International Year of Planet Earth

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International Year of Planet Earth

The United Nations General Assembly in New York has proclaimed 2008 International Year of Planet Earth. The Year's activities will actually span 2007-2009 and support research projects within defined themes focusing on Earth Sciences in the service of society.

The International Year of Planet Earth was officially launched at UNESCO headquarters in Paris on 12–13 February 2008. Initiated jointly by UNESCO and the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS), the Year will demonstrate over the next 24 months just how important Earth sciences are for society.

The themes of the Year are:

Hazards: reducing vulnerability to natural and human-induced hazards;
Earth and Health: improving understanding of the medical aspects of Earth science;
Resource Issues: discovering new natural resources and making them available in a sustainable manner;
Soil: getting under Earth's living skin;
Megacities: going deeper, building safer;
Climate change: determining the longer term variations in climate change;
Groundwater: detecting deep and poorly accessible groundwater;
Earth and life: removing some of the question marks surrounding the evolution of life;
Oceans: abyss of time;
The Deep Earth: how it influences our environment.

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Projects within the International Geoscience Programme@
Earth scientists around the world have set themselves a demanding research agenda for the Year.

OneGeology@
In March 2007, the British Geological Survey hosted a kick-off event for perhaps the most ambitious mapping project yet.

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The Agua y Paz Biosphere Reserve on two post stamps!@ 27-11-2008 7:45 am

"Water for Life" - Yoshinobu Toïde@ 20-11-2008 2:20 pm UNESCO SC

ONE Geology@ 04-08-2008 1:00 pm UNESCO SC

The gold commemorative coin 'International Year of Planet Earth' at a glance@ 26-05-2008 4:00 pm UNESCO SC

The Director-General pays an official visit to Tanzania and launches the International Year of Planet Earth in Africa (Tanzania)@ 16-05-2008 3:45 pm Flash Info N° 056-2008

International Year of Planet Earth: Regional activities (Cuba)@ 03-05-2008 4:10 pm UNESCO La Habana

International Year of Planet Earth: Regional activities (Brazil)@ 16-04-2008 7:00 am UNESCO Brazil

Declaration presented at the Global Launch Event of the International Year of Planet Earth (IYPE)@ 13-02-2008 7:00 am

UNESCO's Director-General signs an agreement with China establishing the International Research Centre on Karst as a Category II centre@ 12-02-2008 7:00 pm UNESCO SC

Global Launch Event - IYPE@ 12-02-2008 3:00 pm UNESCO SC

Reaching out to the public@ 05-02-2008 5:00 pm UNESCO SC

Attracting more young people to geosciences@ 05-02-2008 1:00 pm UNESCO SC

Key events within the Year@ 04-02-2008 5:00 pm UNESCO SC