ICL Newsletter. Issue No.10, 28 May Contents

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1 ICL Newsletter Issue No.10, 28 May 2007 Contents 1. Report of 5 th BOR/ICL and ICL 2006 Symposium 2. IPL GPC and IPL2007 Symposium 3. MoU between ICL and ICSU 4. Best Paper Award for Vol.3 of Landslides: the Journal of the International Consortium on Landslides 5. Plan of the First World Landslide Forum 6. Publication of IPL Leaflet and a book Progress in Landslide Science 7. List of ICL Members as of 1 May Information of ICL Meetings 9. Recent Landslide Occurrence News

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3 1. Report of the Fifth session of the Board of Representatives of ICL Date: th November 2006 Place: Room XIII of Bonvin Building, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris. Participants: ICL Supporting Organizations: Koichiro Matsuura (Director-General of UNESCO), Badaoui Rouhban (Section Chief for Disaster Reduction of UNESCO), Salvano Briceno (Director UN/ISDR), Howard Moore (Senior Advisor ICSU), Hongren Zhang (President IUGS) Board Members: Peter Bobrowsky (Geological Survey of Canada), Wei Shan (Northeast Forestry University, China), Yueping Yin (China Geological Survey), Jiri Zvelebil (Charles University, Czech Republic),Vit Vilimek (Charles University, Czech Republic), Rolf Katzenbach (Technische Universitat Darmstadt, Germany), Claudio Margottini ENEA (Italian Agency for New technologies Energy and Environment), Nicola Casagli (University of Firenze, Italy), Paolo Canuti (University of Firenze, Italy), Hideaki Marui (Niigata University, Japan), Hiroshi Fukuoka (Kyoto University, Japan), Kaoru Takara Kyoto University, Japan), Kyoji Sassa (Kyoto University, Japan), Roslan Zainal Abidin (Mara University of Technology, Malaysia), Farrokh Nadim (International Centre for Geohazards, Norway), Oddvar Kjekstad (International Centre for Geohazards, Norway), Alexander Strom (Institute of the Geospheres Dynamics, Russia), Oleg Zerkal (Federal State Unitary Geological Enterprise Scientific Centre "HydGeo" Russia), Alexander PIOTROVSKIY and V. ISOTOCHNIKOV (Open Joint-Stock Company Engineering Centre, Russia), Jan Vlcko (Comenius University, Slovakia), Vladimir Greif (Comenius University, Slovakia), Aniruth Potichan (Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Thailand), Bandit Tansiri (Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Thailand), Chumpol Lilittham(Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Thailand), Peter T. Lyttle (U. S. Geological Survey, USA), Yang Hong (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, USA) Observers: Wolfgang Eder (ICL, Technical Advisor, Germany), Edward Bromhead (University of Kingston, UK), Maia Ibsen (University of Kingston, UK), Norbert and Mrs. Morgenstern (University of Alberta, Canada) Agenda 9:00-18:00 on 23 November Opening 1) Welcome Address from General-Director of UNESCO Mr. Koïchiro Matsuura 2) Greetings from Director of UN/ISDR Mr. Sálvano Briceño 3) Greeting from Senior Advisor of ICSU Mr. Howard Moore 4) Greeting from President of IUGS Mr. Zhang Hongren 5) Opening Address for the BOR by ICL President Mr. Kyoji Sassa 6) Introduction to the RTD (Round Table Discussion, Tokyo, January 2006) and WLF (World Landslide Forum, Tokyo, November 2008) by Mr. Kyoji Sassa -2-

4 2. Conferment of Best Paper Award, Varnes Medal 1) 2006 Varnes Medal 2) Best Paper Award in ) Best Paper Award in IPL Projects Review 1) Report of ongoing projects 2) Examination of new project proposals 4. ICL 2006 Symposium Oral presentations and poster presentations. 9:00-16:30 on 24 November Reports and Approval of ICL Activities 1) ICL members and Participants for 5 th BOR (1) Approval of ICL new member organizations, and their representatives and alternative representatives (2) Termination and Changes of ICL member organizations (3) Participants for the 5 th BOR 2) Approval of the Minutes of 4 th BOR 3) Publication of ICL Journal Landslides 4) Report of Launching Ceremony of the Organization Committee of the First World Landslide Forum 5) MoUs between ICL and Global Stakeholders to Promote the 2006 Tokyo Action Plan 6) Europe Centre of ICL 7) Davos Appeal in the International Disaster Reduction Conference ) Investigation on the Guinsaugon landslide, Southern Leyte, Philippines 2. ICL Committee 1) Activity report in 2006 and Plan of Activities in ) Examination of committee activities 3. IPL Management Committee 4. Examination of IPL Global Promotion Committee and IPL World Centre The framework to implement the 2006 Tokyo Action Plan, and activities including Journal Database and Database for Landslides of the World 5. Activity Plans 1) IPL Symposium in Tokyo, January ) The First North American Landslide Conference in Vail, Colorado and STC meeting in ) 2007 BOR meeting at UNESCO, Paris 4) 2008 STC meeting at UN/ISDR, Geneva 5) The First Landslide Forum at UNU, Tokyo, November Financial Statement and 2007 Budget 7. Others -3-

