{"id":14284,"date":"2017-06-20T11:25:14","date_gmt":"2017-06-20T11:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/?p=14284"},"modified":"2018-10-15T16:22:15","modified_gmt":"2018-10-15T16:22:15","slug":"report-of-the-4th-world-landslide-forum-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/report-of-the-4th-world-landslide-forum-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Report of the 4th World Landslide Forum 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The 4th World Landslide Forum<\/a> was held in Ljubljana, Slovenia from May 30th to June 2nd, 2017, with over 600 active participants from 51 countries \u2013 scientists, engineers, researchers, experts, politicians and other decision makers working in the area of landslide risk reduction. Among them, there were over 120 graduate students from Slovenia and other countries, which is a significant contribution to intergenerational and interprofessional knowledge transfer.<\/p>\n

Instead of a classic scientific convention, the meeting was organized as a forum with oral presentations of contributions, a high level panel discussion, a round table, open debates, a poster section, a photo contest and short workshops of core expert teams.<\/p>\n

 
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The forum was followed by a three-day study tour of western Slovenia, the Canal Valley in Italy, the Gailtal Valley in Austria and the Upper Sava Valley in Slovenia. Over 30 forum participants took part in the tour and were joined on the first day by 28 students of the 2nd summer school on natural disasters<\/a>, organized by the University of Ljubljana.<\/p>\n

The forum was jointly organized by the International Consortium on Landslides, Kyoto, Japan (ICL<\/a>), the International Programme on Landslides (IPL<\/a>), the University of Ljubljana<\/a> and the Geological Survey of Slovenia<\/a>, with the support of the Slovenian ministries of defence, of infrastructure and of the environment and spatial planning, the Slovenian Chamber of Engineers (IZS<\/a>), the Administration of the Republic of Slovenia for Civil Protection and Disaster Relief<\/a> and the Disaster Relief Government Council. Among more than 60 ICL members, three are based in Slovenia: the Faculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering of the University of Ljubljana (UL FGG<\/a>), the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering of the University of Ljubljana (NTF UL<\/a>) and the Geological Survey of Slovenia (GeoZS<\/a>).<\/p>\n

 
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\nSpeakers at the WLF4 press conference, left to right: Qunli Han (Director, Unesco Division of Ecological and Earth Sciences), Milo\u0161 Bavec (Director, Geological Survey of Slovenia), Matja\u017e Miko\u0161 (University of Ljubljana, ICL Vice President 2015-2017, 2018-2020), Peter Bobrowsky (Geological Survey of Canada, ICL President 2018-2020). (Source: www.wlf4.org\/wlf4-week<\/a>, 2017).\n<\/div>\n

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The 4th World Landslide Forum is a contribution to the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015 \u2013 2030<\/a> which was adopted by UN member states in March 2015 at the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction<\/a> in Sendai City, Japan.<\/p>\n

The forum was organized under honorary patronage of the President of the Republic of Slovenia Mr. Borut Pahor, a further proof of the importance of landslide awareness raising among the general public. Mr. Pahor endorsed the international cooperation in the field of landslide risk management and Slovenia’s contribution to disaster risk reduction. The forum’s motto was \u201eAdvancing culture of living with landslides\u201c.<\/p>\n

 
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\n20 organizations were awarded the title of World Centre of Excellence in Landslide Disaster Reduction 2017-2020. (Source: www.wlf4.org\/wlf4-week<\/a>, 2017).\n<\/div>\n

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The honorary organizing committee was formed by representatives of several international organizations, supporters of the International Consortium of Landslides, primarily of the UN and its special agencies, such as:<\/p>\n