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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…

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…

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…

Dear respondent, good day! This questionnaire aims to investigate the strength of relationships between the sustainable development goals (SDGs) and the ecosystem services (ESs). Through the brief survey, your answers will be helpful to bridge the gap between the SDGs and the ESs, and to further promote global sustainable development. Your response will only be…

Dr. Bojie Fu, vice President of International Geographical Union(IGU), was recently elected as an International Honorary Member of American Academy of Arts and Sciences. The announcement was conducted by Academy President David W. Oxtoby and Chair of the Board of Directors Nancy C. Andrews on 17th April, 2019. Out of the 214 individuals elected to…

The report includes membership, meetings, publications, and other important information for IGU Commission on Geography for Future Earth: Coupled Human-Earth Systems for Sustainability (IGU-GFE).                        IGU-GFE ciommittee members gathered in IGU regional conference Membership IGU Commission on Geography of Future Earth: Coupled Human Earth Systems…

As part of the 10th IALE world congress, the session “Promoting Ecosystem Services for Sustainable Development Goals” will be organized in Milan (Italy) on July 1-5. 2019. The session organizers are inviting papers for presentation in our session which covers the following areas of interest (but are not limited to): Mapping ecosystem service supply and…

A participant at the 7th International Conference on Sustainability Science (ICSS) this August jots down notes during a discussion session. Photo: Hideyuki Mohri Future Earth has collected some of their favorite stories to appear on the Future Earth website in 2017 – an eventful year that saw, among other developments, a record-breaking hurricane season in…

Steering committee IGU Commission on Geography of Future Earth: Coupled Human Earth Systems for Sustainability (IGU-GFE)has been formally established in October 2017. IGU-GFE will initially focus on human-land systems and its interfaces with the coast, the ocean and the atmosphere. It aims to promote wider analysis and innovative thinking about global land sustainability through the bridging…