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Calls for its first Members! Young and Early Career Geographers Working Group on Geography and Sustainability (YECG-GeoSus)
Who are we? An interdisciplinary working group of young and early career scientists interested in geography and sustainability, constituted within IGU in 2021 through the collaboration of:IGU – YECG – International Geographical Union Young and Early Career Geographers Task ForceChair: Dr Komali Yenneti, School of Architecture and Built Environment, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University…
Read MoreEnvironmental Governance and Social Network Workshop was Held
“The Environmental Governance and Social Network Workshop” was delivered online via Zoom from March 22nd to 30th 2021. The workshop was sponsored by the journal Geography and Sustainability, IGU-GFE, Institute of Land Surface System and Sustainable Development, Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, and College of Economics and Management, Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University.…
Read MoreEnvironmental Governance and Social Network Workshop Registration is open
The Environmental Governance and Social Network Workshop will be held on 22–30 March, 2021. Now the registration is open, we warmly welcome participants worldwide to join us! Sponsors: Geography and Sustainability IGU-GFE Commission Institute of Land Surface System and Sustainable Development, Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University The College of Economics and Management, Northwest…
Read MoreGlobal Dryland Social-Ecosystem Working Group Joins GLP
Social-ecosystem in arid land has become a global issue Recently, the application for the establishment of Global Dryland Social-Ecosystem Working Group (hereinafter the working group) was approved by Interim Scientific Committee of Global Land Programme (GLP). The working group was proposed by Prof. Fu Bojie, academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences; Dr. Mark Stafford Smith, honorary fellow of The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO); Prof. Dennis Ojima of Colorado…
Read MoreGEOSUS Author Workshop Registration is open
Call for Papers on Special Issue: “Global Ecosystems Restoration for SDGs: Implications on soil and water conservation (SI: GloEcoRes)
The prestigious journal Environmental Research (IF 5.715) (ISSN: 0013-9351) is currently running a special issue entitled “Global Ecosystems Restoration for SDGs: Implications on soil and water conservation. (SI: GloEcoRes)”. As we are acting as guest editors for this issue, we would like to welcome contributions from various disciplines. We kindly invite you to consider submitting your full paper to…
Read MoreThe Second Ecosystem services, Academic Writing and Editing Workshop
The First Ecosystem services, Academic Writing and Editing Workshop was held in 17–22 April, 2019, Beijing , China. This year, due to COVID-19 pandemic, the Second workshop will be delivered online via Zoom. Now the registration is open, we warmly welcome participants worldwide to joint us! Brief Introduction of the lecturer Dr. Paulo Alexandre da…
Read MoreCall for Papers for Geography and Sustainability
Call for Papers Message from Editor-in-Chief We, Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, are pleased to announce the launce of Geography and Sustainability (GEOSUS, ISSN 2096-7438). GEOSUS is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal. It publishes original and significant, cutting-edge research related to geography and sustainability, encourages wider analysis and innovative thinking about global…
Read MoreAcademician Fu Bojie receives the 2020 Humboldt Medal of the European Geosciences Union (EGU)
The European Geosciences Union(EGU) announced the recepients of the 2020 Union Medals and Awards on October 22, 2019. Dr. Fu Bojie, Chair of the IGU-GFE, Dean of Faculty of Geographical Science of Beijing Normal University, was named the 2020 EGU Humboldt Medal. This medal, named in honour of Alexander von Humboldt, is awarded to scientists…
Read MoreIGU-GFE hold the symposium during the 10th IALE congress
The 10th IALE congress was held on 1st -5th July, 2019 at Milan, Italy. This congress focused on the different aspects of landscape ecology and the challenges of the Anthropocene. Scientists and students from more than 60 countries attended this congress, listening and discussing presentations on twenty broad thematic areas on landscape ecology. Among the…
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