IALE (UK) was founded on 22 September 1992 at a meeting at Nottingham University entitled Landscape Ecology in Britain. This became the UK Regional Association of the International Association for Landscape Ecology, established to promote landscape ecology. Our core objectives are to promote communication, inter- disciplinary research and the development of knowledge and interaction between scientists and those engaged in the planning and management of the landscape. We have achieved these objectives by organizing annual meetings on topical themes in landscape ecology and by the prompt publication of the proceedings of those meetings.