Dr Jerzy Solon
Secretary: Dr Agata Cieszewska
Treasurer: Dr Andrzej Macias
Board members: Dr Grazyna Bezkowska, Dr Wieslaw Ziaja, Dr Jaroslaw Balon
Website: http://www.paek.ukw.edu.pl/paek_english.htm

PORTUGAL

Executive Committee of the Portuguese region:
Chair: José Castro
Vice-Chair: Luí­s Quinta Nova
Vice-Chair: Francisco Moreira
Website: http://www.apep.pt
Contact: apep@apep.pt

SLOVAK REPUBLIC

Chair: Maria Kozova (kozova@fns.uniba.sk)
Vice chair: Tatiana Hrnciarova (tatiana.hrnciarova@savba.sk)
                     Jan Otahel (otahel@savba.sk)
Secretary: Pavlina Misikova (misikova.pavlina@enviro.gov.sk)
Treasurer: Katarina Pavlickova (pavlickova@fns.uniba.sk)
Contact: Maria Kozova

SWEDEN

Chair: Bo Eknert, Department of Physical Geography and Quarternary Geology, Stockholm University, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden
Secretary: Marcus Hedblom
Treasurer: Christer Ihse
Members: Ulla Moertberg, Anna Allard, Klara Tullback Rosenstroem, Ingrid Sarloev-Herlin
Website: www.iale.se

SWITZERLAND

Contact person: Janine Bolliger
Website: http://www.wsl.ch/land/iale/welcome.html

UKRAINE

Executive committee of the Ukrainian Region 
Chair: Michael Grodzinski
Vice chair: Marine Elbakidze
Secretary: Daria Svidzinska
Treasurer: Lyudmyla Bilous
Website: to be created soon
Contacts: mgrodz@ukr.net

UNITED KINGDOM

Executive Committee UK-IALE
Chair: Geoffrey Griffiths
Treasurer: Peter Carey
Secretary: Janet Jackson
Membership: Jon Marshall
Web Manager: Jonathan Porter
Booksales: John Dover
Student Reps: Bela Davis, Sarah Mckenzie
Website: http://www.iale.org.uk/index.html

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Executive Committee US-IALE
President 2008-2010: Jianguo (Jack) Liu
President-Elect, 2009-2010: Dean Urban
Secretary, 2007-2011: Colleen Hatfield
Treasurer, 2008-2010: Lisa Schulte
Councillor-at-Large, 2009-2011: Michael Wimberly
Councillor-at-Large, 2008-2010: Sarah Gergel
Councillor-at-Large, 2008-2010: Matt Baker
Student Representative, 2009-2011: Tabitha Graves
Student Representative, 2008-2010: Namrata Shrestha
US-IALE Membership Secretary:
Appalachian Laboratory
301 Braddock Road
Frostburg, MD 21532
memsec@al.umces.edu
Web site: http://www.cof.orst.edu/org/usiale

VIET NAM

Executive Committee:
President: Prof dr Nguyen Thung Hung
General secretary: Dr Tran Van Y
Treasurer: Dr Tran Ty