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Contributions to a Brazilian Code of Conduct for Fieldwork in Geology an approach based on Geoconservation and Geoethics

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The International Association for Promoting Geoethics
CONTRIBUTIONS TO A BRAZIALIAN CODE OF CONDUCT FOR FIELDWORK IN GEOLOGY: AN APPROACH BASED ON GEOCONSERVATION AND GEOETHICS Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências (Annals of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences), vol. 89, no. 1, supl. 0, 431-444, http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0001-3765201720170002 When considering the numerous events that have prohibited the development of scientific projects or caused destruction of outcrops, it is clear that there is rapidly increasing necessity to define a Brazilian Code of Conduct for geological fieldwork. In general, this destructi...

Flood Damage Survey and Assessment: New Insights from Research and Practice

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Wiley Earth, Space & Environmental Sciences

 

Several scholars across the globe identified the present lack of high quality damage data as the main constraint to efficient risk mitigation. The need for a systematic collection of damage data in the aftermath of flood events come into light, thus the aim being the creation of complete and reliable databases.

Explore the Science of AGI's Member Organizations at #GSA2017

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American Association of Petroleum Geologists
American Geophysical Union
American Institute of Professional Geologists
Association of American State Geologists
Council on Undergraduate Research
Geochemical Society
Geological Society of America
Geoscience Information Society
History of Earth Sciences Society
International Association of Hydrogeologists/U.S. National Chapter
International Medical Geology Association
Mineralogical Society of America
National Association of Black Geoscientists
National Association of Geoscience Teachers
National Cave and Karst Research Institute
National Earth Science Teachers Association
North American Commission on Stratigraphic Nomenclature
Paleontological Research Institution
Paleontological Society
SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology)
Society of Economic Geologists
Logo for the GSA 2017 Annual Meeting in Seattle, WA.
August 1st is approaching and that means submitting your abstract for #GSA2017, and another opportunity to share your science in Seattle! In addition to the Geological Society of America (GSA) and its Divisions sponsoring sessions, AGI Member Organizations are hosting dozens of sessions as well. The number of co-sponsored sessions underscores how much synergy exists between the different communities that make up AGI. Click through to see what the geoscience community will be curating at GSA's 2017 Annual Meeting.

The IAPG section of Uruguay

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PhD researcher at the Instituto de Ciencias Geológicas (ICG), Faculty of Science, Universidad de la República, Uruguay. She is Academic founder and Head of the Geophysical Observatory of Uruguay. More information about Leda are available at: http://buscadores.anii.org.uy/buscador_cvuy/exportador/ExportarPdf?hash=..., and https://www.linkedin.com/in/leda-s%C3%A1nchez-bettucci-01421a1b/ ...

#20: SEG's Emerging Professionals - Johannes Douma

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SEG's Seismic Soundoff
Andrew Geary speaks with Johannes Douma, vice-chair of the Emerging Professionals International Committee (EPIC). Johannes provides the committee's background, current focus, and how emerging professionals can get involved. EPIC is SEG’s resource for emerging professionals, those with less than 8 years in the industry. It's a global group sharing a common interest in sponsoring gatherings of emerging geoscientists to discuss and gain further understanding of their respective disciplines.

Overlapping Perimeters

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This abbreviated essay (contribution to the EADI Nordic conference) contextualizes the FAO "Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication" (FAO SSF Guidelines) with reflections on the meaning of 'Geoethics'. The mutual context of both matters is provided through the lenses of four scholarly contributions to address the goal in the panel description: "… further enrich[ed] [the discus-sions] by developments arising from researching and promoting geo-ethics in the Anthropocene, thus conn...

Council on #Undergraduate Research Unanimously Approves Code of Ethics #highered #ethics

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Council on Undergraduate Research
Cover of CUR's Recently Adopted Code of Ethics
The Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) unanimously approved a Code of Ethics statement at its Annual Business Meeting in July. It will serve as guide for students, faculty, and administrators as they pursue undergraduate research, scholarship, and creative activities.

IAPG at the EADI NORDIC Conference 2017

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The conference EADI Nordic (20-23 August 2017, Bergen, Norway) "Globalisation at the Crossroads – Rethinking Inequalities and Boundaries" aims to address a series of challenges in development (policy, research, practices) in a multi-polar world. The IAPG - International Association for Promoting Geoethics is represented by Dr. Martin Bohle (IAPG Corresponding Citizen Scientist).  He has been invited by Mundus Maris to speak to the panel "Small-Scale Fisheries between Tradition and Modernity – Addressing Poverty Alleviation, Food Security and Social Develop...

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