Our Union is now deeplyinvolved in helping to defineappropriate global researchinitiatives.This endeavor is anoutgrowth of the InternationalYear of Planet Earth(IYPE)-animportant IUGS initiative of thelast few years.T...Our Union is now deeplyinvolved in helping to defineappropriate global researchinitiatives.This endeavor is anoutgrowth of the InternationalYear of Planet Earth(IYPE)-animportant IUGS initiative of thelast few years.Toward the end ofIYPE the creation of a planninggroup was proposed to developa global platform or‘WorldGeosciences Forum’and todefine a limited number of world-class scientific projects along with a feasible business and fundingplans for them.The idea is to further develop and implement the 2008 Tsukuba Declaration,which was endorsed by the IYPE,theInternational Polar Year-IPY,the International Heliophysical Year-IHY,and the Electronic Geophysical Year-eGY.(See the note at theend of this Editorial for more information about the TsukubaDeclaration).展开更多
文摘Our Union is now deeplyinvolved in helping to defineappropriate global researchinitiatives.This endeavor is anoutgrowth of the InternationalYear of Planet Earth(IYPE)-animportant IUGS initiative of thelast few years.Toward the end ofIYPE the creation of a planninggroup was proposed to developa global platform or‘WorldGeosciences Forum’and todefine a limited number of world-class scientific projects along with a feasible business and fundingplans for them.The idea is to further develop and implement the 2008 Tsukuba Declaration,which was endorsed by the IYPE,theInternational Polar Year-IPY,the International Heliophysical Year-IHY,and the Electronic Geophysical Year-eGY.(See the note at theend of this Editorial for more information about the TsukubaDeclaration).
