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We are very happy to share the following information from IALE Europe about the next major Landscape Ecology event in 2022!

The IALE 2022 European Landscape Ecology Congress will take place from 11 to 15 July 2022, in Warsaw (Poland). The theme of the congress ‘Making the future, learning from the past’ highlights the potentials for shaping and co-creating the future landscape with a landscape ecological perspective by reflecting what we can learn from the past. 

Call for Abstract is open now! 

The list of symposia has been updated by all symposium organisers while new ones have been added to the list. We will welcome a wide variety of interesting, engaging and challenging topics. More than 30 symposia will be organised, structured in ten thematic groups. The description of the symposia as well as the submission procedure can be found on the website.

The submission deadline is 28 January 2022, notification about acceptance will be sent at 1 March 2022. The congress will be organised in the physical format that is safe for the participants. We are looking forward to your participation in the congress and hope to welcome you all in Warsaw.

More information: https://www.iale2022.eu/

The journal Socio-Ecological Practice Research (SEPR) plans to
publish a special issue (SI) in 2022 on Nature-Based Solutions (NBS). The theme is Socio-ecological perspectives on nature-based solutions (NBS).

Submit prospectus (the 200-250 word) before or by December 15, 2021. A decision will be made within two days after your prospectus is received.

The complete Call for Prospectus (CFP) is available on this website of the journal.

The lastest IALE Bulletin - Volume 39 No. 3 | November 2021 - is online. Featured in this issue:

• The Manifesto on the Future of the European Landscape
• Competitive call to support for IALE Chapter and Working Groups
• A Special Thank You Note
• IALE Conferences: #IALE_Nairobi_2023 and IALE 2022 European Landscape Ecology Congress

Download the Bulletin here.

The IALE Executive Committee has unanimously voted to support the Manifesto on the Future of the European Landscape. The Manifesto calls attention to the dynamic circumstances that European landscapes have experienced since 2000. The Manifesto is a commitment to landscape-based policy to safeguard the dynamic identity and diversity of European landscapes. The Manifesto is the result of consultations among the landscape community, following the UNISCAPE Conference “Cultivating Continuity of the European Landscape”, in October 2020. The Manifesto was launched at an international event on 22 October 2021 in Florence, Italy. IALE supports the Manifesto because it can serve as a valuable template for a process and a product that could be emulated throughout the world to support policies that protect the identity and diversity of landscapes.

Read the Manifesto on the Future of the European Landscape (UNISCAPE Webpage)

The IALE Diversity & Inclusion Committee would like your feedback on a Draft Meeting Code of Conduct: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KYK3ICK68CfHbIaSZHrHDoJBUfRq7cXg-MIDJHZtTFo

We would like feedback and comments from as many IALE members as possible, and we still have only heard from a few so far. Please submit your comments by 15 November via this form: https://forms.gle/WAQaS PwpV6wPe6 

The purpose of the Code of Conduct is to outline the acceptable and unacceptable behavior at the World Congress and all other IALE-sponsored meetings and events, whether virtual in person. We propose that all attendees at future IALE World Congresses will be required to agree to this code of conduct before attending. In addition, as a condition of receiving IALE funding for meetings, regional chapters will be required to agree to the code of conduct and to share it with their meeting attendees.

We will edit and update the draft based on your feedback.

Sincerely,
The IALE Diversity & Inclusion Committee:
Jen Costanza, Chair

Dolors Armenteras, Monika Engerer, Sima Fakheran, Laura Farwell, Amy Frazier, Somayeh Mohammadi, Joy Obando, Markéta Šantrůčkovas, Rob Scheller

The 6th issue of PANORAMA (October 2021) - the  Newsletter of the Indian Regional Association for Landscape Ecology (IRALE) - is online.

Topics of the current issue: The 1st Annual IRALE Symposium | Terai Arc Landscape | The Gangetic Plains.

Download IRALE News 6 here.

Christine Fürst has been appointed editor-in-chief of Land (ISSN 2073-445X, IF 3.395, CiteScore 3.0). Christine was IALE President from 2015 to 2019. Read more on her goals for the further development of Land here.
The IALE community congratulates you on your new position and wishes you every success!

The aim of the workshop “Empowering wellbeing and health through nature: inspiring good practices and initiatives across Europe”, organised as part of the EU Regions Week, is to inspire with best practices and tools on how to improve regional and municipal policies to protect nature and its services. It will also explain the importance of active political and societal actions for its protection as well as new initiatives that focus on the role of social innovation and entrepreneurs in bringing the benefits of nature to society.

Through the experience and knowledge gained by partners from four Interreg Europe projects related to nature conservation and the ERAMUS+ Green4Care project, the workshop will focus on providing some key insights into inspiring good practices at regional and municipal level, and lessons learned from the cooperation between various regions within Europe. 

Find more information at Renatur @ European Week of Regions and Cities | Interreg Europe and in this PDF.

Anita T. Morzillo and Jennifer A.M. Koch are the guest editors of the latest special issue in our flagship journal Landscape Ecology entitled "Strengthening bidirectional linkages between social and ecological systems in landscape ecology".  Find more information in the attached Call for Papers. 

Dear IALE community,

Marcin Spyra, Chiara Cortinovis and Silvia Ronchi, active members of the IALE working group “urban and peri-urban governance”, have created a survey related to the governance of peri-urban landscapes. They want to investigate which policy instruments are available to address the sustainability challenges of peri-urban landscapes, how they have been implemented, and with what results.

Please support our members and working group! Your contribution will help to increase our knowledge about the relevant instruments.

Here is the link to the survey.