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UNESCO Chair Celebrates IGD
Earlier in 2025, the University of Minho in Portugal was awarded a new UNESCO Chair in Geodiversity and Geoconservation, in recognition...
Oct 6


Visualising the Benefits of Geodiversity
International Geodiversity Day 2025 is approaching, and many people worldwide have organised events based on their professional or...
Oct 4


Key Geoheritage Areas Approved by IUCN
The conservation and celebration of some of the world's most important geological sites will soon benefit from a new initiative recently...
Sep 30


Universidade Púnguè to Host Event for IGD
Let’s celebrate the International Day of Geodiversity with the online conference “One Earth, many stories”, organized by Universidade...
Sep 7


Share Your Love Story of Geodiversity
Guest Article by Yose Cormier, Coordinator of the IUCN #NatureForAll initiative "In the end we will conserve only what we love; we will...
Aug 31


IGU to Host Seminar for Geodiversity Day
The 6th of October is the International Geodiversity Day proclaimed by UNESCO in 2021 for a worldwide celebration bringing people...
Aug 30


Organising an IGD Event? Be Inspired by 2024
Are you looking to organise an event for International Geodiversity Day? Need some inspiration? Check out the map and list of the events...
Apr 11


Theme Announced for International Geodiversity Day 2025
The theme for this year’s International Geodiversity Day, to be held on Monday 6th October 2025, will be ‘One Earth, Many Stories’....
Apr 11


Watch Again: IGU Geodiversity Seminar 2024
On October 6th, the 2024 International Geographical Union (IGU) Seminar on " Geodiversity from Geographical Perspectives " was...
Nov 16, 2024


Theme for IGD2025: Have Your Say
Each year International Geodiversity Day has a theme - in 2024 the theme was ' Conserving the Past - Sustaining the Future ', and in 2023...
Oct 21, 2024


Researchers Set Out 'Geodiversity Challenges' for a Sustainable Future
A group of researchers have used International Geodiversity Day to set out four Geodiversity Challenges that need to be tackled if...
Oct 15, 2024


World Celebrates IGD 2024
As October 6th arrived, people from all around the world came together to celebrate the third International Geodiversity Day. Follow...
Oct 12, 2024


COMMENT: The Virtuous Circle of Geodiversity & Using IGD to Change the Law
Prof Marco Giardino writes for GeodiversityDay.org about the Virtuous Circle of Geodiversity, and how scientists, conservationists, and...
Oct 6, 2024


Open University Release Policy Brief on IGD
As the world marked International Geodiversity Day, the Open University's PolicyWISE released a new briefing on geodiversity ,...
Oct 5, 2024


Maria Knadel Highlights IGD 2024 Theme
In the run up to International Geodiversity Day 2024, we spoke to Maria Knadel from Vestjylland UNESCO Global Geopark in Denmark about...
Oct 3, 2024


Geoparks Celebrate IGD 2024
UNESCO's Global Geoparks will be celebrating International Geodiversity Day all around the world. Here are a selection of the events...
Sep 22, 2024


International Geographical Union Hosts Geodiversity Seminar
The Geodiversity Group of the International Geographical Union have announced the return of their annual Geodiversity Online Seminar, in...
Sep 5, 2024


Theme Announced for International Geodiversity Day 2024
The theme for this year’s International Geodiversity Day, to be held on Sunday 6th October 2024, will be ‘Conserving The Past –...
Feb 22, 2024


Organising an IGD Event? Be Inspired by 2023
Are you looking to organise an event for International Geodiversity Day? Need some inspiration? Check out the map and list of the events...
Feb 15, 2024


India's 'Young Palaeontologist' Takes the Lead in Promoting IGD to Schools
For International Geodiversity Day 2023, 16 year old palaeontologist Aswatha Biju organised and hosted a number of events in India. Read...
Dec 9, 2023
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