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ICL Newsletter Issue No.10, 28 May 2007

Contents

1. Report of 5th 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 2007

8. Information of ICL Meetings

9. Recent Landslide Occurrence News

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1. Report of the Fifth session of the Board of Representatives of ICL

Date: 23-24th 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 2006

1. 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

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2. Conferment of Best Paper Award, Varnes Medal

1) 2006 Varnes Medal

2) Best Paper Award in 2004

3) Best Paper Award in 2005

3. 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 2006

1. Reports and Approval of ICL Activities

1) ICL members and Participants for 5th 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 5th BOR

2) Approval of the Minutes of 4th 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 2006

8) Investigation on the Guinsaugon landslide, Southern Leyte, Philippines

2. ICL Committee

1) Activity report in 2006 and Plan of Activities in 2007

2) 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 2007

2) The First North American Landslide Conference in Vail, Colorado and STC meeting in 2007

3) 2007 BOR meeting at UNESCO, Paris

4) 2008 STC meeting at UN/ISDR, Geneva

5) The First Landslide Forum at UNU, Tokyo, November 2008

6. 2005 Financial Statement and 2007 Budget

7. Others

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Outline ICL organized the fifth session of the Board of Representatives of ICL (BOR/ICL) at the UNESCO

Headquarters, Paris, on 23–24 November 2006. 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.

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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.

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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 2006. 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.

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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 2006. 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

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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 2007 -Landslide Risk Analysis and Sustainable Disaster Management- were held at Elizabeth Rose Hall, United Nations University, Tokyo, on 22-25 January 2007. 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 2007.

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 18th to 20th 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 2005-2015, “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 2005.

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

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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

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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 2007

15:00– 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

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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)

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The First Session of IPL Global Promotion Committee

24 (Wednesday) January

9：30-12：00 Opening and Outline discussion


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)

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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 1st WLF

Kyoji Sassa

Discussion on the expected output of this meeting

13:30-17:00 Management of IPL and the Global Promotion Committee


Overview of IPL (2002-2006) 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


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 20-30 sessions in application.

4) Schedule for preparation of WLF and Pre-Forum in November 2007

5) Identification of World Centre of Excellence, candidates, and recommendation process, and its

Panel

6) Cooperation with other initiatives: International Year of Planet Earth (IYPE: 2007-2009),

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

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* 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”.

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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”.

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ICSU-ICL MoU Document

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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. 159-173). 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 km2 was found to be greater than one.

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５．The First World Landslide Forum

Bulletin No.1 (2007.5.29)

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: 18-21 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)

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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)

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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)

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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 18th to 20th 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 2005-2015, “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 2005. 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 18-21 November 2008.

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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 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.

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Programme of the First World Landslide Forum 11-15 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.



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


11:00-12:30 Parallel Activities 3




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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


11:00-12:30 Panel Discussion

Toward WLF-II in 2011




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 18 November

(Tue)

19 November (Wed) 20 November (Thurs) 21 November

(Fri)

AM Opening Session

Open Forum

Progress of IPL

activities

Plenary Session 1

Keynote speeches/

keynote lectures

Parallel Activities 1


Plenary Session 2

Keynote speeches/

keynote lectures


Thematic sessions,

et al.

Plenary Session 3

Keynote speeches/

keynote lectures

Panel Discussion

toward WLF-II in 2011

Lunch Exhibition

New technologies

& case studies

Exhibition

New technologies &

case studies

Exhibition

New technologies

& case studies

Exhibition

New technologies & case

studies

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PM Plenary

Symposium:

Global Landslide

Risk Reduction


* Workshops

Open Forum

Topical Symposia

Technical Sessions

* IPL Global Promotion

Committee 1


* Workshops

Open Forum

Topical Symposia

Technical Sessions

* IPL Global

Promotion Committee

2


Thematic Sessions,

Committee meetings

Closing Session

Presentation of New IPL

Projects, Adoption of

output document,

Conferment of WCoE

and ICL Awards

Eve-

ning

Welcome

Reception

Working Group

Meetings

Working Group

Meetings

Post-Conference Dinner

(Outside of UNU)

Secretariat of the First World Landslide Forum

IPL World Centre

UNESCO-Kyoto University-ICL UNITWIN Headquarter Building Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan E-mail: [email protected], Web: iclhq.org

