Abstract
Developed between 2007 and 2008, the International Year of Planet Earth (IYPE) was proclaimed by United Nations Organization with the objective to divulge the importance of the Earth Sciences for society and to alert for the main problems mankind will face in this Century related to ten big themes: Groundwater, Megacities, Climate, Earth crust and core, Natural disasters, Oceans, Natural resources (minerals) and Energy, Soils, Earth and health (or medical geology) and Earth and life. After ten years of the suggestions and recommendations to be developed by geoscientists there were important advances in some of those themes such as Climate, Earth crust, and core and Natural resources and Energy. In the other seven years, there was relatively few scientific or technological advances in the word. This shows that one decade was not enough for mankind to get knowing and solving the big problems itself caused and continues to cause to the planet. In spite of this, the Brazilian geoscientific community was sensitive to most of the IYPE themes and promoted the divulging of Earth sciences through workshops, symposia, congresses, classes, becoming one of the most active groups in the world.
Highlights
In January 2007 began the celebrations of the International Year of Planet Earth, whose apex occurred in 2008 and whose activities ended in December 2009. (Unesco/IUGS, 2008; Berbert, 2008)
The International Year of the Planet Earth proposes were to divulge and to stimulate reflections in all those matters to society
It had the objective to put several questions to the scientific communities, encouraging them to seek answers and solutions based on studies and research. These goals were centered on ten major themes selected by dozens of researchers and engineers from various parts of the world, who elected them as priorities in view of the problems for mankind in the future, and the level of knowledge that existed : Groundwater, Megacities, Climate, Crust, and Terrestrial Core, Natural Disasters, Oceans, Natural Resources and Energy, Soils, Earth and Health, Earth and Life
Summary
In January 2007 began the celebrations of the International Year of Planet Earth, whose apex occurred in 2008 and whose activities ended in December 2009. (Unesco/IUGS, 2008; Berbert, 2008). It had the objective to put several questions to the scientific communities, encouraging them to seek answers and solutions based on studies and research. These goals were centered on ten major themes selected by dozens of researchers and engineers from various parts of the world, who elected them as priorities in view of the problems for mankind in the future, and the level of knowledge that existed : Groundwater, Megacities, Climate, Crust, and Terrestrial Core, Natural Disasters, Oceans, Natural Resources (in particular minerals) and Energy, Soils, Earth and Health (medical geology), Earth and Life (evolution of life). Disclosed the problems and recommendations for each topic around the world, what has evolved in these ten years from the scientific and/or technological point of view?
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