5 Outline ICL organized the fifth session of the Board of Representatives of ICL (BOR/ICL) at the UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, on November The session was attended by 42 people. It was opened by a welcoming address by Mr. Koïchiro Matsuura, DG of UNESCO, and followed by greetings from Mr. Salvano Briceno, Director of the UN/ISDR, Mr. Howard Moore, representative of the ICSU, and Prof. Zhang Hongren, President of IUGS. The Board discussed and approved the plan of the First WLF and related matters. At this BOR, the 2006 Varnes Medal of ICL was bestowed to Prof. Norbert R. Morgenstern (Department of Civil Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada). The 2004 Best Paper Award for Landslides, the Journal of ICL was bestowed upon Dr. Claudio Margottini for his paper Instability and geotechnical problems of the Buddha niches and surrounding cliff in Bamiyan Valley, central Afghanistan, which was published in vol. 1, no. 1. The 2005 Best Paper Award was presented to Rex Baum and his colleagues for the paper Regional landslide-hazard assessment for Seattle, Washington, USA. Figure 1 is a group photo commemorating the fifth session of the BOR/ICL. Those sitting at the table from left to right are Peter Lyttle (US Geological Survey), Zhang Hongren (IUGS President, China), Badaoui Rouhban (UNESCO), Kyoji Sassa (KU), Koïchiro Matsuura (UNESCO), Salvano Briceno (UN/ISDR), Howard Moore (ICSU), and Paolo Canuti (University of Florence). The standing couple in the center is Prof. and Mrs. Norbert Morgenstern; Prof. Morgenstern was the recipient of the fourth Varnes Medal. Fig. 1 Group photo at the fifth session of the Board of Representatives of ICL at the UNESCO Headquarters, Paris The opening speech by Mr. Matsuura is introduced in next pages. -4-

6 On the occasion of the Fifth Session of the Board of Representative of ICL UNESCO, 23 November 2006 Address by Mr. Koichiro Matsuura, Director-General of UNESCO Mr. Chairman, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, It gives me great pleasure to welcome you all to UNESCO. This is the second time that the Board of Representatives of the International Consortium on Landslides (ICL) has held a session at UNESCO. The prevention and mitigation of natural disasters is of particular concern to this Organization. We are honoured to host your meeting. I would like to give a particularly warm welcome to Professor Kyoji Sassa, the President of ICL. I further wish to extend my special greetings to: Mr. Salvano Briceno, Director of the Secretariat of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction; Mr. Howard Moore, representative of the International Council for Science; and Professor Zhang Hongren, President of the International Union of Geological Sciences. May I also thank all the other distinguished representatives, who have come from near and far to be with us here today. Ladies and Gentlemen, Your Consortium addresses a problem of critical importance in today s world. Natural disasters are increasing in terms of frequency, complexity, scope and destructive capacity. Recent years have witnessed a series of natural disasters of devastating impact: earthquakes, tsunamis, floods and wildfires. Landslides, too, are growing in frequency and in force. They wreak havoc today in almost every region of the world, constituting a hazard that is both ubiquitous and extremely damaging. Each year landslides cost billions of dollars and cause numerous fatalities and injuries. Landslides can also cause enormous damage to property, destroying homes, infrastructure and agriculture. They act as a serious break on development efforts, in particular in least developed countries (LDCs). The trend of rising rainfall levels and incidence threatens to drastically increase the damage caused by landslides. Again, this is especially true in developing countries, where pressure on land resources often leads to slope cultivation, enlarging the danger of landslide disasters. Improved mitigation, awareness and education are therefore urgently needed, if we are to reduce the destructive often devastating effects of these hazards. -5-

7 The ICL has a crucial role to play in this regard. Founded in 2002, your Consortium has developed a global, multidisciplinary landslides programme. UNESCO has always advocated that disaster prevention and mitigation needs to engage not only science and technology, but also education, communication and culture. The holistic approach adopted by the ICL is an excellent example of what can be achieved when scientific research and capacity-building are integrated with social and cultural considerations, as well as with strategies for education and public awareness-raising. The ICL also provides an important forum for coordinating international expertise in landslide risk assessment, prevention and mitigation. The complexity and importance of the issue at hand demands effective collaboration among a broad range of partners. It is imperative that we work together, and coherently. This is particularly important for the many UN agencies involved in risk mitigation, especially in light of the recommendations of the recently published report of the High-Level Panel on UN System-wide Coherence. I wish to underline that UNESCO places great importance on cooperation with its NGO and UN partners, we well as with actors engaged in the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Risk Reduction. UNESCO is committed to working closely with the ISDR in pursuit of our common goals, and is an active stakeholder within the ISDR system. The 2006 Tokyo Action Plan on Landslides represents a significant step forward in the drive towards greater coherence. The Plan was adopted during the Tokyo Round Table Discussion on Landslides in January It provides a roadmap for strengthening international collaboration by formulating a framework for cooperation and identifying focus areas for reducing landslide risk worldwide. In Tokyo, in August of this year, I signed with Professor Sassa a Memorandum of Understanding that will help to formulize UNESCO s cooperation with ICL in the implementation of the Action Plan. I am especially pleased that UNESCO will serve as co-organizer with ICL of the planned World Landslide Forum. This Forum will constitute a milestone in our efforts to strengthen global risk preparedness. Let me take this opportunity to reaffirm UNESCO s support for ICL. UNESCO played an instrumental role in the foundation of the Consortium, and since then we have developed a highly effective partnership. I hope that on the basis of the new MoU we will reinforce our collaboration still further. Disaster preparedness and mitigation are set to figure prominently within UNESCO s new medium-term strategy. The aim is to reinforce the Organization s role in this area, and in particular to mobilize the full potential of our multidisciplinary mandate. I believe that this will make UNESCO a stronger and more effective partner in several fields of risk reduction, including landslides. -6-