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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 611-0011, Japan E-mail: [email protected], Web: iclhq.org, Tel: +81-774-38-4834, Fax: +81-774-38-4019

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6. Publication of IPL Leaflet and a book “Progress in Landslide Science”

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7. List of ICL members as of 1 May 2007

List of ICL Member Organizations

2007 Members 1. Geological Survey of Canada, Peter BOBROWSKY/ Baolin WANG

2. Technische Universitat Darmstadt, Institute and Laboratory of Geotechnics, Germany, Rolf

KATZENBACH/ Gregor BACHMANN

3. ENEA (Italian Agency for New Technologies Energy and Environment), Italy, Claudio

MARGOTTINI / Guiseppe DELMONACO

4. European Commission's Joint Research Centre, IPSC/HSU, Italy, Alois SIEBER / Dario TARCHI

5. Instituto Nationale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale - OGS, Italy, Daniel Nieto YABAR /

Emanuele LODOLO

6. University of Firenze, Earth Sciences Department, Italy, Paolo CANUTI / Nicola CASAGLI

7. Ehime University, Faculty of Engineering, Japan, Ryuichi YATABE / Netra P. BHANDARY

8. Forestry and Forest Product Research Institute, Japan, Motoaki OKUMA / Hirotaka OCHIAI

9. Geographical Survey Institute, Japan, Toshio KITAHARA / Tatsuo SEKIGUCHI

10. Japan Landslide Society, Japan, Hideaki MARUI / Toyohiko MIYAGI

11. Kyoto University, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Research Centre on Landslides, Japan,

Kyoji SASSA / Hiroshi FUKUOKA

12. Kyoto University, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Flood Section, Japan, Kaoru TAKARA /

Roy SIDLE

13. Niigata University, Research Institute for Hazards in Snowy Areas, Japan, Hideaki MARUI / Naoki

WATANABE

14. University of Tokyo, Department of Civil Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering Group, Japan, Ikuo

TOWHATA / Taro UCHIMURA

15. University of Tokyo, Inst. Industrial Science, Japan, Kazuo KONAGAI

16. Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM), Korea, Won-Young

KIM/Byung-Gon CHAE

17. International Centre for Geohazards (ICG) in Oslo, Norway, Oddvar KJEKSTAD / Farrokh NADIM

18. Swedish Geotechnical Institute, Sweden, Karin RANKKA / Bo BERGGREN

19. Swiss Federal Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, Switzerland, Walter AMMANN /

Oliver KORUP

20. U.S. Geological Survey, USA, Peter T. LYTTLE / Paula GORI

21. Laboratory for Atmospheres, Goddard Space Flight Center, National Aeronautics and Space

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Administration (NASA), USA, Robert F. ADLER

22. Institute of Hazard Mitigation, China Three Gorges University, China, Xianqi LUO

23. China Geological Survey, China, Yueping YIN, Zuochen ZHANG

24. Charles University, Research Center of Earth Dynamic, Czech Republic, Vit VILIMEK / Jiri

ZVELEBIL

25. Federal State Unitary Geological Enterprise Scientific Centre "HydGeo", Russia, Oleg ZERKAL /

Julia V. FROLOVA

26. Institute of the Geospheres Dynamics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia, Alexander STROM /

Nikolai SYRNIKOV

27. Comenius University, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Engineering Geology, Slovakia,

Rudolf HOLZER / Ján VLČKO

28. Chengdu Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China,

Peng CUI / Tianchi LI

29. Jilin University, Environmental Geological Disaster Research Institute, China, NIE Lei / Fawu Wang

30. Xian Jiaotong University, Department of Civil Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering Group, China,

