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Second World Landslide Forum: Putting science into practice

30.09.2011

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) will be hosting the Second World Landslide Forum (WLF) from 3 to 7 October in Rome, Italy. The Forum has the objective to further develop the outcomes of the First Forum (Tokyo, 2008) by providing a global cross-cutting information and cooperation platform for all types of organizations representing academia, UN organizations, governments, private enterprises and individuals that contribute to landslide research, practice, education and decision-making and are willing to strengthen landslide and other related Earth system risk reduction strategies. The emphasis will be "Putting science into practice" with special attention given to actual implementation of technology and research in everyday applications and procedures with the direct involvement of researchers, engineers, private enterprises, stakeholders as well as policy- and decision- makers. Topical and thematic sessions are envisaged on: Landslides and global change; Emerging technologies in landslide research and practice; Advances in landslide mapping and hazard assessment; Landslide risk assessment and management; Impact of landslides; Landslide awareness; as well as other thematic and general topics. The Landslides, land-use systems and food security session will have high participation from mountainous regions.