The International Geoscience and Geoparks Programme (IGCP) is a cooperative enterprise of

UNESCO The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) aimed at promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture. I ...

(the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) and the

International Union of Geological Sciences The International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) is an international non-governmental organization devoted to international cooperation in the field of geology. About The IUGS was founded in 1961 and is a Scientific Union member of the Inte ...

(IUGS). It was launched in 1972 and originally termed the ''International Geological Correlation Programme'', the source of the acronym IGCP which it retains. For decades the programme was known as the ''International Geoscience Programme''. In November 2015 the name was changed to ''International Geoscience and Geoparks Programme'' as the global geoparks were made part of the programme. The aim of the IGCP is to facilitate research cooperation among geoscientists across frontiers and national boundaries, through joint research work, meetings and workshops. At the present time IGCP has about 400 active projects involving thousands of scientists from about 150 countries.

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