Just published in the special issue on hydrogeoethics of the journal Mediterranean Geoscience Reviews

We are glad to inform that the editorial of the special issue "Hydrogeoethics in Sustainable Water Resources Management Facing Water Scarcity in Mediterranean and Surrounding Regions" of the journal Mediterranean Geoscience Reviews has been published.

This editorial is entitled:

"Hydrogeoethics in sustainable water resources management facing water scarcity in Mediterranean and surrounding regions" 

and authored by Helder I. Chaminé, Manuel Abrunhosa, Maurizio Barbieri, Acacia Naves, Ezzoura Errami, Alexandra Aragão, Giuseppe di Capua.

The editorial is fully open access and can be downloaded here:

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s42990-021-00069-2

It can be cited as follows:

Chaminé H.I., Abrunhosa M., Barbieri M., Naves A., Errami E., Aragão A. and Di Capua G. (2021). Hydrogeoethics in sustainable water resources management facing water scarcity in Mediterranean and surrounding regions. Mediterranean Geoscience Reviews. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42990-021-00069-2. 

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Other publications on geoethics in the IAPG website:

https://www.geoethics.org/publications

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

4th Round Table on Geoethics in Peru

18 December 2021

11:00-14:00 (GMT-5)

After holding three round tables on Geoethics in Peru, as part of the activities of the Peruvian Section of the International Association for Promoting Geoethics and with the support of the IAPG-Peru Student Group, IAPG-Peru organizes the 4th Round Table on Geoethics, entitled: "On geoethics in Peru: Towards the development of geoethical policies".

The main goal of the activity is to promote the debate on ethics in the geoscience profession, focusing on different fields of activity, through critical reflections and analyses of case studies.

Participants will receive certificates of attendance.

Organizing Committee:

Pedro Isique, Sandra Villacorta, Judith Sullón, César Chacaltana, IAPG-Peru Student Group.

Programme:

11:00 - Inauguration, by Round Table Moderator: Eng. Pedro Pedro Isique, IAPG-Peru Coordinator.

11:10 - Theme 1: Importance of the IESO Olympiads in Geoscience Education, by Dr. Amelia Calonge (IGEO Council Member)

11:40 - Theme 2: On the importance of reducing the practice of negative behaviors in research activities: cases of plagiarism and falsification, by Ciro Bedia (UNMSM)

12:10 - Theme 3: Geoscientific reflections on the social responsibility of geoscience institutions, by César Chacaltana (ASPP)

12:40 - Theme 4: On the inclusion in the geoscience community: women and people with disabilities, by Millarca Valenzuela and Natalia Astudillo (IAPG-Chile)

13:10-13:25 - Plenary with panelists

13:25 - Closing remarks by panelists

13:45 - Closing remarks on the round table by Roberto Greco (IAPG Continental Coordinator for South America)

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Other events on geoethics:

https://www.geoethics.org/events

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

IAPG talk on Geoethics in Mexico

25 October 2021

Sandra Villacorta

Sandra Villacorta (Scientific Coordinator of IAPG-Peru) gives a talk on geoethics at the First International Congress "Study and Application of Geoscience on Earth and in the Space" (Primer Congreso Internacional "El Estudio y la Aplicación de las Geociencias en la Tierra y en el Espacio") in Mexico.

The title of Sandra's talk is "Geoethics and its importance in Latin America" (Geoética y su importancia en América Latina). 

The congress is organized by Centro de Inteligencia y Análisis Estratégico under the auspices of the Centro de Investigaciones Geopoliticas en Energia y Medio Ambiente de México.

Sandra Villacorta will present the principles of geoethics, the Geoethical Promise, the Cape Town Statement on Geoethics and the latest advances in promoting geoethics worldwide. Moreover, she will show examples from Peru in order to reflect on the importance of applying the values of geoethics in the Latin America.

Sandra founded the Peruvian Section of the IAPG in 2014.

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Other events on geoethics:

https://www.geoethics.org/events

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

Round table on geoethics in Bolivia

22 October 2021

The online roundtable on geoethics is included in the programme of the XXIV Bolivian Geological Congress that is held in La Paz (Bolivia) and is organized by IAPG-Bolivia.