8 I look forward with great interest to the outcomes of your meeting. May this occasion serve to advance international cooperation in the evaluation, prevention and mitigation of landslide hazards. Let me assure you that for its part, UNESCO stands ready to fully engage its expertise in support of this goal. I wish you all a very successful meeting. Thank you very much. ICL 2006 Symposium was held at the afternoon on 23 November The following papers were presented. Oral Presentation Canuti Paolo, Casagli Nicola,Falorni Giacomo, Nocentini Massimiliano: Geotechnical investigation and dynamic modelling of the 30 April 2006 debris flows on Ischia Island Yueping Yin: Landslide Hazard and loss Mitigation Methods in China Roslan Zainal Abidin & Badiah Sujak: Landslide risk with regards to rainfall erosivity Zdenek Patzelt, Zuzana Varilova, Vit Vilimek: Hydrogeology of Machu Picchu as a key factor of geodynamic phenomena Jiří Zvelebil, Filip Hartvich: Site-friendly dilatometric slope monitoring at Celtic Mountain Citadel of Obří Hrad, S. Bohemia Yang Hong, Robert F Adler, George J Huffman: Evaluation of the potential of multi-satellite precipitation analysis in global landslide hazard assessment Poster Presentation Ranjan Deka, A.K. Pachauri, Bharat Bhushan: Rockfall velocity simulation modeling and potentials of geographic information sciences (GIS) in its evaluation Wei Shan, Wei Gao, Yanqiu Xing: Shallow slope stability analysis for earth cut slope of high-rank highway in seasonally frozen regions Vladimir Kutepov, German Postoyev, Valentina Svalova: Landslide hazard monitoring on sites of historical heritage in Moscow -7-

9 2. Report of the First Session of IPL Global Promotion Committee and IPL Symposium 2007 The First Session of IPL Global Promotion Committee and IPL Symposium Landslide Risk Analysis and Sustainable Disaster Management- were held at Elizabeth Rose Hall, United Nations University, Tokyo, on January Ninety-six participants from UN/ISDR, UNESCO, FAO, UNEP, UNU, World Bank, ICSU, IUGS, IUGG, IGU, as well as ICL member organizations attended the meeting. The following shows the details of the Committee meeting and IPL Symposium 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), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), World Bank(WB), International Council for Science (ICSU), World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO), Kyoto University (KU), Japan Landslide Society (JLS), and Asia/Pacific Cultural Centre for UNESCO (ACCU) Background and Objectives are as below. In January 2006, the 2006 Tokyo Action Plan on the International Programme on Landslides (IPL) was adopted by the international community. The adoption of the 2006 Tokyo Action Plan took place on the occasion of the 2006 Tokyo Round Table Discussion Strengthening Research and Learning on Earth System Risk Analysis and Sustainable Disaster Management within UN-ISDR as Regards Landslides -towards a dynamic global network of the International Programme on Landslides (IPL). This discussion was held at the United Nations University, Tokyo, from 18 th to 20 th January 2006 to formulate a framework for cooperation and to identify focus areas to reduce landslide risk worldwide. It was further agreed that the 2006 Tokyo Action Plan would be implemented within the scope of the Hyogo Framework for Action , Building the Resilience of Nations and Communities to Disasters, adopted at the United Nations World Conference on Disaster Reduction held in Kobe, Hyogo, Japan in The Action Plan proposed the global cooperating network of the IPL, and established the IPL Global Promotion Committee and the IPL World Centre as its secretariat to coordinate and support implementation of the global cooperating fields of the IPL. The figure in the next page presents the relationship of the IPL Global Promotion Committee, the IPL World Centre, ICL member organizations, and ICL supporting organizations in relation to the IPL. IPL Global Promotion Committee consists of ICL member organizations, ICL supporting organizations, and supporting governments. The IPL World Centre works as the secretariat of IPL; it is hosted by UNESCO-KU-ICL UNITWIN Headquarters in Kyoto University Uji Campus, Uji, Kyoto, Japan. The Action Plan also proposed a World Landslide Forum that shall be convened every 3 years to bring together academics, practitioners, politicians, et al., to a global, multidisciplinary, problem-focused -8-

10 platform. During the World Landslide Forum, the IPL Global Promotion Committee will identify World Centres of Excellence on Landslide Risk Reduction within eligible organizations, such as universities, institutes, NGOs, government ministries, and local governments, contributing to Risk Reduction for Landslides and Related Earth System Disasters. To realize the 2006 Tokyo Action Plan, the ICL has exchanged Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) with UN/ISDR, UNU, WMO, WFEO, UNESCO, and ICSU in 2006 to promote the 2006 Tokyo Action Plan. A MoU is currently being established with FAO. The establishment of these MoUs has created a sound basis for the IPL as the global joint programme by the ICL, UN organizations, and global NGOs, such as ICSU and WFEO, with support from governments. The Tokyo Action Plan outlined the global cooperation frame of IPL. The MoUs exchanged between ICL and UNESCO, WMO, UN/ISDR, UNU, ICSU, and WFEO guaranteed their strong and continued support. However, implementation of the 2006 Tokyo Action Plan needs further examination; this will be the task of the First Global Promotion Committee. Thus, the objectives of the First IPL Global Promotion Committee are to: 1) discuss and decide the term of references, and the management of the IPL Global Promotion Committee and IPL World Centre; 2) identify characteristics, conditions and management of the IPL; 3) organize the First World Landslide Forum in 2008; and 4) examine the procedure identifying the World Centre of Excellence on Landslide Risk Reduction. At the opportunity of the first meeting the IPL Global Promotion Committee, IPL Symposium on Landslide -9-

