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INTRODUCTION
TO IALE
IALE is an international
body representing all those with an interest in landscape ecology,
including professional and academic scientists, planners, and
landscape architects. Landscape ecology is emerging as a central
discipline which links scientific ecology with planning and management
of natural resources.
IALE’s aims are
to develop landscape ecology as a scientific basis for analysis,
planning and management of the landscapes of the world. IALE advances
international co-operation and interdisciplinary synergism within
the field, through scientific, scholarly, educational and communication
activities.
IALE was formed
in 1982 and now has members from 39 countries. National
chapters organise local activities, and the international body
seeks to integrate these and runs an international congress
every 4 years. An Australasian chapter of IALE was
formed at the World Congress in July 1999. It will organise local
activities; for instance there was a Landscape Ecology Symposium
at the Ecological Society of Australia conference in Fremantle
in September 1999.
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