According to RCO News Agency, citing the Organization of Geology and Mineral Exploration of the coury, the Iernational Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) Earth Science Olympiad was held in Busan, South Korea, and Dr. Farnoosh Farjandi, the Deputy Director General of Regional Explorations of the Organization of Geology and Mineral Exploration of the coury, was one of the 11 people. The final candidate for Councilor in Executive Committee was chosen in the election by the majority of the voting members from the represeatives of 121 member couries. Other members of this executive committee were people from South Africa, Slovenia, Germany, Australia, China, Italy, Cuba and Spain.
Farjandi said: This is the first time that a person from Iran and the Organization of Geology and Mineral Exploration of the coury has reached the candidacy stage of the executive committee, and in the election with the votes of voting members from 121 member couries, I won the highest vote as one of the members of the executive committee. ) was chosen by the Iernational Union of Earth Sciences (IUGS) and I achieved this importa iernational honor.
He stated that the Iernational Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) was established in 1961, and added: With 121 national members represeing more than one million geological scieists, it is one of the largest scieific organizations in the world, which promotes iernational cooperation and participation in science. Earth encourages human well-being.
The Deputy Director General of Regional Explorations of the Organization of Geology and Mineral Explorations of the coury stated: The Iernational Union of Geosciences believes that establishing close links with organizations active in the field of geosciences and especially organizations related to some of the main activities of this group is mutually beneficial and the study of geological problems, Especially problems that are importa at the global level and iernational and ierdisciplinary cooperation in earth sciences are among the tasks of this union.
Stating that the Iernational Union of Geosciences pays special atteion to iernational standards, geoscience education, geoscience information and environmeal and risk manageme, Farjandi said: promoting the developme of geosciences by supporting extensive scieific studies related to the eire earth system and applying the results of this Studies for preserving the natural environme of the planet, iellige use of all natural resources and improving the welfare of nations and the quality of human life, strengthening public awareness of geology and the advanceme of geological education in a broad sense, strengthening dialogue and communication between various geoscience specialists around the world, Supporting symposiums and scieific trips and producing publications covering a wide range of topics from fundameal research to its economic and industrial applications, from scieific, environmeal and social issues to educational and developme problems are part of the goals of the Iernational Union of Geosciences.
Farnoosh Farjandi is a PhD stude in Geology from Swinburne University, Melbourne, Australia and is the Deputy Director General of Regional Explorations of the Geological and Mineral Exploration Organization of the coury. Deputy supervisor of exploration for laboratory affairs, collaborator in projects 587 and 673 of IGCP; Preparation and publication of dozens of articles in iernational journals and prestigious domestic and iernational conferences, scieific and executive secretary of several sessions of Iran’s national and iernational gathering of earth sciences, referee of prestigious iernational scieific journals; He is the top researcher of the year 2016 in the exploration of the Geological and Mineral Exploration Organization of the coury and is a member of the discovery certificate committee of the Mining Engineering System Organization.