11 Risk Analysis and Sustainable Disaster Management and a Workshop on Education for Sustainable Development Regarding Landslide and Other Earth System Disaster Reduction will also be organized. Programme 22 (Monday) January :00 17:30 The preparatory discussion for the IPL Global Promotion Committee and the Organizing Committee of the First World Landslide Forum Place: United Nations University, Committee Room 2+3 (5F) 23 (Tuesday) January IPL Symposium 2007 (8:30-12:00) Room: Elizabeth Rose Hall Chairpersons: Nicola Casagli, Alexander Strom Yang Hong, Robert F Adler, George J Huffman: Mapping global shallow-landslide susceptibility Vit Vilímek J. Klimeš, M.L. Zapata, N. Santillán: Influence of rapid glacial tongue retreat on surface area of the Palcacocha Glacial Lake in the Cordillera Blanca, Peru Yueping Yin, Xiaochun Li, Maosheng Zhang, Wamo Zheng, Hongqi Chen: The detailed mapping project on landslide in China Paolo Canuti, Nicola Casagli, Giacomo Falorni, Massimiliano Nocentini: Geotechnical investigation and dynamic modeling of the 30 April 2006 debirs flows on Ischia Island Dugkeun Park, Jeong-Rim Oh, Junghun Park, Byung-Gon Chae: Slope-stability related disasters and regulatory countermeasures in the republic of Korea Fawu Wang, Yeming Zhang, Kiminori Araiba, Zhitao Huo, Gonghui Wang, Xuanming Peng, Kyoji Sassa: Study on the mechanisms of landslides and slope deformation caused by water level changes in the Three Gorges Reservoir, China Tatsuo Sekiguchi, Toshio Kitahara, Masuo Taguchi: Geomorphological feature of the debris flow disaster induced by the July 2006 heavy rainfall in Nagano Prefecture, Japan Victor Carlotto, Peter Bobrowsky, Mel Best, Martin Douma: An assessment of Geophysical methods for landslide studies Nicola Casagli, Filippo Catani, Giacomo Falorni, Paolo Farina, Gaia Righini: Rapid mapping technologies for slope instability monitoring during the Merapi Volcano crisis Carlos Eduardo Rodríguez Pineda: Earthquake-induced landslides in Colombia David Huntley, Alejandra Duk-Rodkin: Terrain geodatabase: application to landslide inventory and hazard mapping in the Canadian North Ko-Fei Liu, Ying-Hsin Wu, Ming-Chun Huang: Detecting groundwater level in shallow unconfined aquifer with microwaves for use in debris flow warning -10-

12 Wanmou Zheng, Yueping Yin, Xiaochun Li: The stability analysis of Jiaju landslide in Danba, Sichuan, China Nicola Casagli, Filippo Catani, Paolo Farina, Alessandro Ferretti: Spatial and temporal characterization of coastal instability through satellite InSAR: The Ciro' Marina case (Italy) Byung-Gon Chae, Yong-Chan Cho, Young-Suk Song, Dugkeun Park: Prediction of landslide probability using a logistic regression model in Korea 12:00-12:30 Remarks: Salvano Briceno (Director of UN/ISDR) and group photo of participants Workshop on Education (14:00-17:00) Workshop on Education for Sustainable Development regarding Landslide and other earth system disaster reduction Room: Elizabeth Rose Hall, Hans van Ginkel (Rector of UNU): Opening remark Badaoui Rouhban (UNESCO, Science Sector, Chief for Disaster Reduction): Education Platform of UN-ISDR -Disaster Education from primary school to university- Kyoji Sassa: International Graduate Course/training course on Landslides for sustainable development Srikantha Herath (Senior Academic Programme Officer of the United Nations University): UNU projects related to education Ryu Fukui (Executive Director, Tokyo Development Learning Center of World Bank): Role of World Bank s Tokyo Development Learning Centre in learning/education activities on disasters. Tadanori Suzuki (Team Leader, Japan International Cooperation Agency): Earthquake Disaster Reduction Programme for capacity building and Master s degree of JICA Rajib Shaw (Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies, Kyoto University): Participatory Disaster Education Process in Japan Alexander Strom (Institute of Environmental Geospheres Dynamics, Russia): Landslide Summer School in Kyrgyzstan Josef Jurko (DPRI/KU, Slovakia): Participation to the International School on "Landslide Risk Assessment and Mitigation Landslide, Summer School held in Ravello, Italy. Experiences from foreign students and former students who have studied in Japan: Ogbonnaya Igwe (Nigeria), Zieaoddin Shoaei (Iran), Muhammad A. Wafid (Indonesia), Hongjian Liao (China), Wang Fawu (China), and others Panel Discussion for international education Chair persons: B. Rouhban and K. Sassa Panelists: Speakers above and Wolfgang Eder (Germany) Ex-UNESCO Director of Division of Earth Science Earl Brabb (President Emeritus, International Landslide Research Group, USA), Ikuo Towhata (Prof., Department of Civil Engineering, University of Tokyo), Kazuo Konagai (Prof. Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo) -11-

