IMPORTANT NEWS:
IAPG FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR 3 ABSTRACTS ON GEOETHICS 
AT EGU 2018 AND RFG 2018

Thanks to a donation by Martin Bohle (IAPG Board of Experts), the IAPG - International Association for Promoting Geoethics will help to support the participation of 3 young geoscientists from low-income countries at the EGU General Assembly 2018 and RFG 2018 Conference, by covering the Abstract Processing Charge (40,00 Euros at EGU 2018 and 50,00 Canadian Dollars at RFG 2018 for each abstract). 
In particular, IAPG will assign:

- 1 grant for the session EOS4 on Geoethics at EGU 2018 (see the call for abstracts at: http://www.geoethics.org/egu2018); 

- 2 grants for the sessions on geoethics RS13, RS10 or RS9 at the RFG 2018 (see the call for abstracts at: http://www.geoethics.org/rfg2018)


RULES:

Martin Bohle

A) Abstracts must be sent to Martin Bohle (martin.bohle@skynet.be) and Giuseppe Di Capua (giuseppe.dicapua@ingv.it) by 6 January 2016. Authors must indicate first name, last name, date of birth, country, affiliation, email address, and in which session the abstract should be submitted.

B) Giuseppe Di Capua, treasurer of the IAPG, will check the eligibility criteria (i): <=35 years at date of opening of EGU General Assembly 2018 (8/4/2018), and ii): affiliated to an institution/organization situated in a low-income country (see list of the World Bank https://datahelpdesk.worldbank.org/knowledgebase/articles/906519-world-bank-country-and-lending-groups).

C) By 7 January 2018, Martin Bohle will rank the abstracts in view of two criteria:
i) scientific quality and ii) relevance; the two criteria have equal weight; in case of a tied situation a fair gender balance within the group selected awardees will be aimed at by Martin Bohle.

D) The list of applications and outcome of selection procedure will be published on the IAPG Website.

E) Abstracts will be submitted and paid directly by IAPG on behalf of authors.

We wait for your abstracts!

Thanks again to Martin Bohle for his generous sponsorship.

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WINNERS: 
Yankho Naomi Kalebe (Malawi) and Patrick Bacirhonde Maheshe (Democratic Republic of Congo).

Read more: 
http://iapgeoethics.blogspot.it/2018/01/and-winners-are.html

IAPG - International Association for Promoting Geoethics:
http://www.geoethics.org

IAPG wishes you all a new year of peace!

“… Geoethics widens the cultural horizon of geoscience knowledge and contributes to orient scientists and society in the choices for responsible behavior towards the planet …”

IAPG - International Association for Promoting Geoethics

http://www.geoethics.org

Steps to improve awareness of geoethics in your department

by Vince Cronin, co-coordinator of IAPG-USA
Vince_Cronin@baylor.edu; Vince_Cronin@CroninProjects.org

Vince Cronin

I was offered the opportunity to address the 2017 Workshop for Heads and Chairs of Earth and Space Sciences Departments at the fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union in New Orleans last week (https://serc.carleton.edu/departments/heads-chairs17/index.html).

I have posted the substance of my brief presentation about "steps to improve awareness of geoethics in your department" at http://croninprojects.org/Ethics-AGU2017/index.htm. That page has a number of links to resources that you might find interesting or useful. 

I would be interested in having you read through the materials I have posted there, think about how you can help move this work forward, and then share your ideas, suggestions, and links to useful applied-ethics resources. You can post your contributions to IAPG (http://www.geoethics.org) directly or through its social media outlets (facebook, linkedin, twitter, etc.). This should be a shared effort to facilitate the ethical development of our geoscience community.

Facilitating the development of ethical geoscientists is the responsibility of all of us.

IAPG - International Association for Promoting Geoethics:
http://www.geoethics.org

IAPG sessions on geoethics
at EGU 2018 and RFG 2018

The deadline for the abstract submission is approaching!

The calls for abstracts are open and IAPG - International Association for Promoting Geoethics (http://www.geoethics.org) invites colleagues to contribute to the international discussion on geoethics by submitting abstracts in the IAPG sessions at RFG 2018 Conference and EGU 2018 General Assembly.

