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Oct 7, 2022

Ambassadors Come Together To Celebrate International Geodiversity Day

The Ambassadors to UNESCO from Poland, Portugal, and the United Kingdom, have released a special video, raising the profile of...

Oct 6, 2022

Poland Releases "Tales of Time" Video for Geodiversity Day

Recognising the role Poland played in co-initiating the International Geodiversity Day, the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs has...

Oct 6, 2022

Bringing Geodiversity To The Centre Stage

The University of Oxford has released a new video, celebrating International Geodiversity Day, and the role that researcher Jack Matthews...

Sep 28, 2022

A Shared Lesson Plan for International Geodiversity Day

Elaine Hooton, BA(Hons.) PGCE NPQH For most pupils and students, and indeed many of their teachers, the word ‘geodiversity’ will be far...

Sep 22, 2022

Celebrating International Geodiversity Day in Brno, Czechia

Geodiversity in a city: A guided walk through geological history of Brno 700 million years beneath our feet 8th October 2022, 14 h,...

Sep 22, 2022

6 ottobre 2022: I Giornata Internazionale della Geodiversità

The event aims to celebrate the 1st "International Geodiversity Day". The event, organized by the "Women in Geosciences" group of the...

Sep 5, 2022

ENGIE International Conference – 6 October 2022

Learning from the ground: Why geosciences matter for future generations The American civil rights activist Marian Wright Edelman stated...

Aug 20, 2022

Art-Arboretum´s "Towards the Granit" science & art exhibition

Eira Ainalinpää tells us about Finland's first International Geodiversity Day event, that took place in early August 2022, including a...

Aug 15, 2022

Celebrating International Geodiversity Day: What Will You Organize?

Jack Matthews encourages groups around the world to seize the benefits of International Geodiversity Day, and organize an event on...

Aug 13, 2022

Cuilcagh Lakelands UNESCO Global Geopark to host 'Rock Detectives' for #GeodiversityDay 2022

The Rock Detectives Workshop, part of Heritage Week, is sure to provide a jam-packed hour of activities with Geopark staff. Children will...

Jul 19, 2022

#GeodiversityDay Exhibition Opens at UNESCO, Paris

A new exhibition of 18 panels celebrating International Geodiversity Day has gone on display at the main entrance to the UNESCO HQ in...

Jun 21, 2022

Geodiversity: the often-forgotten half of nature

Murray Gray explains the importance of the often-forgotten abiotic or non-living half of nature and invites everyone to celebrate...

Mar 15, 2022

Geodiversity Workshop 3 Celebrating the International Geodiversity Day: Geodiversity of Europe

In celebrating the International Geodiversity Day, the Association for Geoconservation, Hong Kong has been organising a series of...

Nov 25, 2021

UNESCO Approves International Geodiversity Day

It is with great happiness that we write to inform you that International Geodiversity Day was established this by the 41st session of...

Apr 16, 2021

World Comes Together for Promoting Geodiversity Workshop

The Promoting Geodiversity Workshop explored the different ways we can use an International Geodiversity Day to promote public and policy...

Apr 16, 2021

IGD Approved by UNESCO Executive Board

Yesterday the proposal for an International Geodiversity Day crossed what could be argued to be its hardest test, as it was approved by...

Mar 17, 2021

UNESCO EB Preparatory Board Recommend IGD for Acceptance

On March 17th, the Preparatory Group of the UNESCO Executive Board met to discuss a number of proposal in advance of the Executive Board...

Mar 5, 2021

International Geodiversity Day on the UNESCO Executive Board Agenda

We are pleased to announce that following the support of colleagues from around the world, the proposal for an International Geodiversity...