Ongoing IPL Projects

IPL-106-2 International Summer School on Rockslides and Related Phenomena in the Kokomeren River Valley, Tien Shan, Kyrgyzstan

Alexander Strom, Russia

Proposal | Certificate | Annual Report 2024 | P-LRT Article Vol. 1-1 (2023)

Project Period
2008 –

IPL-158 Development of Community-based Landslide Early Warning System

Teuku Faisal Fathani, Indonesia

Proposal | Certificate | Annual Report 2024 | P-LRT Article Vol. 1-1 (2023)

Project Period
2009 –

IPL-167 The effect of freezing-thawing on the stability of ancient landslide of Beian-Heihe highway

Wei Shan, China

Proposal | Certificate | Annual Report 2023 |P-LRT Article Vol. 3-1 (2024)

Project Period
2009 –

IPL-202 Ripley landslide monitoring project (Ashcroft, BC, Canada). Extension Slow-moving landslide monitoring project (Ashcroft, BC, and Russell, MN, Canada)

David Huntley, Canada

Proposal 2016 | Certificate | Extension Proposal 2022 | Annual Report 2024 | P-LRT Article Vol. 1-1 (2023) | Vol. 1-2 (2023) | Vol. 2-1 (2023) | Vol. 2-2 (2023)

Project Period
2016 – 2021 | extension 2022 –

IPL-203 Analysis and identify of landslides based on species distribution and surface temperature difference

Ying Guo, China

Proposal | Certificate | Annual Report 2023 | P-LRT Article Vol. 2-2 (2023)

Project Period
2016 –

IPL-210 Massive landsliding in Serbia following Cyclone Tamara in May 2014

Biljana Abolmasov, Serbia

Proposal | Certificate | Annual Report 2024 | P-LRT Article Vol. 2-2 (2023) | Vol. 3-1 (2024)

Project Period
2016 –

IPL-219 Rockfall hazard identification and rockfall protection in the coastal zone of Croatia

Željko Arbanas, Croatia

Proposal | Certificate | Annual Report 2024

Project Period
2017 –

IPL-220 Kostanjek landslide monitoring project (Zagreb, Croatia)

Martin Krkač, Croatia

Proposal | Certificate | Annual Report 2023 | P-LRT Article Vol. 2-1 (2023)

Project Period
2017 –

IPL-221 PS continuous streaming for landslide monitoring and mapping

Federico Raspini, Italy

Proposal | Certificate | Annual Report 2024 | P-LRT Article Vol. 2-1 (2023)

Project Period
2017 –

IPL-238 Landslides Threatening Russian Cultural Heritage Sites

D. N. Gobotsov, Russia

Proposal | Certificate | Annual Report 2023

Project Period
2018 –

IPL-242 Studies of disasters related to natural and anthropogenic landslides in Brazil – Characterization of landslides triggers and impacts as a tool to rapid risk analysis

Renato Eugenio de Lima, Brazil

Proposal | Certificate | Annual Report 2023

Project Period
2019 –

IPL-248 Innovation in slow-moving landslide risk assessment of roads and urban sites by combining multi-sensor multi-source monitoring data

Dario Peduto, Italy

Proposal | Certificate | Annual Report 2024

Project Period
2019 –

IPL-249 Development of early warning technology of rain-induced rapid and long-travelling landslides in Sri Lanka

Kazuo Konagai & Asiri Karunawardena, Japan, Sri Lanka

Proposal | Certificate | Annual Report 2024

P-LRT Article Vol. 1-1 (2022a) | Vol. 1-1 (2022b)

Project Period
2019 –

IPL-253 Integrated Landslide Disaster Risk Research in Mexico

Irasema Alcántara Ayala, Mexico

Proposal | Certificate | Annual Report 2024 | P-LRT Article Vol. 2-2 (2023)