13 The First Session of IPL Global Promotion Committee 24 (Wednesday) January 9:30-12:00 Opening and Outline discussion Room: Elizabeth Rose Hall Opening address by WLF organizers and introduction of participating organizations Chairperson: Kaoru Takara (ICL Executive Director, Vice Director of DPRI/KU) Koichi Abe (Director, Office of Disaster Reduction Research, MEXT) Hans van Ginkel (Rector of UNU, Honorary Chairperson of WLF) Shuzo Nishimura (Executive Vice President of Kyoto University, Honorary Chairperson of WLF) Badaoui Rouhban (Chief, Section for Disaster Reduction of UNESCO, Chairperson of WLF) Thomas Hofer (Forestry Officer, Forestry Department of FAO) Haris Srinivas (Chief of Urban Environmental Management of UNEP) Ryu Fukui (Manager, Tokyo Development Learning Center of the World Bank) Satoru Nishikawa (Director for Disaster Preparedness, Cabinet Office of Japan) Hideo Fukushima (Director, Global Environment Section, Ministry of Foreign Affairs) Shiro Ueno (Head of Forest Disaster Prevention and Restoration Office, Forestry Agency, MAFF) Haruo Nishimoto (Director for Volcanic Sabo and Debris Flow Control, SABO Dept., MLIT) Tatsuya Kimura (Deputy Head, International Affairs Office, Japan Meteorological Agency) Tadanori Suzuki (Team Director, Tsukuba International Center, Japan International Cooperation Agency, JICA) Nordin Hasan (Director, ICSU Regional office for Asia & Pacific) See Sew Gue (World Federation of Engineering Organizations, WFEO) Ed de Mulder (Chairman of the managing team of the International Year of Planet Earth, IYPE) Alik Ismail-Zadeh (President, GeoRisk Commission of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics, IUGG) Hiroshi Tanabe (Vice President, International Geographical Union, IGU) Hideaki Marui (President of the Japan Landslide Society) Earl Brabb (President Emeritus, International Landslide Research Group, USA), Tadahiko Sakamoto (Chief Executive, the Public Works Research Institute) Takashi Inokuchi (Principal Researcher, the National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention, NIED) Takaaki Shiratori (Principal Researcher, Asia Disaster Reduction Center, ADRC) Robert F. Adler (Goddard Space Flight Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA) -12-

14 Yueping Yin (Director, Department of Environmental Geology, China Geological Survey, China) Peter Bobrowsky (Head, Section of Landslides and Geotechnics, Geological Survey of Canada), others, and Paolo Canuti (European Centre of ICL, Vice President of ICL) from ICL Overview of 2006 Round Table Discussion and 1 st WLF Kyoji Sassa Discussion on the expected output of this meeting 13:30-17:00 Management of IPL and the Global Promotion Committee Room: Elizabeth Rose Hall Overview of IPL ( ) activities by Sassa Management of IPL Global Promotion Committee and IPL World Centre Funding and management system of the Committee IPL projects: IPL types, Proposal system, Evaluation System, and Promotion system 25 (Thursday) January 9:00-17:00 Organization of the first World Landslide Forum Room: Elizabeth Rose Hall Explanation of the plan of the World Landslide Forum 1. Discussion on each item. 1) General structure including the satellite symposium 2) Finance of the forum (Funding & logistic) 3) Parallel Session organization (30-40 sessions) Possible session titles: 8-10 planned sessions and sessions in application. 4) Schedule for preparation of WLF and Pre-Forum in November ) Identification of World Centre of Excellence, candidates, and recommendation process, and its Panel 6) Cooperation with other initiatives: International Year of Planet Earth (IYPE: ), Global/Regional Disaster Reduction Research Forum (ISDR-World Bank) in 2008, and others. 7) Activity Plan for further actions 8) Discussion and decision of the concluding document of the meeting -13-

15 * The International Symposium on Landslide Risk Analysis and Sustainable Disaster Management is supported by International Scientific Meetings in Japan Programme of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. * The Workshop on Education for Sustainable Development and the committee meeting are organized as one of the "Scholars and Professional Invitation Project within the framework of the 2006/07 ACCU Invitation Programme for International Educational Exchange of Teachers and Professionals. -14-

16 3. MoU between ICL and Global Stakeholders to Promote the 2006 Tokyo Action Plan ICL has exchanged the Memorandum of Understanding to promote the 2006 Tokyo Action Plan with global stakeholders related to landslides. The United Nations Secretariat for International Strategy for UN/ISDR and UNU already exchanged the MoUs as introduced in ICL Newsletter No.8, and WMO, WFEO and UNESCO already exchanged the MoUs as introduced in ICL Newsletter No.9. After that, MoU was exchanged between the International Council for Science (ICSU) and ICL. MoU between ICSU and ICL To promote implementation of the 2006 Tokyo Action Plan, the International Council for Science (ICSU) and the International Consortium on Landslides (ICL) exchanged the Memorandum of Understanding concerning Strengthening Cooperation in Research and Learning on Earth System Risk Analysis and Sustainable Disaster Management within the Framework of the United Nations International Strategy For Disaster Reduction as Regards Landslides. -15-

17 ICSU-ICL MoU Document -16-

18 4. Nomination Citation for the Best Paper Award, Landslides, Volume 3, 2004 The award for Best Paper for Landslides, Volume 3, 2007, goes to Farrokh Nadim, Oddvar Kjekstad, Pascal Peduzzi, Christian Herold, and Christian Jaedicke of the Norwegian Geotechnical Institute and UNEP/DEWA/GRID-Europe for their excellent paper, Global landslide and avalanche hotspots (Vol. 3, No. 2, pp ). This paper presents an excellent summary of landslide and snow avalanche hazards in critical areas worldwide. Landslides and snow avalanches cause major disasters on a global scale every year. In this paper, the probability of landslide and avalanche occurrence was estimated by modeling the physical processes and combining the results with statistics based on prior experience. The paper presents global hazard and risk maps for landslides and avalanches that were developed to identify the most exposed countries. For estimation of risk, the computations were based on human losses as recorded in various natural-disaster-impact databases. Based on global datasets of climate, lithology, earthquake activity, and topography, areas with the highest hazard were identified. The results from the landslide and avalanche hazard model together with global population data provided input for risk assessment. Regions with the highest risk were found in Colombia, Tajikistan, India, and Nepal where the estimated people killed per year per 100 km 2 was found to be greater than one. -17-