Hong-jian LIAO

31. Lishan Landslide Prevention and Control Office, Xian Municipal Government, China, Wang YANG /

Yongjin TIAN

32. Northeast Forestry University, China, Wei SHAN

33. Universidad Nacional de Columbia, Columbia, Carlos Eduardo RODRIGUEZ / Gonzalez GARCIA

34. Mekelle University, Ethiopia, Nata TADESSE

35. Geological Agency, M.E.M.R., Indonesia, Banbang DWIYANTO / Ahmad Djumarma

WIRAKUSUMAH

36. Building & Housing Research Center, Iran, S.H. TABATABAEI / M.H. Tofigh RAYHANI

37. International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology (IIEES), Iran, Mohammadreza

MAHDAVIFAR / Ebrahim HAGHSHENAS

38. Department of International Scientific and Research Affairs, Agricultural Research and Education

Organization (AREO), Iran, Zieaoddin SHOAEI

39. Mara University of Technology, Malaysia, Roslan Zainal ABIDIN / Yusof ABD. RAHMAN

40. International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), Nepal, Madhav KARKI / Xu

JIANCHU, Mandira SHERESTAH

41. Grudec Ayar, Peru, Raul CARRENO

42. Instituto Geologico Minero y Metalurgico (INGEMMET), Peru, Vicotor LAY / Antonio GUZMAN

43. Proexrom S.R.L. Technical University, Civil Engineering Faculty, Romania, Nicolae BOTU / Dan

CARASTOIAN

44. Institute of Environmental Geoscience (IEG RAS), Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia, Victor

OSIPOV / Svalova VALENTINA

45. Open Joint-Stock Company Engineering Centre, Unified Energy System of Russia, Alexander

PIOTROVSKIY

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46. Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Land Development Department, Thailand, Chumpol

LILITTHAM/ Aniruth POTICHAN

47. Institute Hydroingeo, State Committee of Geology of Uzbekistan, Uzbekistan, NIYAZOV R.A./

BAZAROV Sh. B.

(Blue means new members after 5th BOR/ICL in UNESCO.)

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8. Information of ICL Meetings

Place and Date Title of symposium / Contact address Organizer, Cosponsors

2007 STC Meeting of ICL Vail, Colorado, USA 2 June 2007

E-mail: [email protected] Web: http://iclhq.org

ICL

First North American Landslide Conference - Landslides and Society: Integrated Science, Engineering, Management, and Mitigation

Vail, Colorado, USA 3 – 8 June 2007

E-mail: [email protected] (Keith Turner, Chairman) http://www.mines.edu/academic/geology/landslidevail2007/

Association of Environmental and

Engineering Geologists, Geo-Institute

of the American Society of Civil

Engineers, American Rock

Mechanics Association (ARMA),

Canadian Geotechnical Society,

IAEG, ISRM, ISSMGE, TRB

ICL International Summer School on Rockslides and

Related Phenomena in the Kokomeren River Valley

(Kyrgyzstan)

Kokomeren

River Valley,

Kyrgyzstan

6 June – 6 July

2007

E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]

Web: http://iclhq.org

ICL, Institute of Geospheres

Dynamics, Russian Academy of

Sciences, Institute of Seismology,

National Academy of Science,

Kyrgyzstan

The China-Japan-Korea Field Trip on Landslides, 2007 Three Gorges

area, China

13-17 July

2007

E-mail: [email protected] [email protected]

Web: http://iclhq.org

ICL, China Geological Survey, Japan

Landslide Society, Korea Institute of

Geoscience and Mineral Resources

(KIGAM)

Sixth Session of Board of Representatives (6th BOR/ICL)

14-16 Nov.

2007 E-mail: [email protected] Web: http://iclhq.org

ICL

The Second IPL Global Promotion Committee

United Nations University 21-23 January

2008


ICL,UNESCO,WMO,FAO,UN/ISDR,

UNU, UNEP, IBRD, UNDP, ICSU,

WFEO, KU, JLS

The 1st 2008 Steering Committee

UN/ISDR Spring 2008


ICL

10th International Symposium on Landslides and Engineered Slopes (10th ICL)

Xian, China 30 July – 4 July

2008 http://www.landslide.iwhr.com/

Chinese Inst. of Soil Mech. & Geotechnical Engr., CCES, Chinese National Commission on Engr. Geology, Chinese Soc. of Rock

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Mechanics & Engr., ISSMGE, ISRM and IAEG. Cosponsored by ICL

Topical Symposium on Landslide Risk Reduction, under the Section of “Geohazards” in 33rd International Geological Congress

Oslo, Norway 5-14 August

2008 http://www.33igc.org/

ICL, IUGS, UNESCO, IYPE, ICG

12th International Conference and Field Workshop on

Landslides (12th ICFL)

Switzerland September 2008

ILRG

Joint Symposium and Field Trip on Landslide Disaster Mitigation in Northeastern Japan

Northeastern Japan 11-15

November 2008

http://www.landslide-soc.org/

Japan Landslide Society and ICL

The First World Landslide Forum UNU, Tokyo 18-21 Nov.

