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Nov 16

Watch Again: IGU Geodiversity Seminar 2024

On October 6th, the 2024 International Geographical Union (IGU) Seminar on " Geodiversity from Geographical Perspectives " was...

Oct 21

Theme for IGD2025: Have Your Say

Each year International Geodiversity Day has a theme - in 2024 the theme was ' Conserving the Past - Sustaining the Future ', and in 2023...

Oct 15

Researchers Set Out 'Geodiversity Challenges' for a Sustainable Future

A group of researchers have used International Geodiversity Day to set out four Geodiversity Challenges that need to be tackled if...

Oct 12

World Celebrates IGD 2024

As October 6th arrived, people from all around the world came together to celebrate the third International Geodiversity Day. Follow...

Oct 6

COMMENT: The Virtuous Circle of Geodiversity & Using IGD to Change the Law

Prof Marco Giardino writes for GeodiversityDay.org about the Virtuous Circle of Geodiversity, and how scientists, conservationists, and...

Oct 5

Open University Release Policy Brief on IGD

As the world marked International Geodiversity Day, the Open University's PolicyWISE released a new briefing on geodiversity ,...

Oct 3

Maria Knadel Highlights IGD 2024 Theme

In the run up to International Geodiversity Day 2024, we spoke to Maria Knadel from Vestjylland UNESCO Global Geopark in Denmark about...

Sep 22

Geoparks Celebrate IGD 2024

UNESCO's Global Geoparks will be celebrating International Geodiversity Day all around the world. Here are a selection of the events...

Sep 5

International Geographical Union Hosts Geodiversity Seminar

The Geodiversity Group of the International Geographical Union have announced the return of their annual Geodiversity Online Seminar, in...

Feb 22

Theme Announced for International Geodiversity Day 2024

The theme for this year’s International Geodiversity Day, to be held on Sunday 6th October 2024, will be ‘Conserving The Past –...

Feb 15

Organising an IGD Event? Be Inspired by 2023

Are you looking to organise an event for International Geodiversity Day? Need some inspiration? Check out the map and list of the events...

Dec 9, 2023

India's 'Young Palaeontologist' Takes the Lead in Promoting IGD to Schools

For International Geodiversity Day 2023, 16 year old palaeontologist Aswatha Biju organised and hosted a number of events in India. Read...

Dec 7, 2023

Theme for IGD2024: Have Your Say

Each year International Geodiversity Day has a theme - in 2023 the theme was 'Geodiversity is for Everyone'. As we look ahead to IGD...

Oct 4, 2023

"UNESCO is committed to promoting and protecting the diversity of our geoheritage" - UNESCO DG

The UNESCO Director-General, Ms Audrey Azoulay, has released a special statement for Geodiversity Day, calling it "a chance to refocus...

Oct 2, 2023

Géodiversité : le partenaire discret de la biodiversité

With the help of Corentin Guinault - Chargé de projet géodiversité, Réserves Naturelles de France (RNF), we can today release a new...

May 29, 2023

"Geodiversity is for Everyone" - theme announced for IGD 2023

On 6 October, International Geodiversity Day (IGD), will be celebrated under the theme of "Geodiversity is for Everyone". The theme...

Apr 20, 2023

New Paper Published on Geodiversity Day

In a new paper published in a Special Volume of the Geological Society of London, the story of how Geodiversity Day went from grassroots...

Jan 1, 2023

Organising an IGD Event? Be Inspired by 2022

Are you looking to organise an event for IGD? Need some inspiration? Check out the map and list of the events from 2022, and see what...

Dec 6, 2022

Geodiversity Added to the Dictionary

Following the success of the campaign to create a UNESCO International Geodiversity Day, and the global community hosting more than 200...

Oct 7, 2022

It's time to "galvanize potential of geological sciences" - UNESCO DG

The UNESCO Director-General, Ms Audrey Azoulay, has released a special statement for Geodiversity Day, calling on the international...