Project Period
2020 –

IPL-254 Ukraine cultural heritage objects within landslide hazardous sites

Oleksandr M. Trofymchuk, Ukraine

Proposal | Certificate | Annual Report 2021 | P-LRT Article Vol. 1-2 (2023)

Project Period
2020 –

IPL-255 Monitoring rock glaciers kinematic process using SAR interferometry and offset-tracking in Alpine environment

Quingkai Meng and Federico Raspini, China and Italy

Proposal | Certificate | Annual Report 2022-2023

Project Period
2022 –

IPL-256 Investigation of landslide initiation caused by rainfall infiltration using small-scale physical and numerical modeling (ILIRIM)

Josip Peranić, Croatia

Proposal | Certificate | Annual Report 2024

Project Period
2022 –

IPL-257 Optimisation of landslide susceptibility assessment for land-use planning in Croatia: from national to local scale

Sanja Bernat Gazibara, Croatia

Proposal | Certificate | Annual Report 2023 | P-LRT Article Vol. 2-1 (2023) | Vol. 2-2 (2023)

Project Period
2022 –

IPL-258 Slope stability in vineyards with different management practices (Acronym: WINESLIDES)

Filippo Catani, Italy

Proposal | Certificate | Annual Report 2024

Project Period
2022 –

IPL-259 Landslide Risk assessment in AlUla Archaeological sites – Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Claudio Margottini, Italy

Proposal | Certificate | Annual Report 2024 | P-LRT Article Vol. 2-2 (2023) 

Project Period
2022 –

IPL-260 Landslide Risk assessment in the High City of Antananarivo

William Frodella, Italy

Proposal | Certificate | Annual Report 2023 | P-LRT Article Vol. 2-2 (2023) 

Project Period
2022 –

IPL-261 World-wide-web-based Landslide Observatory (W3bLO)
(Global Web Landslide Observatory link: https://www.unesco-floods.eu/landslide-observatory/)

Matjaž Mikoš, Slovenia

Proposal | Certificate | Annual Report 2024 | P-LRT Article Vol. 1-1 (2023) 

Project Period
2022 –

IPL-262 Deciphering the sensitivity of rock faces to climatic changes and freeze-thaw cycles in permafrost-free regions

Mateja Jemec Auflič, Slovenia

Proposal | Certificate | Annual Report 2024

Project Period
2022 –

IPL-263 Societal and Environmental Determinants of Landslide Risk Perception towards Landslide Disaster Risk Reduction; Case Study of Athwelthota Landslide, Baduraliya, Kaluthara, Sri Lanka.

N. N. Katuwala, Sri Lanka

Proposal | Certificate | Annual Report 2023

Project Period
2022 –

IPL-264 Study on Suitable Tools for Modeling and Analysing Rain Induced Slope failure in Sri Lankan Residual Soil

S S I Kodagoda, Sri Lanka

Proposal | Certificate | Annual Report 2023

Project Period
2022 –

IPL-265 Review of Rockfall Trajectories of Cut Slopes of Roads Using a Distribution Model Approach

Nimani Kulathilake, Sri Lanka

Proposal | Certificate | Annual Report 2023

Project Period
2022 –

IPL-266 Climate Change-Induced Landslide Hazard Assessment – for Aiding Climate Resilient Planning for Road Infrastructure

Peeranan Towashiraporn, Thailand

Proposal | Certificate | Annual Report

Project Period
2022 –

IPL-267 The Collaboration of debris flow early warning system between Vietnam and Taiwan

Nguyen Quoc Dinh and Chih-Chung Chung, Vietnam and Chinese Taipei

Proposal | Certificate | Annual Report 2024

Project Period
2022 –

IPL-268 Initiation mechanism and criteria for hydrodynamic pressure-driven landslides

Changdong Li, China

Proposal | Certificate | Annual Report 2024 | P-LRT Article Vol. 3-1 (2024) 

Project Period
2022 –

IPL-269 Landslide Initiation, Evolution and Remediation: Physical and Numerical Modeling (LIEREM)

