20.09.2012

This circular letter has a very specific purpose: try to involve more terraced landscape lovers into the alliance. Therefore we open the membership to all persons (researchers, promotors and practitioners - farmers) who are interested to form part of the international terraced landscape alliance (ITLA). ITLA is an informal network of the individual participants to the First Terraced Landscapes Conference, which was organised by the Prefectural Government of Honghe (Red River) Prefecture in Yunnan, China in November
2010. Please send in your registration form.

The participants formed ITLA and signed the Honghe Declaration, which is attached to this circular letter as a separate document. See also the ITLA section on the ALPTER website: www.alpter.net , which is administered by Luca Lodatti in Venice, Italy.

The members of the ITLA commit to several activities from now on:
 develop further the inventory of terraced landscapes in their countries
 identify experienced farmers (male and female) specialised in the construction, maintenance and protection of terraced landscapes and those who are the stewards of the indigenous - local knowledge of the biodiversity of the terraces
 undertake case studies on specific areas with terraces involving the perspective and the vision of the local
farmers about the terraced landscapes and cultures
 if possible, take part in the preparations and the realisation of the World Conference on Terraced Landscapes and Cultures in October 2013 in the Colca Valley of Peru.

More ideas were mentioned during the first session of the alliance, like
 promote exchange between members and country groups
• promote pilot areas for the protection and promotion of terraces
• establish a clearing house and a virtual resource center for terraced
landscapes
The members established the alliance until the next Conference in Peru as a
free membership of individuals, who engage in their respective countries and regions to develop country sections according to the local conditions.

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Best regards, Timmi

Timmi Tillmann, Advisor of Right Livelihood College at CenPRIS - Center for Policy Research and International Studies, Universiti Sains Malaysia - 11800 Penang, Malaysia, e-mail: timmitillmann@googlemail.com

For the complete text see the attached document. Topics:
 Second Conference on Terraced Landscapes in Peru
 Meeting of the Italian section of the ITLA
 News from Slovenia
 News from Spain