19 5.The First World Landslide Forum Bulletin No.1 ( ) The First World Landslide Forum Implementing the 2006 Tokyo Action Plan on the International Programme on Landslides (IPL) -Strengthening Research and Learning on Earth System Risk Analysis and Sustainable Disaster Management within UN-ISDR as Regards Landslides - Date: November 2008 Venue: United Nations University, Tokyo, Japan 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) (* The present list of members is attached 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 of Foreign Affairs, Italy, Italian Civil Protection Department (Presidency of the Council of Ministers), National Emergency Management Agency of Korea (NEMA), Ministry of Environment of the Slovak Republic, Ministry of Environment of the Czech Republic, International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS), International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG), International Geographical Union (IGU), Academy of Forest, Wood and Environment, Japan (AFWE). International Organizing Committee Honorary Chairpersons Salvano BRICENO (Director of UN/ISDR) Jacques DIOUF (Director-General of FAO) Hans van GINKEL (Rector of UNU) Michel JARRAUD (Secretary-General of WMO) Koïchiro MATSUURA (Director-General of UNESCO) Goverdhan MEHTA (President of ICSU) Shuzo NISHIMURA (Executive Vice President of Kyoto University) -18-

20 Chairpersons Edward BROMHEAD (University of London, Kings College London) Paolo CANUTI (European Centre of ICL, University of Florence) Srikantha HERATH (Senior Academic Programme Officer of UNU) Yoshiaki KAWATA (Director of Disaster Prevention Research Institute of Kyoto University) Howard MOORE (Senior Advisor of ICSU) Badaoui ROUHBAN (Chief, Section for Disaster Reduction of UNESCO) Kyoji SASSA (President of ICL, IPL World Centre) * Robert SCHUSTER (U.S. Geological Survey) (* Representative Chairperson) Members Robert F. ADLER (Senior Scientist, Goddard Space Flight Center of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), USA) Peter BOBROWSKY (Secretary General, International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS), Canada) Earl BRABB (President Emeritus, International Landslide Research Group, USA) Ryu FUKUI (Manager, Tokyo Development Learning Center of the World Bank) See Sew GUE (World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO), Institution of Engineers, Malaysia) Thomas HOFER (Forestry Officer, Specialist on watershed management and mountain development, Forestry Department of FAO, Italy) Alik ISMAIL-ZADEH (Chair, Commission on Geophysical Risk and Sustainability of International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG), Germany/Russia) Saroj Kumar JHA (Team Leader, Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery the World Bank Group, USA) Suzanne LACASSE (Managing Director, Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI)) Willy LACERDA (Chair, Joint Technical Committee 1- Landslides and Engineered Slopes, Brazil) Peter LYTTLE (Coordinator, Landslide Hazard Programme of U.S. Geological Survey) Hideaki MARUI (President, Japan Landslide Society) Gordon MACBEAN (Chair, ICSU Planning Committee on Natural and Human-Induced Environmental Hazards and Disasters, Canada) Norio OKADA, N. (President, Japan Society for Natural Disaster Science) Nuria SANZ (Programme Specialist, World Heritage Centre of UNESCO, France) Hari SRINIVAS (Chief, Urban Environmental Management of UNEP, Japan) Hiroshi TANABE (Vice President, International Geographical Union (IGU), Japan) Avinash TYAGI (Director, Hydrology and Water Resources Department of WMO, Switzerland) Yueping YIN (Director, Department of Environmental Geology, Chinese Geological Survey, China) Local Organizing Committee Executive Subcommittee Chairperson: Kaoru TAKARA (Executive Director of ICL, Deputy Director of DPRI/KU) Deputy Chairpersons: Libor JANSKY (Senior Academic Programme Officer of UNU) -19-