2008 E-mail: [email protected] Web: http://iclhq.org

ICL,UNESCO,WMO,FAO,UN/ISDR,

UNU, UNEP, IBRD, UNDP, ICSU,

WFEO, KU, JLS

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9. Recent Landslide Occurrence News

Information of recent major landslide disasters which took place from 28 September 2006 to 25 May 2007

and appeared in the Internet news sites of the world are compiled and listed below. This list is updated in

the “Recent Landslides” page of ICL web http://icl.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/Landslides%20Alert.htm.

North America

22 May 2007 - USA - Landslide threatens another home

Foster's children and grandchildren, joined by community volunteers, hurriedly moved a lifetime's

worth of belongings Monday as a fast-moving landslide migrated to within 20 yards of her triple-wide

manufactured home.

21 May 2007 - Canada - Landslide in Terrebonne

A landslide this morning on the Banks of the Mille-Isle-River in Terrebonne.

18 May 2007 - Canada - High slide risk for 9 North Van homeowners

A new geotechnical report has concluded 27 North Vancouver homes were built on an unstable slope,

and that nine of them are at very high or extreme risk from landslides.

14 May 2007 - USA - Cities fighting a losing battle against landslides

Plagued by landslides that continue to damage homes from the 1970s and '80s, Layton and Provo

have learned to be skeptical - and demanding - when developers ask to build on hills and bluffs.

12 May 2007 - USA - Landslide-threatened home burned

The Piper Road home, on a bluff overlooking Rock Creek, had already been issued a death sentence.

The slow-moving landslide consumed pieces of the hill under their 2-acre site, and it was only a

matter of time until Bill and Annette LaCombe would see their abandoned home and nearby garage

tumble into the canyon.

12 May 2007 - USA - Wal-Mart plans push to halt Kilbuck slide

A Wal-Mart construction crew soon will be working around the clock to divert water away from the

still-moving landslide area where it had planned to build a new store along Route 65 in Kilbuck.

26 April 2007 - USA - Landslide blocks residents’ return (NorthJersey.com)

24 April 2007 - USA - Heavy rain prompts landslide on I-29 in western Iowa

Mud and trees roared down upon Interstate 29 today in Sioux City as heavy rain triggered a landslide.

20 April 2007 - USA - Landslide destroys local home

Ermel Ratliff, 77, and his wife, Gayle, 73, were asleep at about 1:30 a.m. Monday when a large tree

and tons of mud and debris rocked their house 30 feet off its foundation.

20 April 2007 - Canada - House, N.L. highway victims of landslide

An unoccupied bungalow cracked in half and tumbled over an oceanside cliff Wednesday as this

small Newfoundland town was hit by another in a series of landslides.

16 April 2007 - USA - Oregon town watching landslide

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The town of Astoria, Ore., is keeping a constant watch on a stretch of land that has been sliding

downhill at a rate of about an inch a day since last January.

16 April 2007 - Canada - Landslide in western Newfoundland town the second in six months

A big chunk of land on the edge of this small community in western Newfoundland slid into the

ocean on the weekend.

16 April 2007 - USA - Beechwood landslide menaces homes

The partial collapse of a Greenfield cliff damaged two row houses on Beechwood Boulevard on

Sunday morning. The landslide uprooted several large trees that crashed against the residences below.

15 April 2007 - USA - Landslide Pummels Neighborhood, Again

A landslide pummeled the Greenfield neighborhood Sunday, sending mud, debris, and even a tree

crashing down a hill.

14 April 2007 - Canada - Haute-Rivière section closed by landslide

The City of Chateauguay is undertaking important repairs on Haute-Rivière road which will

necessitate a complete closure of the thoroughfare between the civic addresses of 547 and 566 for a

few months.

13 April 2007 - USA - Slow-Moving Landslide Causing Massive Problems On Local Streets

Last week, tons of trees, muck and mud tumbled onto homes on Beechwood Boulevard in Greenfield,

forcing homeowners to flee.

12 April 2007 - USA - Slippery situation near Eddyville: Contractor says landslide potential was

unforeseeable; ODOT disagrees

To stabilize 11 potential landslide areas in the hills, about 450 concrete “pins” — which are 4 feet in

diameter and 40 feet long — will be put into the ground.

10 April 2007 - Hawaii - Rockslide brings Community together (starbulletin.com)

04 April 2007 - USA - Landslide Knocks Out Power In Squirrel Hill

About three dozen neighbors in Squirrel Hill were in the dark after a landslide overnight.