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EGU 2018 General Assembly
(deadline for the abstract submission: 10 January 2018)

Vienna, 8-13 April 2018

Session EOS4: Geoethics: ethical, social and cultural implications of geoscience knowledge, education, communication, research and practice
(full description at: http://www.geoethics.org/egu2018)

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RFG 2018 - Resources for Future Generations Conference
(deadline for the abstract submission: 15 January 2018)

Vancouver, 16-21 June 2018

IAPG organizes or supports 5 sessions on geoethics (full description at: http://www.geoethics.org/rfg2018):

- Session RS13: Geoethics and Environmental and Social Responsibility: Doing the Right Thing to Develop Resources for Future Generations

- Session RS10: Geoethics in geoscience education, communication and citizen science: experiences, approaches, and concepts

- Session RS9: Geoethics in georisks management for a safer and more resilient society

- Session RS8: Geoethics and the Responsible Conduct of Scientists

- Session RS12: Forensic Geology: Ethics, Communication, Regulation and Opportunities

Abstract submission at:
http://rfg2018.gibsongroup.ca/abstract-submission.php
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Join us in Vancouver and Vienna!!!

IAPG - International Association for Promoting Geoethics:
http://www.geoethics.org

Manuel Abrunhosa is the new member of the IAPG Board of Experts on Geoethics and Groundwater Management

The IAPG Board of Experts has a new member (Corresponding Citizen Scientist  - CCS): Manuel João Florentino Gomes Abrunhosa.

Graduated in Geology from the University of Porto (Portugal) in 1980, he obtained a Specialist degree in Hydrogeology from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia in 1988.
Began his professional career as a Junior Geologist in 1977, even before graduating, in a private company, working, studying and continuing to give classes of assistance to the practical works of several disciplines of his Geology course, since 1974. After acquiring shares of a company of services of Applied Geology and Hydrogeology he managed since then, directed innumerable projects aimed to the private and public sector until 2009. Also in 1981, after public exams, became a Lecturer in the Course of Geology of the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto, having taught theoretical and practical classes, namely Hydrogeology, Engineering Geology, and Sedimentary Petrology, oriented pedagogic internships, and did research in hydrogeology of fractured media and in the optimization of groundwater exploitation in a thin coastal sandy aquifer. His interests included Geoarchaeology with collaborations in several research groups. Out of his academy he was invited to the foundation of the first academic course in Portugal on Environmental Health and Hygiene and of to the first Master in Environmental Marketing. He has extensive experience in Forensic Geology as an expert in lawsuits and pro bono support to heritage and environmental advocacy associations. Since 2006 he is an Independent Consultant Geologist. More recently he has been appointed as member of the Board of APEQ - Portuguese Association for the Study of the Quaternary (publisher of Estudos do Quaternário / Quaternary Studies) and the Portuguese Chapter of the International Association of Hydrogeologists. He is a member of several national and international scientific and professional associations. The ethics at the science production and practical applications of the Earth Sciences has always been a concern and a guideline for his activities, a challenge for a geologist who, being born from a school oriented to the exploitation of geological resources in what he calls back "Predatory Geology", has gradually changed his priorities to become a geoethics advocate as an environmental and social geologist.

IAPG Board of Experts: 
http://www.geoethics.org/experts

New paper:
Ethical Dilemmas in Geosciences.
We Can Ask, but, Can We Answer?

Marone E. and Peppoloni S. (2017). Ethical Dilemmas in Geosciences. We Can Ask, but, Can We Answer? Annals of Geophysics, Vol. 60, Fast Track 7, doi: 10.4401/ag-7445.

in: Peppoloni S., Di Capua G., Bobrowsky P.T., Cronin V. (eds). Geoethics at the heart of all geosciences. Annals of Geophysics, Vol. 60, Fast Track 7, 2017.

Abstract:
The choices of a geoscientist while carrying out his/her activity are always accompanied by ethical implications, because they can have a strong impact on the population, the natural environment, the economy, the landscape and the cultural resources of the affected area. It is not uncommon for a geoscientist to be faced with ethical dilemmas that are problems with a difficult solution, since options to solve such dilemmas will have negative consequences. How does one make a choice in these circumstances? What is the ethical duty of geoscientists and what has to be their professional attitude? In which cases do they have the duty to take action or the duty to not act (duty of omission)? A brief review of the concepts formulated by philosophers in reference to ethics can serve to provide some answers to the above questions and to understand how geoscientists can best serve society.

