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International Geoscience Programme (IGCP): Geoscience in the service of society
The IGCP is a cooperative enterprise of, and supported by, UNESCO and the International
Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS). The IGCP has been stimulating comparative
studies in the Earth Sciences since 1972. After three decades of
successful work, the "International Geological Correlation Programme"
continued, as "International Geoscience Programme". Up to this day,
IGCP has made research results available to a huge number of scientists
around the world with about 400 projects.
Background
IGCP provides several thousands of scientists from about 150 countries
with a multi-discipline platform to exchange knowledge and methodology
on geological problems of global importance. Special focus is
given to projects related to a safer environment, the relationship
between natural geological factors and health problems, biodiversity,
climate change, mineral and groundwater resources extraction.
IGCP promotes collaborative projects with a special emphasis on
the benefit provided to society, capacity-building and the advancement
and sharing of knowledge between developed and developing nations.
IGCP contribution to sustainable development
IGCP improves the interaction and networking between geo-hydro
and environmental scientists in solving fundamental geoscientific
problems relevant to sustainable development. In line with the
medium-term plan and the strategic outlines with the Work plan
and budget (C/5) of UNESCO, IGCP is evolving from a programme
with focus on fundamental sciences to a programme concentrating
on applied geosciences, including mitigation of geo-hazards,
such as earthquakes, landslides and volcanic eruptions. IGCP became
more interdisciplinary in nature and co-operates very actively
with the Division of Water Sciences to strengthen the principal
priority of UNESCO in the natural sciences. New projects put a
special emphasis to reach out beyond the Earth Science community
to the decision-makers, government-planners and policy-makers.
The geoscientific research undertaken contributes to the scientific
underpinning of the planning of sustainable social-economic development.
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