30 March 2007 - USA - Giant landslide puzzles Astoria

For 53 years the hillside above Astoria has held, creeping only enough to cause a bumpy road. But

heavy winter rain apparently proved to be too much. In January, the historic slide area began to move

again.

30 March 2007 - USA - Rain threatens to reawaken Hwy. 26 landslide

With rain in the forecast, transportation crews said they were unsure what could happen next to the

exposed hillside that sent dirt and trees crashing onto Highway 26, just west of downtown Portland

earlier this week.

30 March 2007 - USA - Landslide closes road to Mount St. Helens visitor centers

A landslide that has cut off access to two Mount St. Helens visitor centers and a few homes won't be

cleared until the end of this week at the earliest, ...

29 March 2007 - USA - Threat of landslide shuts state Route 416

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NEW PHILADELPHIA State Route 416 was closed Wednesday just north of New Philadelphia’s

corporation limit and will remain closed indefinitely as a precautionary measure because of a

landslide that reduced traffic to one lane a week ago.

28 March 2007 - Canada - Rain brings landslide to Stanley Park

STREATOR: Receding rainwater causes landslide 2 businesses evacuated, closed along river

28 March 2007 - Canada - Rain brings landslide to Stanley Park

The latest rainstorm to soak B.C.'s south coast has led to another major landslide in Vancouver's

Stanley Park.

28 March 2007 - Canada - Homes razed after landslide

A Mission home was demolished yesterday after a massive landslide left it perched on the edge of a

deep ravine.

26 March 2007 - USA - Landslide closes Spirit Lake Highway

A large landslide is blocking the Spirit Lake Memorial Highway near Kid Valley, 19 miles east of

Interstate 5.

26 March 2007 - Canada - Risk of landslide when building homes into hillsides

While everybody likes a view and just about everyone still dreams of life in a detached home,

building homes into hillsides comes with a cost with weather like ours.

25 March 2007 - USA - Mudslide in Maple Ridge blocks train (News 1130)

22 March 2007 - USA - Route into Pittsburgh closed by landslide (NEPA News)

08 March 2007 - USA - Crockett Landslide Disrupts Amtrak Service

A rock slide that dumped debris on a major rail corridor Thursday delayed passenger and freight

trains between the San Francisco Bay area and Sacramento, but caused no injuries.

06 March 2007 - USA - Landslide Growing In Woodbridge Neighborhood

During the past few days, the earth has moved in the Newport Estates area of Woodbridge. A

landslide started slowly and swallowed trees in its path.

06 March 2007 - USA - New Hazards Discovered In S.F. Landslide

The Telegraph Hill landslide is a bigger mess than engineers first thought. The hill is still very

unstable -- and it may be a while before home and business owners can get back in

27 February 2007 - USA - San Francisco hit by landslide

Safety officials in San Francisco Tuesday were examining a huge landslide that threatens four

buildings including a 45-unit apartment complex and a strip club.

25 February 2007 - USA - Small landslide blocks part of a NW Portland street

A mudslide behind a Northwest Portland home Saturday afternoon ripped out the home's deck and

exposed a portion of its foundation and several concrete footings.

24 February 2007 - USA - Assessing methane release from submarine landslide

Undersea landslides may play a role in releasing the potent greenhouse gas methane into the ocean

and atmosphere.

23 February 2007 - USA - Broken pipe cuts coast's gas service

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A landslide broke a stretch of natural gas pipeline that serves 2,300 customers between Lincoln City

and Depoe Bay on Thursday, leaving a stretch of the coast without service.

21 February 2007 - USA - TRACKING THE TAHOE TSUNAMI

Last year scientists believed they found definitive proof that a huge landslide caused approximately

100-foot waves to wash over what is now Tahoe City, sometime within the last 20,000 years or so.

21 February 2007 - USA - USGS Premiers Documentary Film on Landslide Danger in the Bay Area

20 February 2007 - USA - Falling rock kills child in car

An 11-month-old boy was killed Sunday south of Carbondale when a rock careened down a steep

hillside, crashed through the windshield of his family's car and struck him in the head, Pitkin County

authorities reported.

16 February 2007 - USA - Trouble on the Street of Dreams

A slow-moving landslide is sweeping around her $2.9 million home, just four months after they

moved into the 7,000-square-foot showpiece, nicknamed Moxie by the builder.