Željko Arbanas, Croatia

Proposal | Certificate | Annual Report 2024 | P-LRT Article Vol. 2-2 (2023) 

Project Period
2022 –

IPL-270 Slope monitoring of a San Eduardo landslide in Colombia using multiple techniques

Guillermo Ávila, Colombia

Proposal | Certificate | Annual Report 2024 | P-LRT Article Vol. 1-1 (2023) 

Project Period
2022 –

IPL-271 Tree-ring microscopic anatomy as landslide deformation data source for optimization of landslide hazard assessment in forested regions

Jan Klimeš, Czech Republic

Proposal | Certificate | Annual Report 2024

Project Period
2022 –

IPL-272 Study on catastrophic dynamics and affected area prediction of high altitude and long runoutlandslides in southeast Tibet

Fawu Wang, China

Proposal | Certificate | Annual Report 2023-2024

Project Period
2022 –

IPL-273 International Panel of Experts on Landslide Risk for Cultural Heritage Sites (NICHE)

Yasser Elshayeb, Egypt

Proposal | Certificate | Annual Report  2023 | P-LRT Article Vol. 1-2 (2023)

Project Period
2022 –

IPL-274 Understanding the seismic response of large-scale geological hazards for developing early warning methods

Yifei Cui, China

Proposal | Certificate | Annual Report 2024

Project Period
2023 –

IPL-275 Development of the Landslide Risk Reduction Strategies for protection and safety of Heritage Sites

Surya Parkash, India

Proposal | Certificate | Annual Report 2024

Project Period
2023 –

IPL-276 Landslide risk management on the road network in climate changing conditions

Biljana Abolmasov, Serbia

Proposal | Certificate | Annual Report 2024| P-LRT Article Vol. 3-2 (2024)

Project Period
2023 –

IPL-277 Rock failures in coastal carbonate cliffs: susceptibility, hazard assessment and monitoring

Isabella Serena Liso, Italy

Proposal | Certificate | Annual Report

Project Period
2024 –

IPL-278 Multi-scale Landslide Risk Assessment (MultiLandRisk)

Veronica Tofani, Italy

Proposal | Certificate | Annual Report

Project Period
2024 –

IPL-279 Integrated Toolsets for the Assessment of Landslide Impact scenarios (ITALI)

Veronica Tofani, Carlo Esposito, Mario Parise, Italy

Proposal | Certificate | Annual Report

Project Period
2024 –

IPL-280 Landslide Alert: Co-Production of Knowledge Based on Community Participation

Irasema Alcántara-Ayala, Mexico

Proposal | Certificate | Annual Report 2024 | P-LRT Article Vol. 3-1 (2024) | Vol. 3-2 (2024) 

Project Period
2024 –

IPL-281 Modeling landslide susceptibility and volumes using Geographic Information System and Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

Gabriel Legorreta Paulín, Mexico

Proposal | Certificate | Annual Report

Project Period
2024 –

IPL-282 Intelligent Debris Flow Monitoring System

Ko-Fei Liu, Chinese Taipei

Proposal | Certificate | Annual Report

Project Period
2024 –

IPL-283 Zoning of Potential Rockslide Disasters Triggered By Seismicity in the Kotmale Reservoir Area, Sri Lanka

Jagath Gunatilake, Sri Lanka

Proposal | Certificate | Annual Report

Project Period
2024 –

Completed IPL Projects

IPL-112 Landslide mapping and risk mitigation planning in Thailand

Saowanee Prachansri, Thailand

Proposal | Annual Report 2018 |

Project Period
2009 –2019

IPL-155 Determination of soil parameters of subsurface to be used in slope stability analysis in two different precipitation zones of Sri Lanka

A. A. Virajh Dias, Sri Lanka

Proposal | Annual Report 2018 |

Project Period
2010 – 2019

IPL-157 Dynamics of large-scale subaerial landslides and submarine megaslides

Kyoji Sassa, Japan

Proposal | Annual Report 2018 |

Project Period
2018 – 2019

IPL-159 Development of Education Program for Sustainable Development in Landslide Vulnerable Area through Student Community Service

