The 4th International Heritage Stone Workshop of the IUGS Subcommission on Heritage Stone will be held at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland between 14th -17th July 2025 and is a sequel of previous workshops held in Salamanca (2018), Turin (2021) and Jaipur (2023). This Workshop aims to encourage nominations of Heritage Stones around the globe and […]
The International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) announced the list of The Second 100 IUGS Geological Heritage Sites at the 37th International Geological Congress (IGC) in Busan, Republic of Korea. The announcement was made by IUGS President John Ludden, Stanley Finney, IUGS Secretary General, and Asier Hilario chair of the International Commission on Geoheritage on […]
The IUGS international Commission on Geoheritage (UGS-ICG) will meet at the 37th International Geological Congress IGC 2024 in Busan. It will be a very important event for the visibility of our commission among the scientific community. We will chair and participate in 4 scientific sessions as well as in the IUGS Council meeting. The Second […]
2024 ELECTIONSAccording to IUGS regulations and our own statutes international Commission on Geoheritage should celebrate elections in 2024. This elections will renew the list of officers in our three Sub-commissions on Sites, Heritage Stones and Geocollections as well as in the Commission itself. The list of officers elected for 2024-2028 will be ratified at the […]
“The International Union of Geological Sciences – International Commission on Geoheritage-Heritage Stones Subcommission (IUGS-ICG-HSS) has been advancing the recognition of natural stones with historical and cultural significance, utilized in architectural monuments After the successful 1st International Stone Workshop at Salamanca in Spain in October 2018 and the 2nd International Stone Workshop at Torino in Italy […]
After the great success of the The First 100, we are very glad to announce that the process for the The Second 100 has been already launched. The IUGS Executive Committee has strongly supported our strategy to announce 100 sites every two years. The Second will be announced in 2024 in an special event during […]
“The First 100, represents the best of science and collaborative work”. The First 100 jsd been coordinated by the IUGS International Commission on Geoheritage. There are more than 50 countries involved. It seems like a great achievement. Are you satisfied? I think the numbers of this initiative speak for themselves. We have 100 sites recognised […]
“Zumaia declaration is a statement from the International Geological Sciences of the importance of preservation of our geological heritage” It is the 60th anniversary of the International Union of Geological Sciences. What is the IUGS? The International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) is an international non-governmental non-profit organization. It has member countries, delegations, from 122 […]
“Geological sciences have help us understanding how nature works” Humans have always admired and used their land. When does the history of Geological Sciences start? That’s one of the major questions of our group, because there are historians of geological scientists who say that the history of geology starts in a very modern time in […]
On October 28th, the International Union of Geological Sciences, during the celebration of its 60th anniversary event with more than 200 experts from 40 countries adopted the IUGS Zumaia declaration.
