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THE 14th WORLD CONFERENCE ON EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING (14WCEE) - OCTOBER 12-17, 2008 BEIJING, CHINA.

Under the Auspices of: International Association for Earthquake Engineering (IAEE); Hosted by: Chinese Association of Earthquake Engineering (CAEE); Sponsored by: China Earthquake Administration and the. Ministry of Construction, China.

The 14th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering will serve as an international forum at which specialists, government officials and NGO representatives in earthquake engineering and relevant fields may exchange the latest research results and technologies. The Conference strives to promote innovation, practice and safety in reducing the impact of earthquakes on our society and natural environment. Download 2nd Announcement from this site. For more information go to: http://www.14wcee.org , http://www.14wcee.com or http://www.14wcee.net .

............INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF PLANET EARTH 2008

UN Declaration for 2008 to be the International Year of Planet Earth. Designation of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to organize activities, in collaboration with UNEP and other relevant United Nations bodies, the International Union of Geological Sciences and other Earth sciencessocieties and groups throughout the world. The importance of Earth sciences in achieving sustainable development and promoting local, national, regional and international action.

GLOBAL LAUNCH OF THE INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF THE PLANET EARTH

On 12 and 13 February 2008, the International Year of Planet Earth was officially launched at UNESCO’s headquarters in Paris. This event was co-organized by the IYPE Corporation and the National Committee of the IYPE in France, together with IUGS and UNESCO. UNESCO’s Director General Koïchiro Matsuural hosted the Event and some Heads of State were invited to address the audience. More information on: http://yearofplanetearth.org/index.html

IYPE IN "NATURE"

Nature will now be publishing a new scientific journal dealing exclusively with geosciences. This issue celebrates the International Year of Planet Earth. The articles are free to download at this time.
http://www.nature.com/nature/supplements/collections/yearofplanetearth/EPISODES

Episodes vol. 40, no. 4 was released in December. It contains articles on the geology of the Western Himalaya, and information about different Global Standard Stratotype sessions and Global stratigraphic standard names. The volume also include information about important meetings. See: http://www.episodes.org/"GEM" NEWS

The Newsletter 10, December 2007 of the IUGS Commission Geoscience for Environmental Management includes a lot of interesting information. You can load down the GEM News from http://web.uvic.ca/~iugsgem/newsletters.htmMEETINGS

June 30 – July 6 2008: Krasnoyarsk, Russia
International Scientific Conference “100 Years of The Tunguska Event”
E-mail: zua@mgcs.ru with Cc: tunguska2008@krasn.ru
Web-site: www.tungus-bolid.Krasu.ru
Preliminary Registration Form: http://tsun.sscc.ru/Tunguska_2008.htm

November 4 – 6 2008, Hammamet, Tunisia
The Geological Society of Africa and the Colloquium and Conference Steering Committee cordially invite you to participate in the international worldwide 22 nd Colloquium and 13th Conference of African Geology
General queries regarding can be sent to: mh.inoubli.@planet.tn; saidtlig@yahoo.fr; dt.onm@email.ati.tn

2nd International Conference: ''The Atlantis Hypothesis: Searching for a Lost Land'' 10 - 11 November 2008. Athens, Greece.

General Information - Call for Papers - Registration ; The 2nd International Conference on the “Atlantis Hypothesis: Looking for a Lost Land” aims to serve as a forum for the presentation and constructive discussion of all the issues related to the hypothesis of the lost land of Atlantis. The purpose of the meeting is to gather specialists of all the different disciplines involved in highlighting the scientific aspects of this fascinating subject.

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