Dwikorita Karnawati, Indonesia

Proposal | Annual Report 2018 |

Project Period
2009 – 2022

IPL-165 Development of community-based landslide hazard mapping for landslide risk reduction at the village scale in Java, Indonesia

Dwikorita Karnawati, Indonesia

Proposal | Annual Report 2018 |

Project Period
2010 – 2022

IPL-191 Landslide hazard zonation in Carpathian region of Ukraine using GIS

Yakovliev Yevhenii, Oleksandr M. Trofymchuk, Ukraine

Proposal | Annual Report 2018 |
2015 – 2019

IPL-196 Development and applications of a multi-sensors drone for geohazards monitoring and mapping

Veronica Tofani, Italy

Proposal | Annual Report 2018 |

Project Period
2015 – 2019

IPL-198 Multi-scale rainfall triggering models for Early Warning of Landslides (MUSE)

Filippo Catani, Italy

Proposal | Annual Report 2018 |

Project Period
2015 – 2019

IPL-199 The effect of root systems in natural slope erosion protection in the hill country of Sri Lanka

Pvip Perera, Sri Lanka

Proposal | Annual Report 2018 |

Project Period
2015 – 2019

IPL-200 An assessment of the rock fall susceptibility based on cut slopes adjacent to highways and railways

H. M. J. M. K. Herath, Sri Lanka

Proposal | Annual Report 2018 | Certificate

Project Period
2015 – 2019

IPL-208 Landslide disaster risk communication in mountain areas

Irasema Alcántara Ayala, Mexico

Proposal | Annual Report 2018 | Certificate

P-LRT Article Vol. 1-1 (2023) | Vol. 1-2 (2023)

Project Period
2016 – 2019

IPL-216 Diversity and hydrogeology of mass movements in the Vipava valley, SW Slovenia

Timotej Verbovšek, Slovenia

Proposal | Annual Report 2018 | Certificate

Project Period
2016 – 2019

IPL-226 Studying landslide movements from source areas to zone of deposition using a deterministic approach

Mateja Jemec Auflič, Slovenia

Proposal | Annual Report 2019 | Certificate

Project Period
2017 – 2020

IPL-232 Investigations on landslides in Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu, India

S. S. Chandrasekaran, India

Proposal | Certificate

Project Period
2018 – 2019

IPL-234 Development of landslide detection system based on rainfall prediction and seismic aspect in Banjarnegara Region, Centre of Java, Indonesia

Dr. Munawar, Indonesia

Proposal | Certificate

Project Period
2018 – 2019

IPL-235 EO4GEO – Towards an innovative strategy for skills development and capacity building in the space geo-information sector supporting Copernicus User Uptake

Luca Guerrieri & Daniele Spizzichino, Italy

Proposal | Certificate

Project Period
2018 – 2022

IPL-239 Detailed Interpretation and Evaluation of Dynamic Model Behavior of Pothupitiya Landslide Potential Area (Combined Ground Water and Slope Stability Dynamic Model under PC Raster environment)

A. A. Virajh Dias, Sri Lanka

Proposal | Certificate

Project Period
2018 – 2019

IPL-240 Global Lecture Series – Recent Advances on Landslide Analysis and Remediation

Binod Tiwari, USA

Proposal | Certificate

Project Period
2018 – 2022

IPL-181 Study of slow moving landslide Umka near Belgrade, Serbia

Biljana Abolmasov, Serbia

Proposal | Annual Report 2021 | Certificate

Project Period
2012 –2021

IPL-245 Laboratory physical modeling of rainfall, slope deformation and landslides triggering

Giovanna Capparelli, Italy

Proposal | Annual Report 2020 | Certificate

Project Period
2019 –

IPL-192 Development of post-earthquake rainfall induced landslide (PERIL) hazard mitigation framework

