International Association for Promoting Geoethics Nigeria

The International Association for Promoting Geoethics (IAPG) is a multidisciplinary, scientific platform for widening the debate and creating awareness about problems of Ethics applied to the Geosciences.
The IAPG is legally recognized as a not-for-profit association, has members in 96 countries in 5 continents, and can count on a network of 17 national sections. 
The IAPG was born in August 2012, during the 34th International Geological Congress (IGC) in Brisbane (Australia), from an idea conceived on April 2012 during the session on Geoethics at the European Geosciences Union (EGU) - General Assembly in Vienna.
The IAPG is affiliated to the International Union of Geological Science (IUGS), is recognized as an International Associate Organization of the American Geosciences Institute (AGI) and as an Associate Society of the Geological Society of America (GSA); has agreements of collaboration with the European Federation of Geologists (EFG), the EuroGeoSurveys (EGS), the International Geoscience Education Organisation (IGEO), the African Association of Women in Geosciences (AAWG), the African Network for Geo-Education (ANGE), the Italian Geological Society (SGI).
More information about the IAPG: http://www.geoethics.org/
Become an IAPG member (no fee):http://www.geoethics.org/membership.html
(in the picture, the IAPG definition of geoethics)

International Association for Promoting Geoethics Nigeria

‪#‎Geoethics‬: AGREEMENT ON COOPERATION BETWEEN AAWG and IAPG.
The AAWG - African Association of Women in Geosciences and the IAPG - International Association for Promoting Geoethics have signed an Agreement on Cooperation on 18 September 2015.
The agreement expresses a mutual desire to co-operate on a range of themes in the field of Geoethics. The aim of the agreement is to promote co-ordinated events discussing the ethical, social and cultural implications of geosciences and initiatives enhancing the role of women scientists in geosciences. In particular:
- promotion of principles of geoethics, research integrity and professional deontology in geosciences activities among their networks;
- definition of ethical problems, also through case-studies, affecting geoscience community and organizations;
- promotion of policies and initiatives to enhance the role of women scientists in geosciences;
- promotion of initiatives to promote activities for social inclusivity and enhance the role of geosciences in building peace;
- co-organization of scientific events to disseminate concepts and values of geoethics, among both the professional and research communities, with particular attention to the involvement of women and young geoscientists;
- production of relevant publications;
- identification of possibilities to apply for common projects on geoethics.
This agreement strenghtens the existing collaboration between the two associations, already experimented in the last editions of DESAME (the Day of Earth Sciences in Africa and the Middle East) 2014 (http://iapgeoethics.blogspot.it/…/celebration-of-desame-day…) and 2015 (http://iapgeoethics.blogspot.it/…/water-and-its-role-in-dev…).
Moreover, IAPG is partner of the 8th Conference of the African Association of Women in Geosciences (AAWG), that will take place in Sibiu (Romania) from 1 to 7 October 2016 (Title of the conference: "Building Bridges between Earth Scientists Worldwide: A Way for Promoting Peace and Strengthening Integration": more information about this conference in the page "Events" of the IAPG website:http://www.geoethics.org/events.html).

AAWG (http://www.aawg.org/) is an association born in Nairobi (Kenya) on 1995, created to promote Earth Sciences for Society through women and to promote women through Earth Sciences.

Read more about the affiliations and agreements of the IAPG at:http://www.geoethics.org/affiliations.html

International Association for Promoting Geoethics Nigeria

At the 35th IGC - International Geological Congress, the International Association for Promoting Geoethics (IAPG), the Geological Society of London (GSL), the European Federation of Geologists (EFG) and the EuroGeoSurvey (EGS) proposes a JOINT SYMPOSIUM titled "GEOETHICAL PERSPECTIVES ON MEETING THE RESOURCE NEEDS OF FUTURE GENERATIONS". The CALL FOR ABSTRACT is open (deadline: 31 January 2016). This symposium is organized under the Theme: "Resourcing Future Generations" - Core Topic: "Geoscience in the economy". The symposium description and the link for submitting your abstract for this event are available at:http://www.geoethics.org/35thigc.html.

We remind you that IAPG proposes another symposium titled: "Geoethics: general aspects and case-studies", under the Theme: "Global Geoscience Professionalism and Geoethics" - Core Topic: "Geoscience for Society". The Call for Abstract is open also for this symposium.