1st Open Session of the IGCP Council
Wednesday 24 February 2016, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France
Provisional agenda and presentations
- Welcome by the Director of the Ecological and Earth Sciences Division of UNESCO, Han Qunli
- Welcome by the President and the Secretary-General of the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS), Roland Oberhänsli
- Welcome by the International Geoscience Programme (IGCP) Executive Secretary, Patrick McKeever
- Report on the Programme by the IGCP Executive Secretary (pdf), Patrick McKeever
- Overview of IGCP project assessments by the Chairperson and Rapporteur of the IGCP Board (pdf), Patricia Vickers-Rich
- Presentation of IGCP project highlights of the 5 IGCP Themes:
- Geodynamics (pdf), George Gibson
- Geohazards (pdf), Andrej Gosar
- Hydrogeology (pdf), Gil Mahe
- Earth Resources (pdf), Robert Moritz
- Global Change (pdf), Guy Narbonne
- IGCP National Committees: Reports and discussion
- Sida sponsored projects: "Mapping and Assessing the Environmental and Health Impacts of Abandoned Mines in Sub-Saharan African countries" and African Network of Earth Science Institutions (ANESI) (pdf), Félix Toteu
- Commission of the Geological Map of the World (pdf), Clara Cardenas
- UNESCO Global Geoparks aspirants 2016 (pdf), Patrick McKeever
- Any other business