15 February 2007 - USA - Getting a jump on potential landslides

A laser-based aerial survey provides a precise image of the land's shape that geologists -- and now

residents -- can use to identify hazard areas

13 February 2007 - USA - Owners see their dream homes go slowly downhill

The view of the valley and Utah Lake cannot be beat from their perch on Mile High Drive. But joy

over being able to afford such panoramas has been replaced with homeowners' pain of watching their

houses slowly slide down the hill.

11 February 2007 - USA - Crews Clearing Napa County Landslide

Napa County Public Works Department crews are working to clear a landslide that completely

blocked a westbound lane of Chiles and Pope Valley Road at state Highway 128 in Napa County

early this morning, California Highway Patrol Officer Scott Cakebread said.

07 February 2007 - Canada - Construction blasting likely triggered landslide

Recent construction blasting likely helped to trigger the massive landslide that dumped tonnes of

boulders and mud on to the Sea to Sky Highway on Sunday, the province's transportation ministry

said yesterday.

04 February 2007 - USA - Stevenson home abandoned after landslide

A huge landslide in the Columbia River Gorge has forced a family to abandon its hillside home, while

as many as 30 more families, who live in the valley below the slide, are on standby awaiting possible

evacuation orders. The slide happened in the hills just above Stevenson, Washington, across the

Columbia River from Cascade Locks.

04 February 2007 - Canada - Sea-to-Sky Highway reopens after landslide

Crews re-opened the Sea-to-Sky highway Sunday night after a landslide blocked the land link

between Vancouver and the B.C. ski resort of Whistler.

05 January 2007 - Canada - Landslide knocks train off a cliff

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Two CN rail workers were pulled to safety early yesterday morning after passing a chilly night

huddled on the side of a British Columbia canyon where their locomotive hit a rockslide and plunged

down a cliff.

15 December 2006 - USA - Landslide Causes Big Problems for Basin City Farmers

People in Basin City get together to discuss what to do after a massive landslide closed a major road

in the area. A new route has area farmers worried. It could cut right through their farms and severely

impact their livelihood.

05 December 2006 - USA - California Geological Survey Releases New Landslide Maps

With the rainy season approaching in the Bay Area, the California Geological Survey is releasing five

landslide maps intended to protect public safety by guiding future development.

04 December 2006 - Canada - Landslide shuts down roadway near Uxbridge

A roadway in Brock township could be closed all week due to a mudslide Friday afternoon.

25 November 2006 - Jamaica - Landslide Leaves One Dead

Inclement weather triggered a landslide yesterday that claimed that life of a resident of Breastworks in

Portland, Jamaica, officials disclosed.

14 November 2006 - USA - Landslide Danger Continues

Early storms have already brought falling trees, debris flows and landslides, and experts say the

danger continues.

09 November 2006 - USA - Landslide closes North Cascades Highway

A slide beneath state Route 20 has closed the northernmost route across the Cascade Mountains, state

officials said Thursday.

08 November 2006 - USA - Landslide Destroys Laguna Beach Neighborhood

A landslide sent at least 12 million-dollar homes crashing down a hill early Wednesday and damaged

as many as 15 others in this coastal Orange County enclave.

01 November 2006 - USA - Hawaii- Landslide Closes Pali Highway

The Pali Highway was closed in both directions at around 10:45 AM Wednesday morning due to a

landslide. The landslide is on the town side of the town-bound tunnel. Mud and trees are completely

covering the roadway on the town-bound lanes.

27 October 2006 - USA - Lake Tahoe Landslide Caused Ancient Tsunami

A massive underwater landslide in Lake Tahoe thousands of years ago caused a tsunami and left

ripplelike stony ridges on the lake bottom, according to a new study.

26 October 2006 - USA - Landslide closes Makena State Park section

A second Maui park area was closed Wednesday as a result of rocky cliffs fracturing, possibly

stemming from the Oct. 15 earthquakes that rattled the state. The state Department of Land and

Natural Resources said it has closed a portion of Makena State Park after a landslide occurred on the

Puu Olai cinder cone.

25 October 2006 - Canada - State of emergency in N.L. town after landslide threatens homes, store

A small town in western Newfoundland has declared a state of emergency after a landslide prompted

the evacuation of four homes and a store.

