EuroGeoSurveys (EGS) – Stephanie Bricker (BGS – Chair) welcomed everyone to the first UGEG meeting at the EGS Secretariat in Brussels, Belgium. Wider interests and experience of the UGEG are also presented in the biographies that had been prepared by the participants. The meeting had around 24 members representing approximately 16 European Surveys. Click here to...
EGS Strategy and need for European geoscientific data and knowledge in EU policy developments
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EuroGeoSurveys President, Dr. Zdenek Venera, opened the EGS Directors Workshop on the need for European geoscientific data and knowledge in EU policy developments and the EGS strategy explaining how the National Geological Surveys, members of EuroGeoSurveys (EGS), are public sector institutions carrying out operations and research in the field of geosciences, with a long tradition in collecting data, preparing information and conducting research focused on their national subsurface. Besides their national mandates, EGS members play an important role in EU policy developments by providing the European institutions with geoscientific data and knowledge for the benefit of society. Click here to view/ download the...
Visibility for the European Landslide Density Map
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EuroGeoSurveys – Earth Observation and Geohazards Expert Group and European Geological Data Infrastructure (EGDI) are glad to announce that on the 18th February 2019 the European Landslide density map has been published at the European Commission ERCC PORTAL, Emergency Response Coordination Centre (ERCC), European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations. Click here to download the...
Update about the PanAfGeo project – Presence at the Mining Indaba conference
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We would like to update you about the progress of the PanAfGeo project and the substantial visibility it is providing to EuroGeoSurveys and its members. Click here to download the...
GEO WEEK 2018: Supporting a resilient and sustainable world
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Over 500 people came together for GEO Week 2018 from 29 October – 2 November 2018 in Kyoto, Japan. The week’s events focused on GEO’s three priority engagement areas: the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, the Paris Climate Agreement, and the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Gerardo Herrera and Veronika Kopackova represented EuroGeoSurveys and the Earth Observation Geohazards Expert Group. Click here to download the summary of the...
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