IAPG and SGP signed an Agreement for Cooperation
The aim of the agreement is to promote a co-ordinated policy for promoting initiatives and events of common interest.
In particular, IAPG and SGP will promote the involvement of their members in discussion on ethical and social implications of geoscience knowledge, education, research, practice and communication. IAPG and SGP will cooperate in the organization of the geoscience event "MINERLIMA".
Finally SGP recognizes officially "IAPG-Peru" as the "Sección Especializada en Geoética, Cultura Geológica y Sociedad of the Sociedad Geológica del Perú".
SGP is a legal non-profit entity, founded on 3th July 1924. It comprises together geologists, other professionals, corporations, government entities and people interested in the earth sciences. Its main objectives are the diffusion of earth science and the promotion of scientific and technological research inside and outside the country, promoting cultural exchange with other organizations, collaborating with public and private universities and scientific institutions in the country and abroad in geological research. Likewise, SGP promotes the development of activities of extraction and rational use of natural resources.
SGP website:
http://www.sgp.org.pe/
Affiliations and Agreements of IAPG:
http://www.geoethics.org/affiliations-agreements
IAPG - International Association for Promoting Geoethics:
http://www.geoethics.org
