Available Brochures & Documents
The following documents, files, and brochures concern IUGS plans, activities, and accomplishments. All are either currently or previously cited in various pages and contexts within this website. For convenience, they are collected here in a single archive. These documents may be viewed and printed on-line or downloaded ("Save Target as ...") for off-line viewing, printing, or other purposes.
NEW IUGS Flyer
A short explanation of the IUGS (2009)
NEW IUGS Brochure
A more detailed explanation of the IUGS (2009)
Annual Reports
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
Science Strategy
IUGS Mid-Term Vision and Strategic Action Plan (2004)
IUGS Strategic Action Plan (2002)
Science and Organizational Strategies for the IUGS (2000)
Minutes of IUGS Executive Committee Meetings
IUGS Executive Committee, Minutes of 60th Meeting
Sydney, Australia, 11-15 January, 2009
IUGS Executive Committee, Minutes of 59th Meeting
Oslo, Norway, 13 August, 2008
IUGS Executive Committee, Minutes of 58th Meeting
Marrakech, Morocco, 17-21 March, 2008
IUGS Executive Committee, Minutes of 57th Meeting
Nara, Japan, 16-20 January, 2007
IUGS Executive Committee, Minutes of 56th Meeting
Punta Arenas, Chile, 6-10 January, 2006
IUGS Executive Committee, Minutes of 55th Meeting
Vilnius, Lithuania, 19–22 March, 2005
IUGS Executive Committee, Minutes of 54th Meeting
Florence, Italy, 27 August 2004
IUGS Executive Committee, Minutes of 52nd Meeting
Oslo, Norway, 15–19 March, 2004
IUGS Executive Committee, Minutes of 51st Meeting
Windhoek, Namibia, 24-28 February, 2003
IUGS Executive Committee, Minutes of 50th Meeting
Wellington, New Zealand, 25 February - 1 March, 2002
IUGS Executive Committee, Minutes of 49th Meeting
Yichang, China, 24-28 September, 2001
IUGS Executive Committee, Minutes of 48th Meeting
Hyderabad, India, 24 February – 2 March, 2001
IUGS Executive Committee, Minutes of 47th Meeting
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 8 and 15 August, 2000
IUGS Executive Committee, Minutes of 46th Meeting
Cairo, Egypt, 26-20 January, 2000
IUGS Executive Committee, Minutes of 45th Meeting
Florence, Italy, 26-30 January, 1999
IUGS Executive Committee, Minutes of 44th Meeting
Vienna, Austria, 26-30 January, 1998
IUGS Executive Committee, Minutes of 43rd Meeting
Coyhaique, Chile, 15-18 January, 1997
IUGS Executive Committee, Minutes of 42nd Meeting
Beijing, China, 6 an 14 August 6, 1996
Ordinary Sessions of the IUGS-IGC Council
Minutes of the 2nd Ordinary Session of the IUGS-IGC Council
Lillestrøm, Norway, August 6 and 10, 2008
Minutes of the 1st Ordinary Session of the IUGS-IGC Council
Florence, Italy, August 25 and 26, 2004
Background and Rational
Planet Earth in Our Hands
Why an International Year of Planet Earth?
Why Do We Need It?
Business Plan
Science Themes
Groundwater
Hazards
Earth and Health
Climate Change
Resources
Megacities
Deep Earth
Ocean
Soil
Outreach
Earth and Life
Other
Call for Nominations for new IGCP Scientific Board
See link for nomination form
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