BGS receives award at the World Landslide Forum 2023
BGS's landslide team has been designated a World Centre of Excellence on landslide risk reduction by the International Consortium on Landslides.
30/11/2023 By BGS Press
The World Landslide Forum takes place every three years, with the first meeting held in Tokyo, Japan, in 2008, and sees the participation of over a thousand researchers from all over the world. The aim of the forum is to create a common platform to promote cooperation between scientists, technicians and experts to develop collaborative strategies to reduce the risk of landslides worldwide.
The sixth World Landslide Forum, which was titled ‘Landslide science for sustainable development’, took place this year in Florence, Italy, from Tuesday 14 to Friday 17 November 2023.
It was announced at the forum that BGS has been designated as a World Centre of Excellence on landslide risk reduction, along with 15 other institutes.
It was a great honour for BGS to receive this recognition, which is testament to the hard work and excellent science undertaken by our landslides team.
Prof Jonathan Chambers, BGS Head of Shallow Geohazards and Earth Observation.
During the forum, the most important aspects relating to landslide research were addressed, following six thematic areas:
- monitoring and early warning
- modelling
- hazard and risk assessment
- mitigation techniques
- triggering mechanisms
- climate change
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