Earth Sciences

The Geological Society of America

📚 Category: Earth Sciences

🏷️ Topics include: Geoscience; Career Development Support

📍 Country/Region: USA

The Geological Society of America is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the advancement of the geosciences. As a global membership society with 22,000 members (35% students) in 115 countries, the Society's primary activities are organizing scientific meetings and publishing scientific literature. Other activities include disbursing research grants, honoring outstanding scientific contributors with medals and awards, assisting teachers in geoscience education, and fostering public awareness of geoscience issues.

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Marine Geological and Biological Habitat Mapping (GEOHAB)

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📚 Category: Biology & Ecology; Geology

🏷️ Topics include: Habitat Mapping; Geoscience

📍 Country/Region: International

GeoHab (Marine Geological and Biological Habitat Mapping) is an international association of marine scientists studying biophysical (i.e., geologic and oceanographic) indicators of benthic habitats and ecosystems as proxies for biological communities and species diversity. The main goals of GeoHab scientists are: to support government spatial marine planning, sustainable ocean management, and decision making; to support and underpin the design of marine protected areas (MPAs); to conduct scientific research programs aimed at generating knowledge of benthic ecosystems and seafloor geology; to conduct living and non-living seabed resource assessments for economic and management purposes, including the design of fishing reserves.

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Australian Coral Reef Society

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📚 Category: Biology & Ecology; Geology

🏷️ Topics include: Corals

📍 Country/Region: Australia

Founded in 1922 the Australian Coral Reef Society (ACRS) is the worlds’ oldest organization concerned with the study and conservation of coral reefs. The ACRS plays a key role by promoting scientific research on Australian coral reefs. It is a forum for discussion and information transfer among scientists, management agencies and reef-based industries that are committed to ecological sustainability. Because it is not aligned to any vested interests, the Society’s views are sought by government policy makers, conservationists and all those interested in coral reefs who need impartial and expert advice. The Society invests in the future by providing financial assistance for Australian post-graduate students.

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American Institute of Professional Geologists

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📚 Category: Geology; Ocean Professionals

🏷️ Topics include: Geoscience; Career Development Support

📍 Country/Region: USA

The American Institute of Professional Geologists (AIPG), founded in 1963, is the largest association dedicated to promoting geology as a profession.

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