IUGS / IAGC

PROJECT FIT WITHIN IUGS SCIENCE POLICY

“IUGS [http://www.iugs.org/] fosters dialogue and communication among the various  specialists in earth sciences around the world.  It achieves this by organising  international projects and meetings, sponsoring symposia and scientific field trips, and producing publications. Topics addressed span the gamut from fundamental research to its economic and industrial applications, from  scientific, environmental and social issues to educational and developmental  problems.  For example, IUGS is currently involved in:

• identifying and defining the problems critical to an improved understanding of terrestrial and planetary geological processes;

• encouraging formulation and testing of new geological concepts, models, and methodologies;

• focusing effort internationally on the study of critical economic or environmental problems whose resolution may depend on an understanding of geology;

• fostering international agreement on nomenclature and classification in several geoscientific disciplines such as stratigraphy, petrology and tectonics;

• strengthening mechanisms for facilitating international cooperation in geological research and exchange;

• improving publication, dissemination, and use of geological information internationally;

• encouraging new relationships between and among disciplines of science that relate to geology worldwide;

• attracting competent students and research workers who will devote their attention to geology, and to stimulateexcellent education for students interested in geology;

• fostering an increased awareness among individual scientists world-wide of what programs are being carried out in geology in each country;

• promoting public understanding and appreciation of the planet earth, its environment in space, and their study; and

• furthering the public welfare by assuring that geology makes appropriate contribution to public policy decisions of an international nature.”

PROJECT FIT WITHIN IAGC SCIENCE POLICY

“The International Association of GeoChemistry (IAGC) [http://www.iagc.ca/] is a private, not-for-profit international organisation committed to excellence in the geochemical sciences that promotes the application of chemistry across the entire spectrum of the earth and environmental sciences.  This is accomplished through sponsoring scientific conferences and educational activities, establishing internal specialty-area working groups, and disseminating new geochemical knowledge through scientific publishing.  The specific objectives of the IAGC are:

(i) To foster the use of the tools and techniques of chemistry to advance the understanding of the earth and its component systems for the benefit of mankind and modern society;
(ii) To contribute to advancement in geochemical research throughout the world, including both fundamental geochemical research aimed at understanding the global earth system and applied geochemical research that addresses problems of particular relevance to the welfare of mankind and society; and
(iii) To promote international and education cooperation in geochemistry through outreach activities that include:

- establishing internal specialty-area working groups in topic areas that would benefit from international scientific cooperation,

- sponsoring international scientific meetings related to geochemistry,

- disseminating new knowledge through publication of the journal “Applied Geochemistry,”

- fostering communication in geochemistry across the international scientific community,

- encouraging the early career development of young geochemists,

- contributing to geochemical education,

- enhancing the visibility of the science of geochemistry and demonstrating its importance to mankind and society.”