About the IUGS
With 118 national members, the Union aims to promote development of the earth sciences through the support of broad-based scientific studies relevant to the entire earth-system; to apply the results of these and other studies to preserving Earth's natural environment, using all natural resources wisely and improving the prosperity of nations and the quality of human life; and to strengthen public awareness of geology and advance geological education in the widest sense.
 International GeoScience Programme
About the IGCP
The IGCP is a cooperative enterprise of UNESCO and the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) and has been stimulating comparative studies in the Earth Sciences since 1972. After three decades of successful work, the "International Geological Correlation Programme" continued, as "International Geoscience Programme". Up to this day, IGCP has made research results available to a huge number of scientists around the world with about 500 projects.
Current active IGCP Projects with Canadian leaders are:
502- Global Comparison of Volcanic-hosted Massive Sulphide Districts
511- Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences
512- Neoproterozoic Ice Ages
514- Fluvial Palaeosystems: Evolution and Mineral Deposits
521- Black Sea - Mediterranean Corridor during the last 30 ky: Sea level change and human adaptation
526- Risks Resources and Record of the Past on the Continental Shelf
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