Planet Earth International 2009

The global
campaign continues
Support for the International Year of Planet Earth has spread worldwide with
strong political and public backing. Wide-ranging activities and programmes
reﬂ ect the thoroughly global nature of the International Year of Planet Earth.
BY EDUARDO DE MULDER and National IYPE Committee contact persons
T
he proclamation of 2008 as the young people the wealth and excitement of IYPE Secretariat and
International Year of Planet Earth the Earth sciences both in its own right and proceeded to launch
(IYPE) by the General Assembly of the as a rewarding professional career. In many their activities. Once
United Nations excited many geoscientiﬁ c cases, groups in the various geoscientiﬁ c formally established, all
communities around the world. With its communities linked up with other, formed NCs are empowered to
global appeal and a clear emphasis on national groups and together created a core use the IYPE logo and
outreach, IYPE has progressively gained group with the aim of presenting the nature, to act on behalf of the
acknowledgement in the world of national content and societal importance of the Earth IYPE Corporation at
and international politics. Supported by the sciences, thereby adapting and applying the the national level. Set
UN, the geoscientiﬁ c community recognises IYPE’s ambitions at the national level. These out below is a brief account of each of
the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to display National Committees (NCs) announced the current 74 NCs, setting out their main
their knowledge, and in particular, present to their presence to the international features and activities.
Albania tures. The topics of such events included by the Australian Mint. Two
aserjani@yahoo.com climate change, waste management and international conferences
sustainability. held in Australia, and the
In 2008 the NC gave 2008 Earth Science Week, have been held
several lectures on sustain- Argentina under the auspices of IYPE.
able resource development ropage@secind.mecon.gov.ar
and was involved in the production of a New Austria
Map of Mineral Resources. It was involved The NC in Argentina set up www.geologie-ist-alles.at
in proclamation of the Shebenik-Jabllanica an information plan and
National Park and in the ProGEO GeoEcoTrip organised a workshop-cum- In spring 2008 a student’s
in the Albanian Alps and High Karst Zone of enquiry for 150 geoscientists to consider poster contest was ﬁ nanced
Monte Negro, part of which is under consid- their own responsibility towards society by the Austrian mineral
eration as a new Geopark. and Earth. The committee is working on its industry. In April the award ceremony was
future activities, which will end with an IYPE held and the winning poster was publicly
Andorra ceremony in September 2009. displayed nationwide.
Montserrat_Gesse@govern.ad
Australia Belgium
Andorra established its Ian.Lambert@ga.gov.au www.anneedelaterre.be; www.
NC recently and has been jaarvandeplaneetaarde.be
involved in teaching work- Australia’s main thrust for IYPE is outreach.
shops, exhibitions, conferences and lec- In 2007 a set of IYPE coins was released The programme and website were launched
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