Jala Makhzoumi announced as speaker at IFLA 2024 World Council

Jala Makhzoumi
Vice president of IFLA
Professor of landscape architecture

Jala Makhzoumi is vice president of the International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA) and acting president for IFLA Middle East. She is adjunct professor of landscape architecture, American University of Beirut, and is co-founder of UNIT44, offering consultancies in ecological planning and landscape architecture. In her research and practice, Jala pioneers a holistic approach that mediates community needs with ecosystem health, biodiversity protection and heritage conservation. Her professional expertise includes sustainable urban greening, post-disaster recovery and landscape heritage conservation. In 2019 Jala received the European Council of Landscape Architecture Schools (ECLAS) Lifetime Achievement Award, and in 2021 the IFLA Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe Award 2021 for her outstanding contribution to education and practice.

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