Historical Landscape Ecology Working Group

Landscapes and the dependent ecosystems evolve over time, shaped by natural and anthropogenic factors. Understanding path dependencies and contemporary legacies of past human-environment interactions is essential for understanding landscapes as well as for making sustainable management decisions in the future.

Since its foundation in 2017, this group aimed to promote and facilitate global collaboration in historical landscape research. We envision an international community of researchers who share the values of scientific curiosity, open communication, and constructive collaboration.

We aim to provide a collaborative forum for debating emerging challenges, and developing theories and methods in historical landscape ecology. We welcome new members and encourage everyone to actively share relevant research output or collaborative project ideas.

• Maintain a mailing list for topical exchanges. To join, please send an e-mail to

historical-landscape-ecology+subscribe AT googlegroups DOT com

• Organize a series of digital and in-person exchanges to facilitate scientific impulses and enable collaboration

• Co-organize symposia at IALE and IALA meetings

• Engage in joint projects and publications