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Dear readers, first of all, Happy New Year! The year of "Rabbit" should be a year full of vitality. This is the first edition in 2023, I hope you all brace for a brighter and successful year.

The IPCC’s sixth assessment report continues to identify the vulnerability of human and natural systems to increasingly severe, interconnected and often irreversible impacts of climate change as an issue requiring immediate global attention. Landscape Architects worldwide are responding to this challenge by actively discussing and finding ways to prepare cities and communities for resilience under ...

Time flies, and it is soon time to say goodbye to 2022. The year has been very hard for the world to face the unsettling pandemic and the post-epidemic impact, which has reduced the actual exchange of visits between organizations and necessitated the use of virtual meetings. The AAPME Awards was successfully completed as scheduled under Damian’s continuous leadership. Although the winners were ...

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

As the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, AECOM is committed to constantly striving for better – whether by reducing emissions, creating social value, or enlivening the cities and places we work to transform. We understand both the urgency of the challenges our society faces and our responsibility to respond in an impactful and enduring way. Therefore, we are instigating change toward ...

On the afternoon of July 19, Beijing time, the award ceremony and opening ceremony of 2022 Chengdu Park City International Garden Season and the 5th BFU International Garden-Making Week was launched at the Botanical Garden in Chengdu, China. Twenty bamboo-structured gardens themed on “Garden of Dream” made their debut on the grand lawn of Chengdu Botanical Garden after 7 months of selection and ...

In 1880, Taiping Lake Gardens was brimming with anticipation. It was the first public park ever established in Malaysia. Local commoners saw this as one of the profound times in their lives especially when socially segregated scenes were a common sight. Green backdrops and green carpets laid as far as the eyes can see – those were sights dedicated only to the British, Royals, capitans and the ...

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

The three-day congress of IFLA World and APR Congress 2022 in Gwangju opened with the Pre-Congress lecture of Keunsik Jeong on the Cold War landscape. Followed by the opening remarks of IFLA President James Hayter and the Chairman of the 58th IFLA World Congress Organizing Committee Kyung-Jin Zoh, the camera turned to a student from Seoul National University on the center stage, who represented ...

Malaysia is home to a stunning array of ecosystems, including natural rainforests. However, the country is currently at risk of losing this unique natural resource if economic expansion is pursued without proper conservation initiatives to protect them. These rainforests hold a treasure trove of fauna, where their habitat is unique and delicate. One example of a unique insect that can be found ...