Date: 22 October 2021

Time: 10:30 GMT-4

Speakers:

10:30 - 10:45 Giuseppe Di Capua (IAPG-Italy)

10:45 - 11:00 Pedro Isique (IAPG-Peru)

11:00 - 11:15 Elizabeth Rovere (IAPG-Argentina)

11:15 - 11:30 Wilfredo Ramos Collorana (IAPG-Bolivia)

11:30 - 12:00 Comments and conclusions

Zoom link: 

https://zoom.us/j/93744345358?pwd=ZEVBY0ZtbGIwQXBjSW9KL0ZvdXVudz09

Meeting id: 937 4434 5358

Metting password: 765948

Elizabeth Rovere (IAPG-Argentina)

Giuseppe Di Capua (IAPG-Italy)

Pedro Isique (IAPG-Peru)

Wilfredo Ramos Collorana (IAPG-Bolivia)

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Other events on geoethics:

https://www.geoethics.org/events

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

Seminar on geoethics at the GSAf

29 October 2021

Giuseppe Di Capua (IAPG co-founding member and treasurer) holds an online seminar on "Foundations of Geoethics", organized by the GSAf - Geological Society of Africa for its seminar series.

Time: 14:00 GMT (15:00 Nigeria and Morocco time; 16:00 Egypt and South Africa time)

Zoom link: https://uit.zoom.us/j/62221567781

Meeting id: 622 2156 7781

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Other events on geoethics:

https://www.geoethics.org/events

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

Special session on geoethics in Chile

26 October 2021

The Chilean section of the International Association for Promoting Geoethics (IAPG) is pleased to invite you to the special session ‘Towards the construction of the Geoethics Code for the geoscience community in Chile’ in the upcoming Symposium of the Geology of Chile (SAGChi).

This virtual session will take place on Tuesday October 26th through the SAGCHI platform (https://sociedadgeologica.cl/simposio-actualizacion-de-la-geologia-de-chile-2021/) and aims to join the geoscience community in Chile to discuss about the social role of the people that work in this field. The language of the session is Spanish.

The keynote speakers of the session are:

Luisa Pinto Lincoñir, Associate Professor, Universidad de Chile, and coordinator of IAPG-Chile: "¿Qué principios y qué valores? El desafío de la construcción de un código de geoética". (What principles and what values? The challenge of building a code of geoethics). 

Roberto Lencina Kairuz, Researcher, Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, Argentina, member of IAPG-Argentina: "Litio en la Puna Argentina: La percepción de las comunidades indígenas y el rol de los geocientíficos ¿un dilema ético de la transición energética?". (Lithium in the Argentinian Puna: The perception of indigenous communities and the role of geoscientists, an ethical dilemma of the energy transition?)

Mauricio Mella Barra, Geologist, Servicio Nacional de Geología y Minería: "Servicio Público e Investigación Científica: Una mirada ética desde las emergencias geológicas". (Public Service and Scientific Research: An ethical perspective from geological emergencies.

For more details, please write to geoeticachile@gmail.com

IAPG-Chile hopes you can join the seminar!

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Other events on geoethics:

https://www.geoethics.org/events

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

Happy

 International Geoethics Day 2021

14 October 2021

#geoethicsday2021

This is the 5th edition of the International Geoethics Day! 

You are all invited to celebrate the International Geoethics Day 2021.

Post a photo of you together with a geological item of the place/country where you live (outcrop, rock, mineral, fossil, geological landscape and/or process) on social media by using the hashtag: #geoethicsday2021.

Silvia Peppoloni (Italy)

Cesar Chacaltana Budiel (Peru)

Giuseppe Di Capua (Italy)

Farah Abdelouahed (Morocco)

Iana Clésia Silva Garbin (Brazil)

Sowreh Rezaei (Iran)

Moe Zaw Oo (Myanmar)

Adriana Nave (Italy)

Jean-José Ferracci Ceccaldi (France)

Isah Abdulhakim Nasir (Nigeria)

Giuseppe Cugno (Italy)

Mehbob Ul Haq Abbasi (Pakistan)

Muhammad Awais (Italy)

Said Mukhtar & Syed Wasim Sajjad (Pakistan)

Walter Andreeff (Canada)

Pedro Isique (Peru)

We remind you that several sections of the IAPG have organized events to celebrate this important day for geoethics and our association.