Free download: http://www.geoethics.org/geoethics-ag2017

IAPG - International Association for Promoting Geoethics:
http://www.geoethics.org

The issue #4 - 2017 
of the IAPG Newsletter is out!

The issue #4 - 2017 of the Newsletter of the IAPG - International Association for Promoting Geoethics has been released on 5 December 2017.

Summary:

- Call for abstracts on geoethics (RFG 2018, EGU 2018, Geoscience & Society Summit)
- Lectures (IAPG at AGU 2017 and WISE Event in Porto)
- National sections (Bangladesh, United Kingdom, Canada)
- Publications (papers for free download and new book)
- White Paper on Responsible Mining (just published)
- Geoethics Medal (rules for candidatures)
- From IAPG Blog (3 new articles)
- Donations (support the IAPG)

Download the IAPG Newsletter #4 - 2017 at: 
http://www.geoethics.org/newsletter

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IAPG - International Association for Promoting Geoethics: 
http://www.geoethics.org

IAPG at AGU 2017 in New Orleans

Susan Kieffer

Susan Kieffer (IAPG Vice-President) gives an invited speech in the Union session U14A entitled "How Do We Ensure Research and Scientific Integrity? A Diverse Panel Discusses the Critical Components and Challenges of Crafting and Implementing Effective Scientific Integrity Policies." and convened by Elizabeth A Landau (AGU - American Geophysical Union), Kasey White (GSA - Geological Society of America), and Maeve A Boland (AGI - American Geosciences Institute). Her paper (code U14A-06), titled "The International Association for Promoting Geoethics: Mission, Organization, and Activities" is co-signed by Silvia Peppoloni (IAPG Secretary General) and Giuseppe Di Capua (IAPG Treasurer). Susan will give her presentation on Monday, 11 December 2017 from 16:00 to 18:00, at New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - E2.

Programme of the Union Session U14A:
https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm17/meetingapp.cgi/Session/23464

Other IAPG events:
http://www.geoethics.org/events

IAPG - International Association for Promoting Geoethics:
http://www.geoethics.org

IAPG in the WISE Multiplier Event in Porto

Giuseppe Di Capua (IAPG Treasurer) and Iain Stewart (IAPG Board of Experts on Geoscience Education and Communication), are invited to give speeches respectively on "Geoethics: Promoting Sustainability" and "Geocommunication and Sustainability" at the WISE Multiplier Event organized by Clara Vasconcelos (co-coordinator of IAPG-Portugal). WISE is an European Project: "Widening Interdisciplinary Sustainability Education" and Clara Vasconcelos is responsible for an overview report on “Ecosystem Services, Geoethics and Biodiversity”.
This event takes place at the University of Porto (Portugal) on 11 December 2017.

Giuseppe Di Capua

Iain Stewart

Clara Vasconcelos

More information:
https://www.fc.up.pt/iapg-pns/conferencia-wise-multiplier-event/


IAPG - International Association for Promoting Geoethics:
http://www.geoethics.org

News about IAPG-Canada

Dr. Jan Boon has been appointed as new coordinator of IAPG-Canada. He replaces Prof. Anne Marie Ryan, who IAPG thanks for her work as first coordinator of IAPG-Canada.
Currently IAPG-Canada has 40 members.

Jan Boon

Jan Boon has a Ph.D. in geochemistry. He retired in 2007 after a career that included teaching physical chemistry and research on tropical soils, oil sands research, and leadership of the Alberta Geological Survey and the Geological Survey of Canada. Since then he obtained an M.A. degree in globalization and international development and a Ph.D. degree in sociology, with his studies focusing on social responsibility in mineral exploration and mining. Most of these studies were carried out in Latin America. 

He is a member of the Executive Committee of the Centre for Excellence in CSR (Canada), and has been a member of the CSR Committee and is a member of the International Affairs Committee of the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada. 

He currently is a member of the Environment and Social Responsibility Society of the Canadian Institute of Mining and of the Instituto de Ingenieros de Minas del Perú. 

Jan is member of the IAPG Task Group on Responsible Mining.

IAPG national sections: http://www.geoethics.org/sections.html


IAPG - International Association for Promoting Geoethics:
http://www.geoethics.org