21 Hirotaka OCHIAI (Vice President of the Japan Landslide Society) Members Masahiro CHIGIRA (Professor, DPRI, Kyoto University) Daisuke HIGAKI (Chair, Planning Section of the Japan Landslide Society) Toshitaka KAMAI (Professor, DPRI, Kyoto University) Kazuo KONAGAI (Professor, Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo) Toyohiko MIYAGI (Chair, International Affairs of the Japan Landslide Society) Hiromu MORIWAKI (Director, Strategic Planning Department of the National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention) Roy SIDLE (Professor, DPRI, Kyoto University) Rajib SHAW (Associate Professor, Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies, Kyoto University) Koji SUZUKI (Executive Director, Asia Disaster Reduction Center) Yasuto TACHIKAWA (Executive Director of the Japan Society for Natural Disaster Science) Kuniyoshi TAKEUCHI (Director, International Centre for Water Hazard and Risk Management, Public Works Research Institute) Ikuo TOWHATA (Professor, Faculty of Engineering of the University of Tokyo) Ryousuke TUNAKI (Executive Director of the Japan Landslide Society) Ryuichi YATABE (Professor, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Ehime University) Advisory Subcommittee Advisors Koichi ABE (Director, Office for Disaster Reduction Research, MEXT) Yasuhiro HAMURA (Director, Global Environment Section, Ministry of Foreign Affairs) Tatsuya KIMURA (Deputy Head, International Affairs Office, Japan Meteorological Agency) Satoru NISHIKAWA (Director of Disaster Preparedness, Cabinet Office) Haruo NISHIMOTO (Director for Volcanic Sabo and Debris Flow Control, SABO Dept., MLIT) Shokichi SAKATA (Group Director for Water Resources and Disaster Management, Japan International Cooperation Agency) Shiro UENO (Head of Forest Disaster Prevention and Restoration Office, Forestry Agency, MAFF) Scientific Advisors: Hiroyuki KAMEDA (Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University and Visiting Researcher, NIED) Masashi KAMON (Dean, Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies, Kyoto University) Yoshimitsu OKADA (President, National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention) Tadahiko SAKAMOTO, T. (Chief Executive, Public Works Research Institute) Asahiko TAIRA (Science Council of Japan, SCJ), Tamotsu TAKAHASHI (Association for Disaster Prevention Research) Kenzo TOKI (Director, Research Center for Disaster Mitigation of Urban Cultural Heritage of the Ritsumeikan University) Secretariat: Hiroshi FUKUOKA (Secretary General, Treasurer of ICL, Associate Professor of DPRI/KU) Fawu WANG (Assistant to the President of ICL, Assistant Professor of DPRI/KU) Gonghui WANG (Assistant to the Editor-in-Chief of ICL Journal Landslides, Assistant Professor of DPRI/KU)) Tadashi NAKASHIMA (Lecturer, Field Science Education and Research Center of Kyoto University) Kenichiro KOBAYASHI (Assistant Professor, Institute of Sustainability Science, Kyoto University) Mie UEDA (Secretary, International Consortium on Landslides) -20-

22 Background and Objectives of the First World Landslide Forum In January 2006, the 2006 Tokyo Action Plan on the International Programme on Landslides (IPL) was adopted by the international community. It proposed the global cooperating Network of the IPL, and established the IPL Global Promotion Committee and the IPL World Centre as its secretariat to coordinate and support implementation of the International Programme on Landslides. The relationship of IPL Global Promotion Committee, the IPL World Centre, ICL member organizations, and ICL supporting organizations is shown below. The adoption of the 2006 Tokyo Action Plan took place on the occasion of the 2006 Tokyo Round Table Discussion Strengthening Research and Learning on Earth System Risk Analysis and Sustainable Disaster Management within UN-ISDR as Regards Landslides -towards a dynamic global network of the International Programme on Landslides (IPL) which was held at the United Nations University, Tokyo, from 18 th to 20 th January, 2006, to formulate a framework for cooperation and to identify focus areas to reduce landslide risk worldwide. It was further agreed that the 2006 Tokyo Action Plan would be implemented within the scope of the Hyogo Framework for Action , Building the Resilience of Nations and Communities to Disasters, adopted at the United Nations World Conference on Disaster Reduction held in Kobe, Hyogo, Japan in The Action Plan proposed organizing a World Landslide Forum in order to bring together academics, practitioners, politicians, and other stakeholders to a global, multidisciplinary, problem-focused platform. This bulletin describes the organization of the First Landslides Forum that will take place at United Nations University, Tokyo, Japan from November

23 The objectives of the First Landslides Forum (1 st 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 A. Catastrophic Landslides B. Landslides Threatening Heritage Sites (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. -22-

24 Programme of the First World Landslide Forum November (Satellite Conference) International Conference on Management of Landslide Hazard in Asian Pacific Region Organizers: The Japan Landslide Society, and others Conference in Sendai-city and three days field trip in the Tohoku District 17 November (Monday) Evening Pre-Forum in Japanese (Free of charge) (under examination) Protection of society and cultural and natural heritage from landslides or Promotion of research and leaning for landslide risk reduction or others 18 November (Tuesday) 9:00-10:00 Opening Addresses from Organizers and Sponsors 10:00-12:00 Open Forum Progress of IPL activities 12:00-14:00 Exhibition Landslide new technologies & case studies 14:00-17:00 Plenary Symposium Global Landslide Risk Reduction 18:30-21:00 Reception 19 November (Wednesday) 8:30-10:30 Plenary Session 1 Keynote speeches/ Keynote lectures, and Thematic Presentations 11:00-12:30 Parallel Activities 1 Thematic sessions, et al. 12:30-14:00 Exhibition Landslide new technologies & case studies 14:00-18:30 Parallel Activities 2 Workshops, Open Forum, Topical Symposia, Technical Sessions, and IPL Global Promotion Committee Evening Working Group Meetings 20 November (Thursday) 8:30-10:30 Plenary Session 2 Keynote speeches/ Keynote lectures, and Thematic Presentations 11:00-12:30 Parallel Activities 3 Thematic sessions, et al. 12:30-14:00 Exhibition Landslide new technologies & case studies -23-

25 14:00-18:30 Parallel Activities 4 Workshops, Open Forum, Topical Symposia Technical Sessions, and IPL Global Promotion Committee Evening Working Group Meetings 21 November (Friday) 8:30-10:30 Plenary Session 3 Keynote speeches/ Keynote lectures, and Thematic Presentations 11:00-12:30 Panel Discussion Toward WLF-II in :30-14:00 Exhibition Landslide new technologies & case studies 14:00-16:00 Parallel Activities 3 Thematic Sessions and Committee meetings. 16:30-18:30 Closing Session Presentation of New IPL Projects Adoption of output document Nomination of WCoE Conferment of ICL Awards (Varnes Medal, Best Paper Award, IPL Award of Success 19:30- Post-Conference Dinner (outside of UNU) The First World Landslide Forum AM Lunch 18 November (Tue) Opening Session Open Forum Progress of IPL activities Exhibition New technologies & case studies 19 November (Wed) 20 November (Thurs) 21 November (Fri) Plenary Session 1 Plenary Session 2 Plenary Session 3 Keynote speeches/ Keynote speeches/ Keynote speeches/ keynote lectures keynote lectures keynote lectures Parallel Activities 1 Parallel Activities 3 Panel Discussion Thematic sessions, et al. Thematic sessions, toward WLF-II in 2011 et al. Exhibition Exhibition Exhibition New technologies & New technologies New technologies & case case studies & case studies studies -24-