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20 October 2006 - USA - Rain causes landslide, floods Route 30

Steady rain flooded a portion of eastbound Route 30 in Ligonier Township on Thursday night.

Several hours earlier, a minor landslide in Apollo, on Route 66, was caused by the soggy weather.

12 October 2006 - USA - Hawaii - Magnitude 6.6 earthquake strikes Hawaii, causing landslide, power

outages

A strong earthquake shook Hawaii early Sunday, jolting residents out of bed and causing a landslide

that blocked a major highway. Ceilings crashed at a hospital, and aftershocks kept the state on edge.

12 October 2006 - USA - New Slide Puts Pittsburg Homes Back In Jeopardy

There are new problems for homeowners living on the edge of a gaping landslide in Eastern Contra

Costa County. The earth movement that first put their homes in jeopardy a few months back has

returned.

10 October 2006 - USA - Landslide may affect long-term operations

A "massive landslide" at Trapper Mine on Sunday probably will not affect operations this year, but it

may down the road, said mine President and General Manager Ray DuBois.

04 October 2006 - USA - Governor Announces New Landslide Hazard Maps for Western N.C.

Gov. Mike Easley today announced the first in a series of county maps to enable communities to

evaluate and reduce the risks of building homes and other structures in landslide-prone areas of the

North Carolina mountains.

04 October 2006 - USA - Hawaii - Landslide Fears Lead to Hillside Development Protest

The hillsides above Aina Haina in east Oahu are unstable. That's what a group of residents there claim

and it s why they re fighting a proposed development in their neighborhood.

01 October 2006 - USA - PennDOT reopens part of Route 65

A Sept. 19 landslide at the site of a Wal-Mart Supercenter under construction sent tons of dirt, rock

and trees crashing onto Route 65 and onto two of three railroad tracks on the other side of the

highway. An estimated 22,000 motorists each day had to follow a winding detour that added several

miles and, at times, more than an hour to their travel. The railroad tracks reopened Monday.

30 September 2006 - USA - Unstable soil, steep slope a double whammy in Kilbuck

The River Pointe Plaza development in Kilbuck sits smack on top of one of the most landslide-prone

areas in Allegheny County. Kilbuck officials approved construction of the development in 2002 even

though two federal land documents show the former Dixmont State Hospital grounds proposed to

become home to a Wal-Mart Supercenter would sit on property prone to slides.

South America South America

22 April 2007 - Chili - 3 dead, 7 missing after quake causes landslide into ocean in southern Chile

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An earthquake in remote southern Chile shook free a landslide of rocks, sending them smashing into a

narrow fjord and causing massive 25-foot waves that swept away 10 beachgoers. Three bodies were

recovered Sunday.

11 April 2007 - Dominican Republic - Flood and landslide warnings for Dominican Republic

The National Meteorological Office in the Dominican Republic has advised people in Montecristi,

Santiago Rodríguez, San Juan and Independencia provinces to take precautions against flash flooding

and landslides.

26 February 2007 - Guatemala - Guatemala City restores calm after landslide

Calm has returned to the Guatemala City neighborhood of San Antonio after a major landslide killed

three people and triggered the evacuation of hundreds of local residents, according to news on Sunday.

19 February 2007 - Colombia - Colombian volcano erupts causing landslide, no injures

The Nevado del Huila volcano erupted Monday, spewing a column of ash hundreds of meters (thousands

of feet) into the air and triggering a series of tremors that set off a small avalanche.

02 February 2007 - Peru - Inca Ruins Trail to Machu Picchu Closed

Inca ruins trail to Machu Picchu was closed in Peru due to a landslide that blocked the railway that

connects the archeological place with Cusco city.

12 January 2007 - Brazil - Subway Landslide in Brazil Swallows Bus, Cars and Trucks. 7 Feared Dead

At least seven people are disappeared and feared dead following a landslide this afternoon at the São

Paulo subway's Yellow Line in Nações Unidas avenue, on the city's west side. A truck and a microbus

were swallowed by the crater of about 30 meters (100 feet).

05 January 2007 - Brazil - Rain leaves at least 20 people dead in Brazil

At least 20 people have died in Brazil due to heavy rain that has fallen since Wednesday in the country's

industrialised south-eastern region, authorities said in a preliminary report.

14 November 2006 - Colombia - Landslide kills 5 children in western Colombia

A landslide triggered by heavy rains buried a mountainside adobe home in western Colombia on Tuesday,

killing five children as they slept, including a six-month-old baby, officials said.

