In an era where 15% of the global population faces some form of disability, there has never been a time more important than now to ensure landscape design incorporates accessibility for everyone. In this webinar hosted by the Accessibility in Landscape Initiative, we talk with some of the region's leading project developers to understand the strategies to embrace such a critical need. For years, we have heard the talk, but it’s now time we take immediate action to ensure our future cities are inclusive to the needs of everybody.

The Accessibility in Landscape Initiative is committed to ensuring that pioneering and innovative landscape designs are not only functional but also celebrate diversity and foster community well-being.

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IFLA Europe invites you to the 3rd Webinar on Agricultural Landscapes “Restoration of native woodlands and sustainable forestry” 22 March 2024, 13h CET organised by IFLA Europe Working Group on Agricultural Landscapes.

Our guest in this third Talk is Prof Ása L. Aradóttir, Professor, Department of Environmental & Forest Science at the Agricultural University of Iceland. This event is organised by IFLA Europe Working Group on Agricultural Landscapes as a series of events on the topic of agricultural landscapes.

Ása L. Aradóttir, Professor, Department of Environmental and Forest Science, Agricultural University of Iceland will talk about a reforestation project in Iceland to combat climate change and strengthen biodiversity.

Selma Pena, from the University of Lisbon, will illustrate the plans to replace the areas reforested with Eucalyptus with forests of native species, especially to combat forest fires.

Martin Pigeon will present the point of view and actions taken by FERN on the issue of sustainable forestry and issues such as how to manage timber production without forgetting the effects of forests on climate change, the supply of ecosystem services and the enhancement of biodiversity.

Matt King will present Vestre and its sustainable production.

Programme

13:00 Welcome by Katerina Gkoltsiou, IFLA Europe President

13:10 Introduction on webinar series by Francesca Neonato, Chair, IFLA EU Agricultural Landscapes Working Group, AIAPP Italy and Frida Bjorg Edvardsdottir, FILA Iceland

13:15 Presentation by Ása L. Aradóttir, Professor, Department of Environmental and Forest Science, Agricultural University of Iceland

13:30 Panel discussion

- Selma Pena, Linking Landscape, Environment, Agriculture and Food (LEAF), School of Agronomy (ISA), University of Lisbon

- Martin Pigeon, FERN Forest and Climate Campaigner

- Matt King, VESTRE on sustainable production

Moderator: Steffi Schueppel, IFLA Europe Working Group Agricultural Landscapes, BAK/bdla Germany

14:00 Questions and Answers

14:30 Conclusions and closing

‘Talk with…’ is IFLA Europe project consisting of a series of webinars on the theme of rural landscapes, but in a broad sense, including other issues beyond agriculture, such as the resilience of systems, adaptation to the climate change, the soil consumption, the city-country relationship. The objective of these talks is to enhance the acknowledgement and the awareness of a wide audience about the focus role that Agricultural Landscapes play now and in the next years, facing huge challenges as the climate change, the extinction of species and loss of ecosystems.

The event is supported by Hunter FX Europe and Vestre

Please register in advance for this event on https://us02web.zoom.us/.../tZctd...

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IFLA APR Talk and Share - Navigating ethics in Landscape Architecture

This session will be focused on discussion on Navigating Ethics in Landscape Architecture and Tourism.

Here's a glimpse of what we'll be covering:

Understanding the pivotal role landscape architects play in creating sustainable and ethically responsible tourism spaces.

Identifying common ethical dilemmas and practices faced in the tourism sector.

Discussing the challenges and opportunities in upholding ethical design principles amidst evolving sustainability standards.

Delving into concepts such as "greenwashing," "eco" tourism, and the nuanced complexities of sustainable tourism from a landscape architecture perspective.

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Joint APAP Portugal - IFLA Europe Conference ‘Landscape architecture: a profession for the future’, 15 March 2024, Lisbon, Portugal

During the 2023 IFLA Europe General Assembly which was held in Naples, Italy, among lost and rescued landscapes, the awareness arose in a very intense and global way, that it is urgent to “Redeem” the identity of landscape architecture, beyond our peers.

This relevance - and urgency - of finding the “formula” for Landscape Architecture to “be recognised” goes beyond a simple identity crisis or the lack of recognition and professional appreciation that, throughout Europe, is experienced first person.

We must, as National Associations, have the courage to honour the arduous and fantastic role played so assertively, practically and concretely by the generations that preceded us and there is no better opportunity than the imbalances of the times in which we live.

Landscape Architecture knows how to act, organise and manage the landscape system, how to minimize imbalances caused by human actions and how to act with the landscape. For all these reasons, Landscape Architecture is the Profession of the future.

In this context, the Portuguese Association of Landscape Architects APAP intends to take advantage of IFLA Europe Executive Council’s presence in Portugal to reflect and establish a way of communicating beyond its peers and put all our skills, knowledge and tools at the service of the community and in a way that is imposed at the service of conscious and sustainable management of the Common House.

For this reason, APAP Portugal is inviting its associates and friends to participate in the APAP/IFLA EUROPE Conference “Landscape Architecture: a profession for the future”, which will be held on 15 March 2024, from 10:15 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., at Casa do Jardim da Estrela, in Lisbon.

The conference will be held in English.

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IFLA Africa Climate Change Webinar: Landscapes and Water
12th March 2024, 17:30 - 18:30 SAST

Sourav Kumar Biswas is the Director of Resilient Infrastructure at Sponge Collaborative, an interdisciplinary firm specializing in integrated planning and implementation of Nature-based solutions. He has more than 13 years of experience in urban and landscape planning, international development, geospatial analysis, and visual communication design. He has worked in more than 20 countries in Asia, Europe, the Americas, and Oceania. He is the lead author of 'The Sponge Handbook: Chennai' an authoritative visual compendium of Sponge City solutions published by GiZ India and co-editor of 'From the South: Global Perspectives on Landscape and Territory.' He has a Masters in Landscape Architecture from Harvard University and has worked with reputed design and international development firms including Sasaki, SLA, AECOM, GeoAdaptive, and Zofnass Program for Sustainable Infrastructure.

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Chair of the IFLA Climate Change Working Group Kotchakorn Voraakhom is speaking at “Living in Uncertainty: Global and Local Climate Adaptation Design” Thursday, March 7, 2024 at the National Building Museum, 401 F Street NW, Washington DC 20001

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