On 2nd December 2021, The United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution proclaiming 2022 as the International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development. With this resolution, the United Nations General Assembly ‘invites all [its] Member States, organizations of the United Nations system and other global, regional and subregional organizations, as well […]
The TROP ICSU team conducted an online Workshop cum Faculty Development Program for the teachers of Delhi University, India on 28th August 2021. This workshop was oreinted toweards “Digital Pedagogy & Climate Change Education across Disciplines” and was conducted in collaboration with Sri Venkateswara College, Delhi University. The workshop was attended by 36 participants […]
IUBS warmly welcomes the International Association of Wood Anatomists (IAWA) as its new Scientific Member. Founded in 1931, IAWA aims to create awareness of the place of wood anatomy in science, technology, and conservation of natural resources for the public good; to provide a platform to exchange information, ideas, and […]
A study by IUBS Working Group on Gender Equality is published recently. The study mentions that, access to scientific careers for women has never been easy, but as biases and barriers slowly begin to diminish, women are becoming more and more involved in science, especially Biological Sciences. Some of the […]
Working with an international, multidisciplinary team, IUBS scientists have published an article in Science Advances: “Actions on sustainable food production and consumption for the post-2020 global biodiversity framework.” The article reviews eight actions for addressing biodiversity loss in food systems – from removing incentives harmful to biodiversity to reducing food waste and […]
Activity Reports for various IUBS Programmes are published are available on the website now. Governance of Global Taxonomic Lists Activity Report 2020 Open Biodiversity and Health Big Data Initiative (BHBD) Activity Report 2020 Global Integrative Pastoralism Project (GIPP) Activity Report 2020 Conservation of PaleoBiology in Africa (CPIA) Activity Report 2020 Science […]
Several international scientific unions wish to act together as the Founding Unions to organize an International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development (IYBSSD) in 2022, under the aegis of UNESCO and with the collaboration of UNESCO International Basic Sciences Programme (IBSP). Several scientific organizations, the Founding Partners fully support this […]
The TROP ICSU project highlights its accomplishments at the end of year 2020. The project has colleced, collated and developed over 280 Teaching Resources, which soan across 10 Disciplines. There are over 50 Contributing Teachers from many countries who have contributed teaching resources to the collection. Till year 2020, the […]