24 October 2006 - Barbados - Landslide in the making at Parks Yard

Landslides in Barbados, particularly across the Scotland District, are nothing new.

Many people who live in this area, especially in the hilly sections of St Joseph and St Andrew, have

experienced them personally, while people who have to travel through these parishes seem never to be

surprised by diversions caused by broken roads.

Europe

28 May 2007 - Europe - Storms Wreak Havoc In Europe And Turkey, 20 Dead (Javno News)

20 May 2007 - Bulgaria - Landslide closed off Sofia-Pernik road in Vladaya area

A landslide has closed off the Sofia-Pernik road in the area around Vladaya.

19 May 2007 - Bulgaria - Part of Iskar Gorge road blocked by landslide

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A landslide has blocked half of the roadway in the Iskar Gorge between the towns of Mezdra and Svoge,

a correspondent of FOCUS News Agency reported.

15 May 2007 - Bulgaria - ROAD TO BULGARIA’S GOLDEN SANDS RESORT COULD BE MOVED

BECAUSE OF LANDSLIDES

The road to the Black Sea coastal resort of Golden Sands could be moved because of landslides,

Regional Development Minister Assen Gagauzov said.

23 April 2007 - Spain - Landslide destroys part of Macael sports stadium

A landslide of 150,000 cubic metres of earth has destroyed part of the municipal sports stadium in the

town of Macael.

13 April 2007 - Spain - Four injured in freeway landslide

Four people were injured -three of whom seriously- last night after becoming trapped inside two cars

partially buried by a landslide caused by recent heavy rain

09 April 2007 - Ireland - Co Kerry road closed after landslide

A major tourist route in Co Kerry is expected to remain closed for a considerable period of time

following a landslide.

09 April 2007 - Austria - 6 injured in landslide in Austrian Alps

Six people were injured, one seriously, when a landslide caused part of a hotel in the Austrian Alps to

collapse early today, authorities said.

05 April 2007 - Azerbaijan - Landslide occurs in Azerbaijani region

Landslip occurred in the village of Vasha of Ismayilli region, Azerbaijan, deputy head of the region’s

executive power Khalid Ganiyev told the APA.

28 March 2007 - Bulgaria - Bulgarian Worker Buried by Landslide

Landslide buried a 32-year-old Bulgarian construction worker in the capital city of Sofia on Tuesday.

22 March 2007 - Macedonia - Landslide kills construction worker at Kozjak dam

One worker of the construction company Granit was killed and one injured in a landslide that took place

on Wednesday at Kozjak dam.

14 March 2007 - England - Farm is hit by landslide

Part of a Shropshire farm has been closed off following a landslide.Trees fell into a brook after heavy

rain caused the ground to move at Rays Farm Country Matters, Billingsley, near Bridgnorth.

06 March 2007 - Chechnya - Landslide flattens down 6 houses in Chechen village

05 March 2007 - England - Landslide causes road closure

A landslide caused chaos for commuters after a wall collapsed sending debris across the road.

03 March 2007 - France - Mont Blanc tunnel closed due to landslide

The Mont Blanc tunnel connecting France and Italy has been closed to traffic due to a landslide on the

French side, the ATMB company which jointly runs the tunnel said on Saturday.

15 February 2007 - England - Safety check following landslide

A safety assessment is to be carried out following a landslide near Newquay in Cornwall.

14 February 2007 - England - Barrier stops derailment repeat

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A barrier wall erected at the bottom of a railway embankment after a landslide derailed a train has

prevented a repeat of the incident.

07 February 2007 - England - Landslide gives mansion sea view

A British vending machine tycoon is getting a better sea view than he expected following a landslide that

puts his mansion at the edge of a cliff in Devon.

01 February 2007 - Ireland - Landslide causes worry for Clare Island residents

A HUGE landslide on Clare Island which affected water supply has resulted in calls for preventative

measures to be put in place.

13 January 2007 - UK - Train derailed by landslide

A landslide has derailed a train causing serious disruption to rail passengers.

02 January 2007 - UK - Woman killed by landslide on beach after a day of gales

A stroll along a beach ended in horror yesterday when a woman was killed by a landslide in front of her

partner.

25 December 2006 - Portugal - Two dead in landslide in Azores islands, officials say

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