News

The lastest IALE Bulletin - Volume 40 No. 3 | October 2022 - is online.

Download the Bulletin here.

The call for Symposia, Panels and Workshops for the IALE 2023 World Congress is published.

Deadline for submissions: 30st November 2022

Call for Symposia, Panels, Workshops

The Call for Abstracts (Presentation and Poster) for IALE 2023 World Congress is online.

The submission portal will open 1st Junuary 2023
Deadline for submissions: 15th February 2023

Call for Abstracts (Presentation and Poster)

The new Special Issue entitled "Perspectives on Mountain Conservation" in the journal land is open for submissions. The guest editors Prof. Dr. Fausto Sarmiento, Dr. Andreas Haller, Dr. Carla Marchant and Dr. Masahito Yoshida are looking forward to your contributions.

The complete call for submissions is here.

IALE members receive a 10% discount on submissions in land.

The IALE 2023 World Congress Website is online. Please visit: https://iale2023.mak.ac.ug/

Call for participation to three CBLS-IALE international online workshops from October to December 2022.

Application for participation by 24/09/2022.

More information: CBLS-IALE Workshop.pdf

The 13th issues of PANORAMA - the  Newsletter of the Indian Regional Association for Landscape Ecology (IRALE) - is online.

Download IRALE News #13 here.

Authors: Antonio Gómez Sal and Asunción Saldaña-López

Dear Colleagues,

Changes in land use are leading to a global polarization process. On the one hand, the urbanization trend does not stop: more than 55% of people are city dwellers and large cities are becoming the most evident manifestation of global change. On the other hand, the declaration of protected natural areas is increasing, with a general target of covering 20% of the land in each country. Between both extremes lies a vast space that often lacks clear development goals and adequate planning. Trends range from abandonment and depopulation to super-intensive agriculture. Within it there is a growing tendency for human uses to decouple from land conditions and dynamics, thus increasing exposure to risks caused by natural and anthropic events. This is also the space where competition between high-impact uses (e.g., energy, intensive agriculture) and (agro)biodiversity-based development (i.e., cultural landscapes, not urban life options) is being raised. Therefore, there is a need for planning and clear development goals.

The objective of this special issue is to analyze the trends taking place in this in-between space of uncertain destiny, to identify win-win actions and policies already underway and offer a set of considerations to drive changes towards sustainability and human wellbeing goals.

Find more information here.

The (last!) Landscape Ecology MOOC organised by ETHzürich is starting September 6th 2022. The course features theory, methods and tools to solve landscape-related environmental problems. Building on introductory theory units, leading Landscape Ecology professors present case studies from around the world, highlighting innovative and collaborative approaches.

Enroll here: https://www.edx.org/course/landscape-ecology

The IALE Diversity and Inclusion Committee would like to better understand member experiences within IALE and gather input on what our committee can do to facilitate a more inclusive IALE.

We need your feedback! Please take a few minutes to complete our survey on diversity and inclusion by 26 August. All responses are optional and will be critical for informing our committee's efforts and improving IALE as a global society.

Sincerely,

Committee Members:

Jennifer Costanza (Chair), USA, IALE-North America

Dolors Armenteras, IALE Vice President and IALE-Colombia

Monika Egerer, Germany, IALE-Germany

Sima Fakheran, IALE Iran

Amy Frazier, USA, IALE-North America

Somayeh Mohammadi Hamidi, IALE-Germany

Anita Morzillo, USA, IALE-North America

Joy Obando, Africa-IALE

Marketa Santruckova, Czech Republic, IALE-CZ

Robert Scheller, USA, IALE President