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Proposal for a new COST Action “Land use/cover changes from 19th century and their impact on the environment” submitted.

by mmikos@fgg.uni-lj.si | Nov 13, 2020 | Water-related News

The proposal was submitted to the COST Open Call Collection OC-2020-1. The Main Proposer is Dr. Panecki of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Let’s cross fingers till May 2021.

Proposal for a new COST Action “Minimizing naturally and technologically induced geo-hazards” submitted.

by mmikos@fgg.uni-lj.si | Nov 12, 2020 | Water-related News

The proposal was submitted to the COST Open Call Collection OC-2020-1. The Main Proposer is Professor Vinciguerra of University of Turin, Italy. Let’s cross fingers till May 2021.

Proposal for a new COST Action “Cascading Geohazard Models & Risk Awareness Raising in joint XR-environments” submitted.

by mmikos@fgg.uni-lj.si | Nov 11, 2020 | Water-related News

The proposal was submitted to the COST Open Call Collection OC-2020-1. The Main Proposer is Professor Havenith of Liège Université, Belgium. Let’s cross fingers till May 2021.

World Centre of Excellence in Landslide Risk Reduction renewed for the period 2020-2023.

by mmikos@fgg.uni-lj.si | Nov 7, 2020 | Water-related News

On November 2, 2020, during the 16th Session of the Global Promotion Committee of the International Programme on Landslides (GPC/IPL) 19 new World Centres of Excellence on Landslide Disaster Reduction (WCoE) for the next period 2020-2023 were approved – among...

Vabilo na webinar “Mangartski plaz 20 let pozneje – kaj ve slovenska stroka danes o tovrstnih dogodkih, vzrokih zanje in o preventivnem delovanju”.

by mmikos@fgg.uni-lj.si | Nov 1, 2020 | Water-related News

Ob dvajsetletnici katastrofičnega dogodka, ko se je 17. novembra 2000 pri Mangartski Planini najprej sprožil zemeljski plaz in je kasneje drobirski tok tragično zaznamoval Log pod Mangartom in dobršen del Zgornjega Posočja, organizirajo Geološki zavod Slovenije,...

New COST Action “Cascading Geohazard Models & Risk Awareness Raising in joint XR-environments” in preparation.

by mmikos@fgg.uni-lj.si | Oct 29, 2020 | Water-related News

We are second proposer from Slovenia in a network proposing a new COST action on cascading geohazard models & risk awareness raising in joint Extended Reality (XR) technology (Virtual/Augmented/Mixed Reality) environments.

UNESCO WRDRR Chair renewed for the period 2020-2024.

by mmikos@fgg.uni-lj.si | Oct 17, 2020 | Water-related News

A kind letter to Professor Papič, the Rector of University of Ljubljana, received from the Section of Higher Education of the Education Sector of UNESCO confirmed that the UNESCO Chair on Water-related Disaster Risk Reduction at University of Ljubljana was renewed for...
International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction 13 October, 2020.

International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction 13 October, 2020.

by mmikos@fgg.uni-lj.si | Oct 7, 2020 | Sustainable Development News, Water-related News

Held every 13 October, the day celebrates how people and communities around the world are reducing their exposure to disasters and raising awareness about the importance of reining in the risks that they face. The 2020 edition continues as part of the “Sendai...

Paper published in Acta hydrotechnica on “Flood hazard in Slovenia and assessment of extreme design floods”.

by mmikos@fgg.uni-lj.si | Sep 29, 2020 | Publications

Link to a published open-access paper in journal Acta hydrotechnica, 2020, vol. 33, No. 58, 43-59, https://doi.org/10.3390/w12072064 . Open access publication, pdf is available here.

UNITWIN Report of the UNESCO Chair’s activities from November 2018 to October 2020 drafted.

by mmikos@fgg.uni-lj.si | Sep 19, 2020 | Water-related News

We have received request from the UNITWIN-UNESCO/KU/ICL Cooperation Programme to draft a report on UNESCO WRDRR Chair activities for the period November 2018 to October 2020. The draft report was submitted today on September 19, 2020, and as soon as the joint UNITWIN...
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