Binod Tiwari, USA and Nagendra Sitoula, Nepal

Proposal | Annual Report 2019 |

Project Period
2015 –2020

IPL-227 Development of a web based landslide information system for the landslides in Sri Lanka

K. M. Weerasinghe, Sri Lanka

Proposal | Annual Report 2020 |

Project Period
2017 –2021

IPL-236 A multiparametric field laboratory for the investigation on the relationship between material behavior and morphodynamic of landslides

Andrea Segalini, Italy

Proposal | Annual Report 2019 |

Project Period
2018 –2020

IPL-252 Landslide monitoring with cost-effective GNSS devices and development of a new equipment (LZER0) for real-time applications

David Zuliani, Italy

Proposal |

Project Period
2020 –2021

IPL-251 Advancing Landslide Early Warning Systems using Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence Techniques

Maneesha Vinodini Ramesh, India

Proposal |

P-LRT Article Vol. 1-2 (2023)

Project Period
2020 –2021

IPL-250 Investigation of Ecohydrological Processes on Soil-root Mechanical Properties and Landslide Susceptibility in the Steep Terrain Regions, Eastern Tibetan Plateau

Peng Cui, China

Proposal |

Project Period
2020 –2021

IPL-246 Classification and spatial distribution of landslides on dumps in brown coal basin in the Czech Republic

Martin Veselý, Czech Republic

Proposal |

Project Period
2019 –2020

IPL-243 Wildfire-related landslides in Italy: triggering mechanisms and propagation processes

Giuseppe Mandrone, Italy

Proposal |

P-LRT Article Vol. 1-1 (2023)

Project Period
2019 –2021

IPL-233 Archival Records and Documentation of Some Socio-economically Significant Landslides in India

Surya Parkash, India

Proposal | Certificate | Annual Report 2022 | P-LRT Article Vol. 1-2 (2023)

Project Period
2018 –2022

IPL-197 Low frequency, high damaging potential landslide events in “low risk” regions – challenges for hazard and risk management

Jan Klimeš, Czech Republic

Proposal | Certificate | Annual Report 2023

Project Period
2015 –

IPL-212 The construction of a global database of giant landslides on oceanic island volcanoes

Matt Rowberry, Czech Republic

Proposal | Certificate | Annual Report 2023 | P-LRT Article Vol. 1-1 (2023)

Project Period
2016 –

IPL-230 Evolution-based key technology of landslide prevention in Three Gorges Reservoir region, China

Huiming Tang, China

Proposal | Annual Report 2020 | Certificate | Annual Report 2021

P-LRT Article Vol. 1-2 (2023) | Vol. 2-1 (2023)

Project Period
2018 –

IPL-237 The role of time-dependent rock mass deformations and landscape evolution rates as predisposing factors for massive rock slope failures

Carlo Esposito, Italy

Proposal | Certificate | Final Report

Project Period
2018 –

IPL-244 Evolution mechanism and control of landslides induced by sudden rainstorm

Huiming Tang, China

Proposal | Certificate | Annual Report 2019-2022

Project Period
2019 –

List of IPL Projects

List of IPL Projects Approved at 2024 GPC/IPL-KLC meeting in Kyoto – PDF
List of completed IPL Projects March 2023 – PDF
List of IPL Projects Approved at 2023 GPC/IPL-KLC meeting in Florence – PDF
List of IPL Projects Approved at 20th Anniversary Kyoto, Japan (2022) – PDF
List of IPL Projects Approved at 2022 IPL-GPC (Online Conference) – PDF
List of IPL Projects Approved at 2020 IPL-GPC (Online Conference) – PDF
List of IPL Projects Approved at 2019 IPL-GPC in Paris – PDF
List of on-going IPL projects as of January 2016 – PDF
Chronological list of IPL projects in the period 2002-2015 – PDF

IPL Project Proposal Form 2025

IPL Project Annual Report Form