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UN Year of Planet Earth: 2008

UN Year of Planet Earth: 2008. Why an International Year of Planet Earth?. To demonstrate the great potential of the Earth sciences in the building of a safer, healthier and wealthier Society To encourage Society to apply this potential more effectively. Who is behind it?.

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UN Year of Planet Earth: 2008

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  1. UN Year of Planet Earth: 2008

  2. Why an International Year of Planet Earth? • To demonstrate the great potential of the Earth sciences in the building of a safer, healthier and wealthier Society • To encourage Society to apply this potential more effectively

  3. Who is behind it? • Initiated by the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) • Co-initiated by UNESCO’s Earth Science Division • International Geoscience Programme (IGCP) • 12 Founding Partners, 26 Associate Partners

  4. Focus on: • Science • Outreach • Operating responsively to proposals from grassroots... Centrally (Norway) and national committees

  5. Outreach Programme Aims: • To tell the public about how geosciences underpin life and prosperity • Highlight the societal contribution of geosciences within national education systems worldwide • Inform politicians about how significant geosciences are to providing society’s needs, and to solving pressing environmental problems.

  6. 10 Science Themes 1. Groundwater – towards sustainable use 2. Hazards – minimising risk, maximising awareness 3. Earth & Health – building a safer environment 4. Climate – the ‘stone tape’ 5. Resources – towards sustainable use 6. Megacities – going deeper, building safer 7. Deep Earth – from crust to core 8. Ocean – abyss of time 9. Soils – the living skin of the Earth 10. Earth &Life – origins of diversity

  7. Website www.yearofplanetearth.org

  8. Logos

  9. Flyers

  10. Publications

  11. Science years 2007-2009

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