26 PM Plenary Parallel Activities 2 Parallel Activities 4 Parallel Activities 5 Symposium: * Workshops * Workshops Thematic Sessions, Global Landslide Open Forum Open Forum Committee meetings Risk Reduction Topical Symposia Topical Symposia Closing Session Technical Sessions Technical Sessions Presentation of New IPL Projects, Adoption of * IPL Global Promotion * IPL Global output document, Committee 1 Promotion Committee Conferment of WCoE 2 and ICL Awards Eve- Welcome Working Group Working Group Post-Conference Dinner ning Reception Meetings Meetings (Outside of UNU) Secretariat of the First World Landslide Forum IPL World Centre UNESCO-Kyoto University-ICL UNITWIN Headquarter Building Uji, Kyoto , Japan secretariat@iclhq.org, Web: iclhq.org -25-

27 International Consortium on Landslides An international non-government and non-profit scientific organization promoting landslide research and capacity building for the benefit of society and the environment President: Kyoji Sassa (Prof. Emeritus, Kyoto University) Vice Presidents: Peter Bobrowsky (Geological Survey of Canada) / Paolo Canuti (University of Firenze, Italy) Oddvar Kjekstad (International Centre for Geohazards, Norway) / Peter Lyttle (U. S. Geological Survey, USA) ICL Supporting Organizations: The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) / The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) / The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) / The United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction Secretariat (UN/ISDR) / The United Nations University (UNU) / International Council for Science (ICSU) /World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO) / International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) / Governments of Japan, USA, Italy, Canada, Norway, Korea, Czech Republic, and Slovakia. ICL Members: Geological Survey of Canada / Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment / Jilin University, Environmental Geological Disaster Research Institute, China / Xian Municipal Government, Lishan Landslide Prevention and Control Office, China / Northeast Forestry University, China / Xi an Jiaotong University, Department of Civil Engineering, China / China Three Gorges University, Institute of Geological Hazard Mitigation / China Geological Survey / Universidad Nacional de Columbia, Columbia / Charles University, Faculty of Science, Czech Republic / Technische Universitat Darmstadt, Institute and Laboratory of Geotechnics, Germany / Mekelle University, Ethiopia / Building & Housing Research Center, Iran / International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology (IIEES), Iran / Soil Conservation and Watershed Management Research Institute (SCWMRI), Iran / ENEA (Italian Agency for New Technologies Energy and Environment), Italy / European Commission s Joint Research Centre, IPSC/HSU, Italy / Instituto Nationale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale - OGS, Italy / University of Firenze, Earth Sciences Department, Italy / Center of Geological Environment, Geological Agency of Indonesia/ Ehime University, Faculty of Engineering, Japan / Forestry and Forest Product Research Institute, Japan / Geographical Survey Institute, Japan / Japan Landslide Society / Kyoto University, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Research Section for Innovative Disaster Prevention Technology and Policy, Japan / Kyoto University, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Research Centre on Landslides, Japan / Niigata University, Research Center for Natural Hazards and Disaster Recovery, Japan / University of Tokyo, Department of Civil Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering Group, Japan / University of Tokyo, Institute of Industrial Science, Japan / Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM) / Mara University of Technology, Malaysia / International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), Nepal / International Centre for Geohazards (ICG) in Oslo, Norway / Instituto Geologico Minero y Metalurgico (INGEMMET), Peru / Grudec Ayar, Peru / Proexrom S.R.L. Technical University, Civil Engineering Faculty, Romania / Federal State Unitary Geological Enterprise Scientific Centre HydGeo, Russia / Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Environmental Geoscience (IEG RAS) / Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of the Geospheres Dynamics / Unified Energy System of Russia, Open Joint-Stock Company Engineering Centre / Comenius University, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Engineering Geology, Slovakia / Swedish Geotechnical Institute / Swiss Federal Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research (SLF) / Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Land Development Department, Thailand / U.S. Geological Survey, USA / National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Goddard Space Flight Center, Laboratory for Atmospheres, USA/Institute Hydroingeo, State Committee of Geology of Uzbekistan ICL Supporters: Marui & Co., Ltd., Osaka, Japan / Eight Consultants Co., Ltd., Okayama, Japan / Geo-Research Institute, Osaka, Japan / GODAI Development Corp., Kanazawa, Japan / Japan Conservation Engineering & Co., Ltd., Tokyo / Kokusai Kogyo Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan / Kowa Co., Ltd., Niigata, Japan / MEISAI Co., Suita, Japan / Nippon Koei Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan / Ohta Geo-Research Co., Ltd., Nishinomiya, Japan / OSASI Technos Inc., Kochi, Japan / OYO Corporation, Tokyo, Japan / Research Center of Computational Mechanics, Inc., Tokyo, Japan / Sabo Technical Center, Tokyo, Japan / Sakata Denki Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan Contact: UNITWIN Headquarter Building Kyoto University Uji Campus, Uji, Kyoto , Japan secretariat@iclhq.org, Web: iclhq.org, Tel: , Fax:

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