IAPG-Bangladesh has organized a meeting at the Shaheed Mokhlesur Rahman Auditorium of the Geological Survey of Bangladesh (GSB) and requested to all the geoscience community of the country to join the International Geoethics Day. This initiative is leaded by Abdul Baquee Khan Majlis and Jahangir Alam (IAPG-Bangladesh co-coordinators).

IAPG-Turkey has organized a webinar on natural hazards and geoethics with the following speakers: Nur Beyaz Erkizan (Mugla Sitki Kocman University - Department of Philosophy) with a talk entitled "The ethos of being or on being able to love kosmos/universe"; Ayhan Sol (METU Department of Philosophy) with a talk entitled "Morality of Catastrophes and Doomsaying". Yüksel Örgün Tutay (IAPG-Turkey co-coordinator) is moderator of this event, organized in cooperation with TMMOB (Chamber of Geological Engineers).

IAPG-India has organized an International Workshop on "Geoethics with focus on Geohazards and Mining Disasters" in cooperation with National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM) and Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research (CIMFR). Surya Parkash (IAPG-India coordinator) and Vincent Cronin (IAPG-USA co-coordinator) will open this event. Several speakers will discuss about "Geoethics for Tunnel Investigations in Himalaya", "Geoethics and Mining Disasters", "Geoethics and Geohazards", "Ethics of Disaster Research".

IAPG-Peru has prepared a video with photos that national members of our association took in Peru to geological outcrops and landscapes. 

​Past editions of the International Geoethics Day:

https://www.geoethics.org/geoethics-day

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

Initiatives to celebrate the International Geoethics Day 2021

14 October 2021

The 5th edition of the International Geoethics Day is coming!

Several sections of the IAPG are organizing events to celebrate this important day for geoethics and our association.

IAPG-Bangladesh is organizing a meeting at the Shaheed Mokhlesur Rahman Auditorium of the Geological Survey of Bangladesh (GSB) and requested to all the geoscience community of the country to join the International Geoethics Day. This initiative is leaded by Abdul Baquee Khan Majlis and Jahangir Alam (IAPG-Bangladesh co-coordinators).

IAPG-Turkey has organized a webinar on natural hazards and geoethics with the following speakers: Nur Beyaz Erkizan (Mugla Sitki Kocman University - Department of Philosophy) with a talk entitled "The ethos of being or on being able to love kosmos/universe"; Ayhan Sol (METU Department of Philosophy) with a talk entitled "Morality of Catastrophes and Doomsaying". Yüksel Örgün Tutay (IAPG-Turkey co-coordinator) is moderator of this event, organized in cooperation with TMMOB (Chamber of Geological Engineers).

IAPG-India has organized an International Workshop on "Geoethics with focus on Geohazards and Mining Disasters" in cooperation with National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM) and Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research (CIMFR). Surya Parkash (IAPG-India coordinator) and Vincent Cronin (IAPG-USA co-coordinator) will open this event. Several speakers will discuss about "Geoethics for Tunnel Investigations in Himalaya", "Geoethics and Mining Disasters", "Geoethics and Geohazards", "Ethics of Disaster Research".

IAPG-Peru is preparing a video with photos that national members of our association took in Peru to geological outcrops and landscapes. 

We remind you that you are all invited to celebrate the International Geoethics Day 2021 on 14 October, by sending an email to iapgeoethics@aol.com with a photo of you together with a geological item of the place where you live (outcrop, rock, mineral, fossil, geological landscape and/or process). In alternative, post your photo on social media by using the hashtag: #geoethicsday2021.

Moreover, if you want to organize an event (conference, webinar, seminar, field trip, etc.) to celebrate the International Geoethics Day, please inform the IAPG Secretariat by sending an email to: iapgeoethics@aol.com. IAPG will be happy to promote your event.

Hashtag: #geoethicsday2021

​Past editions of the International Geoethics Day:

https://www.geoethics.org/geoethics-day

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