Dear colleagues,

Let us send you some information concerning the WG activities during the last months and what we have prepared for the next months.

1. WG chairs and committee.
   The chairmen and the secretary met in Lausanne (CH) the 1-2 May 2006. An administrative meeting of the committee was organised in Sion (CH) the 4th September 2006. Various decisions were taken (see below).

2. Intensive course on geomorphosites (Bagnes, CH, 4-8 September 2006)
   Thirteen PhD students took part to this intensive course (3 days course; 2 days field trip). A new edition is scheduled in Lesvos (Greece), 25-29 September 2006 (organiser: Nickolaus Zouros; Univ. of the Aegean; nzour@aegean.gr). You will receive the first circular before the end of the year 2006.

3. A list of typical geomorphosites is to be prepared (see attached documents). You can send proposals to Geraldine Bissig (geraldine.bissig@unil.ch)

4. A list of references on geomorphosites is to be prepared. You can send new references, with a brief comment and keywords to Georgia Fontana (Georgia.Fontana@unil.ch). You can also send a copy of the paper to Georgia Fontana, University of Lausanne, Institute of Geography, Batiment Anthropole, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland. The database will be available in 2007 on a CD-rom, in Endnote, Filemaker and PDF formats.

5. Project of book on geomorphosites.
   A book (manual for students) is in project. It will be published in 2008 and will be available at the next International conference on geomorphology in Melbourne (2009). The book is edited by Paola Coratza and Emmanuel Reynard and several WG members have been contacted for a contribution.

6. Publication proceedings Florence (2004) and Zaragoza (2005) conferences
   The edition is in course and the proceedings (special issue of Geografia Fisica e Dinamica Quaternaria) are to be published in 2007.

7. Regional Conference on geomorphology, Svalbard, August 2-5, 2007
   The WG will chair a topical session on the theme "Managing geomorphosites in fragile environments". The focus of the session will be on:
   • Geomorphosites in polar regions
   • Managing active geomorphosites in a context of climatic change
   • Geomorphosite assessment and mapping methods
   • Geomorphosites as tourist resource

8. Workshop, Lesvos (Greece), 30 September-3 October 2007
   Organised by N. Zouros (University of the Aegean), the workshop will deal with the theme "Geomorphosites, geoparks and geotourism". The workshop follows directly the intensive course (see point 2) and can be combined with it (see attached file).

Best wishes,
Paola Coratza and Emmanuel Reynard, co-ordinators
Geraldine Bissig, Secretary