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IFLA-APR has yet to hold its first meeting since the Gwangju 2022 Congress, which is expected to take place on October 31st. Committees and working groups will present their goals activities for 2023. Please stay tuned for the upcoming events! For the last 2022 Talk & Share, we are grateful for inviting Misato Uehara to share Japanese experience in combating climate crisis. The 2022 AAPME Award ...

The IFLA World Congress was successfully concluded in Gwangju, Korea, at the time of typhoon Hinnamnor. We would like to thank the organizers of the KILA Congress for their perseverance in achieving their mission despite the uncertainties of the pandemic. I am sorry that I could not go abroad due to the positive PCR test before the conference, but I have pre-recorded the speech and annual report ...

There are a few exciting news this month. The 2022 IFLA-APR Council Member Election was completed on 6/24, and the new term list will announce the Regional Congress in Seoul next month. This month, we also reviewed a few individual members and will soon announce the results. We open whole-heartedly to landscape architects who’re willing to join us as individuals and look forward to the future of ...

The world is facing a rapidly changing and unpredictable future, including the Russia-Ukraine war, the evolving pandemic, and the competition between countries in different political and geographical regions. In the IFLA ExCo meeting, we discussed how to react to the war between Russia and Ukraine in the face of these changing times. IFLA President Hayter believes that as a professional ...

Dear friends, May marks the sixth month of my term. In the face of the pandemic, many meetings, activities and interactions were disrupted. However, all committees and working groups managed to maintain constant communication through various means, for which I would like to express my deepest gratitude. The IFLA-AAPME Award has been sustained thanks to Damian's relentless efforts. We are ...

On March 11th, 2011, Japan was hit by a magnitude nine earthquake and a huge tsunami. Having studied environmental design at university, I was shocked to see the devastated areas. Since then, it has been my goal to contribute to the recovery efforts in the disaster affected areas for the past 10 years.

The Indian Society of Landscape Architects (ISOLA) is pleased to support a special issue of 'Landscape', on landscape education. The issue features articles outlining a wide range of ideas and opinions around the subject of education for landscape architecture, including a short piece explaining the differences between landscape programme recognition and landscape programme accreditation (p40).

In Australia, the single biggest cause of homelessness is domestic violence. Poverty, unemployment, a shortage of available dwellings and affordable housing options, and inadequate rent assistance and other social security benefits – also create demand for transitional housing. Family breakdown, mental illness, domestic violence, addiction, financial difficulty, gambling, and social isolation can ...

According to Chulalongkorn University’s vision, "Pillar of the Kingdom", implies that the Department of Landscape Architecture will also be the dependable scholarly resource and reference for society in terms of design and planning of natural and built environment and open space.

In this second iteration of our series on the concept of Transitional Housing, Kiyohito Tamotsu shares an insightful piece on the topic from a Japanese perspective.