Date: 18th-21th November 2008
Venue: United Nations University, Tokyo, Japan
Objectives:
The objectives of the First Landslides Forum (1st WLF) are the following:
1. Promotion of research and exchange of experience through open Forums, Symposia and Workshops Various meetings to strengthen Research and Learning on Earth System Risk Analysis and Sustainable Disaster Management within UN-ISDR as Regards “Landslides” will be organized by all levels of participating groups. Rooms and time span will be allocated to promote those activities.
2. Advances and achievements of IPL Proposals and reports on IPL projects will be presented for the planned global cooperating fields, which are listed hereafter: Global Cooperating Fields of IPL (1) Technology Development: A. Monitoring and Early Warning; B. Hazard Mapping, Vulnerability and Risk Assessment. (2) Targeted Landslides: Mechanisms and Impacts. (3) Capacity Building: A. Enhancing Human and Institutional Capacities; B. Collating and Disseminating Information/ Knowledge. (4) Mitigation, Preparedness and Recovery: A. Preparedness; B. Mitigation; C. Recovery.
3. Designation of World Centres of Excellence on Landslide Risk Reduction The IPL Global Promotion Committee will identify and promote World Centres of Excellence (WCoE) within eligible organizations, such as universities, institutes, NGOs, government ministries and local governments, contributing to “Risk Reduction for Landslides and Related Earth System Disasters”. Linkages to CoE at the national level will be used to promote cooperation with the ICL and dissemination of knowledge and information. An independent Panel of Experts, set up by the Global Promotion Committee of IPL, may be appointed to endorse the CoEs. The first WCoE will be approved by the IPL Global Promotion Committee based on the recommendation by the Panel of Experts and announced at the final day of the first World Landslide Forum.
Organizers:
International Consortium on Landslides (ICL) *, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), World Meteorological Organization (WMO), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Risk Reduction (UN/ISDR), United Nations University (UNU), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), World Bank (IBRD), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), International Council for Science (ICSU), World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO), Kyoto University (KU), Japan Landslide Society (JLS) (* Members are listed in the last page)
Cosponsors (TENTATIVE)
Cabinet Office of Japan (CAO), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan (MOFA), Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan (MEXT), Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan (MAFF), Ministry of Land Infrastructure and Transport, Japan (MLIT), Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Science Council of Japan (SCJ), Ministry for Research and University, Italy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Italy, Ministry of the Environment, Italy, Department of Civil Protection of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, Italy, Ministry of Land and Resources of China (MLR), National Emergency Management Agency of Korea (NEMA), Ministry of Environment of the Slovak Republic, Ministry of Environment of the Czech Republic, Government of Peru, Government of Philippines, International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS), International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG), International Geographical Union (IGU), International Flood Initiative (IFI), International Year of Planet Earth (IYPE), Academy of Forest, Wood and Environment, Japan (AFWE), Asian Disaster Reduction Center (ADRC)
Contact:
UNITWIN Headquarter Building
Kyoto University Uji Campus, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
E-mail: secretariat@iclhq.org,
Web: http://iclhq.org
Tel: +81-774-38-4834, Fax: +81-774-38-4019