Planet Earth International 2009

Denmark France Hungary
eny@geus.dk www.anneeplaneteterre.com www.foldev.hu
The NC was involved in the France has developed a large The NC organised a launch
33rd International Geo- programme of over 350 indi- and Earth Science Fair
logical Congress and con- vidual projects; they include in Budapest in April. The
tributed actively to OneGeology. IYPE was colloquia, exhibitions, books, movies and National Science Festival 2008 was inspired
the theme of Danish Days of Geology in websites. The NC issued a CD-Rom entitled by IYPE. Other activities included symposia
September. Geosciences for Humanity and is planning a (e.g. Earth sciences and religion), contests,
national day in the ﬁ eld in October 2009. and the movie Another Planet.
Egypt
soliman1940@yahoo.com The Gambia India
geologygambia@yahoo.com www.iypeinsa.org
The NC focused on presen-
tations in the Assiut Univer- The NC began its activities For outreach the Govern-
sity on climate changes and by developing a schedule ment has set up major
their impacts on Earth. The NC will produce of national science and out- activities such as Science
a dedicated brochure of natural hazards reach activities based on the 10 science Express/Prithvi Express planned for October
to be distributed in Egyptian schools and themes of the International Year of Planet 2008, training of two Earth Explorers in each
universities. Earth. district and Youth Parliament (Earth Care).
Estonia Georgia Indonesia
www.planeetmaa.org chelidze@ig.acnet.ge hery.harjono@lipi.go.id
An IYPE launch event took The Institutes of Geophysics, IYPE was opened with a
place in March. Numerous Hydrometeorology, the Geo- public lecture on Climate
public events were arranged physical Society and the Changes: past, present and
by research institutes, museums, non-proﬁ t National Academy of Sciences jointly organ- future. In 2008, the NC organised exhibi-
organisations and the Estonian Nature Con- ised a conference devoted to the IYPE. In tions, public lectures and workshops in sev-
servation Department. The activities will January 2008 a competition called Humans eral Indonesian cities.
continue until 2010. – Earth – Space started on the computer
networks of 30 secondary schools. Iran
Ethiopia Abdolazim@Haghipour.com
gezahegnyirgu@yahoo.com Germany
w.eder-geo@hotmail.de IYPE activities include Earth
The NC was established science mapping, Geobio-
in December 2007 by the IYPE-related projects technology and World Her-
Ethiopian Science and Tech- include book and brochure itage. The ﬁ rst Middle East Geopark was
nology Agency. It celebrated the national presentations, exhibitions, established in Iran. Events include the 60th
launch of the International Year of Planet conferences (on Geoparks, Geo-Resources anniversary of the NC for UNESCO (March,
Earth in August 2008 in Addis Ababa with and Geo–Risks), student contests and joint 2009) and an IYPE Seminar in December.
250 participants, including Federal minis- research projects (such as the German-Bra-
ters and commissioners. zilian BRASOL 2008). Iraq
iraqiexpertsoc@yahoo.com
Finland Greece
sinikka.roos@gtk.ﬁ ghatziyannis@igme.gr IYPE scientiﬁ c events were
organised in the cities of
The NC consists of 12 mem- Activities by the recently Baghdad and Basrah. The
bers and contributed to the established Greek NC government provided ﬁ nancial support for
IYPE mainly through inter- focused on supporting meet- young researchers to study desertiﬁ cation,
national scientiﬁ c events, such as the Nordic ings held by the Geological Survey (IGME), groundwater quality and quantity, climatic
Geological Winter Meeting and the Interna- universities, geological groups and various change and regional dust storms. A high-
tional Congress for Polar Research and Geo- local cultural and scientiﬁ c bodies. Transla- light was the signing of a contract between
physics. The NC raised the awareness of the tion of the IYPE brochures is under way and the government and the University of
Finnish public about the IYPE at the National development of the program for 2009 is in Baghdad on studies of local environments
Geology Day. progress. in Iraq.
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