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  Site Last Updated May 13, 2008

Active Members
Status as of May 2008

 

Albania
Angola
Argentina
Australia
Austria
Azerbaidjan
Bangladesh
Belgium
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
Bulgaria
Cameroon
Canada
Chile
China, Peoples   Republic of
Colombia
Congo
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Egypt
Estonia
Finland
France
Gambia,                Republic of
Germany
Greece
Guyana
Hungary
Iceland
India
Iran
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Ivory Coast
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Korea South
Latvia
Lebanon

Lesotho
Libya
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malawi
Malaysia
Mexico
Mongolia
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nigeria
Norway
Pakistan
Peru
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Russia
Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of
Senegal
Serbia
Slovak Republic
Slovenia
South Africa
Spain
Sudan
Surinam
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria
Taiwan (China)
Tanzania
Thailand
Tunisia
Turkey
Uganda
Ukraine
United Kingdom
Uruguay
USA
Uzbekistan, Republic of
Vietnam
Yemen
Zambia      

Inactive Members
Status as of May 2008

 

Algeria
Belarus
Belize
Bolivia
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Costa Rica
Cuba
Ecuador
Georgia
Ghana
Guatemala
Indonesia
Iraq

Korea North        (PDR)
Madagascar
Nicaragua
Niger
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Philippines
Somalia
Sri Lanka
Swaziland
Tunisia
Ukraine
Venezuela      


About the IUGS
With 118 national members, the Union aims to promote development of the earth sciences through the support of broad-based scientific studies relevant to the entire earth-system; to apply the results of these and other studies to preserving Earth's natural environment, using all natural resources wisely and improving the prosperity of nations and the quality of human life; and to strengthen public awareness of geology and advance geological education in the widest sense.

News and Information

Status Report on the International Year of Planet Earth
IYPE status report (30 April 2008)

UNESCO-IUGS joint statement on IYPE [French]
United Nations to declare 2008 as United Nations Year of the Planet (22 November 2006)

IUGS signs MOU with Australia for the 34th IGC
Memorandum of Agreement (MOU) Signed (1 March 2007)

Status Report, Year of Planet Earth 2007-2009
Background, history, and current status of the initiative (8 August 2007)

IUGS E-Bulletin #30
Thirtieth of a series of electronic communications (12 May 2008)

IUGS E-Bulletin #29
Twenty Ninth of a series of electronic communications (7 February 2008)

IUGS E-Bulletin #28
Twenty Eigth of a series of electronic communications (25 December 2007)

IUGS Annual Report 2006
A comprehensive account of activities and achievements in 2006 (1 August 2007)

Year of Planet Earth Wins UN Declaration
Proclaims 2008 as “the Year” (2 April 2006)

New IGCP Projects in 2008
45 projects have been funded (12 May 2008)

 

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