National sections
The IAPG network can count on 35 national sections on 5 continents.
The national sections are points of aggregation for colleagues in a country. Their mission is to coordinate efforts in promoting Geoethics and enlarging the IAPG network in the country, by encouraging the participation of geoscientists in their activities on the basis of equal opportunities and favouring the exchange of information among its members through newsletters, publications or other suitable tools such as a website and social networks.
Afghanistan
Mohammad Salem Hussaini
Kabul Polytechnic University
Asadullah Farahmand
Ministry of Energy and Water, Kabul
Argentina (IAPGeoethics Argentina)
Elizabeth Ivonne Rovere
Servicio Geologico Minero Argentino, Dir. Geología Regional, San Martín - Miguelete - Provincia de Buenos Aires
Roberto Antonio Violante
Argentina Hydrographic Survey, Division of Marine Geology and Geophysics, Buenos Aires
Bangladesh
Abdul Baquee Khan Majlis and Jahangir Alam
Geological Survey of Bangladesh (GSB)
Former co-coordinator:
Ershadul Haque
Geological Survey of Bangladesh (GSB)
Bolivia
Wilfredo Ramos Collorana
Universidad Mayor San Andrés (UMSA), La Paz
President of “Colegio de Geólogos de Bolivia"
Brazil
Eduardo Marone
Federal University of Paraná, Centre for Marine Studies,
Operational Centre of the International Ocean Institute for the South Atlantic
Cameroon
Ndzishepngong Kelvin Ngwang
Geo-Environmental Resource Association (GERAS)
Njilah Isaac Konfor
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Yaounde I
Canada
Paul Hubley
Hubley Geosciences Limited (HGL); Professional Geoscientists Ontario (PGO)
Former coordinators:
Jan Boon (passed away on 22 July 2020)
Environment and Social Responsibility Society of the Canadian Institute of Mining
Shona van Zijll de Jong
Department of Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering, Queen's University
Anne-Marie Ryan
Earth Sciences Department, Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia
Chile
Luisa Pinto Lincoñir
Directora Escuela de Ingeniería y Ciencias
Universidad de Chile
IAPG-Chile is also the "Geoethics Group of the Geological Society of Chile"
Cuba
Yurisley Valdes Mariño
Instituto Superior Minero Metalúrgico de Moa
GEOMIN - Facultad de Geología y Minas
Democratic Republic of Congo
Jean-Robert Nshokano Mweze
Centre de Recherches Géologiques et Minières - CRGM
Egypt
Kholoud Mohamed Abdelmaksoud
Institute of African Research and Studies, Cairo University
France
Michèle Barbier
Institut de Science et Ethique, Nice
David Crookall
Retired from the Université Côte d'Azur, Nice
Germany
Simon Schneider
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
Dominic Hildebrandt
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and ETH Zurich
Greece
Gerassimos A. Papadopoulos
Institute of Geodynamics, National Observatory of Athens
(Retired)
Maria V. Triantaphyllou
Faculty of Geology and Geoenvironment, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA)
India
Surya Parkash Gupta
National Institute of Disaster Management
Iraq
Nawrass N. Ameen
Department of Environmental Pollution, Al-Muthanna University
Ameer Hayder Khalid
Department of Applied Geosciences, University of Duhok
Former co-coordinator:
Saleh A. Lazam
Department of Environmental Pollution, Al-Muthanna University
Iran
Parviz Armani
Imam Khomeini International University, Tehran
Former co-coordinators:
Nima Nezafati
Department of Earth Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Tehran
Vahid Ahadnejad
Geology Department, Payame Noor University, Tehran
Sedigheh Seifilaleh
University of Tehran, Institute of Geophysics
Italy (this section is legally registered in Italy)
Silvia Peppoloni
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia; Italian Geological Society
IAPG-Italy is also the "Section of Geoethics and Geological Culture of the Italian Geological Society"
Section bylaw (in Italian, pdf file)
Lebanon
Soumaya Ayadi-Maasri
Saint Joseph University, Beirut; President of ACE - Association for Community and Environment
Malawi
Hilton Banda Eneya
Geological Survey Department-Malawi; Geoscientist Association of Malawi
Mexico
Miguel Rangel Medina
Department of Geology at the University of Sonora (Mexico); International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH) – Mexico Chapter; Latin American Association of Hydrogeology for Development (Asociación Latinoamericana de Hidrología Subterránea para el Desarrollo - ALHSUD)
Nepal
Shree Prasad Vista
Nepal Agricultural Research Council; Nepalese Society of Soil Science
Ranjan Kumar Dahal
Central Department of Geology, Geodisaster Research Center, Tribhuvan University
Nigeria (this section is legally registered in Nigeria)
Arinze Harrison Ikwumelezeh
Raw Materials Research and Development Council, Federal Ministry of Science and Technology, Abuja
Pakistan
Muhammad Yaseen
Department of Geology, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan
Emad Ullah Khan
Department of Geology, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan
Paraguay
Moisés Alejandro Gadea Villalba
Department of Geology at the National University of Asunción
Peru (this section is legally registered in Peru)
Pedro Isique
PIASA Consultores SA, San Isidro
Former coordinators:
Carlos Toledo Gutierrez
Antonio Ruiz de Montoya Jesuitas University and National University of San Marcos, Lima
Sandra Paula Villacorta Chambi
Department of Environmental Geology and Geological Risk of the Mining and Metallurgical Geological Institute (INGEMMET); Peruvian Geological Survey, Lima
Portugal
Clara Maria da Silva de Vasconcelos
Department of Geoscience, Environment and Spatial Landing, University of Oporto, Porto
Paulo Emanuel Talhadas Ferreira da Fonseca
Department of Geology, University of Lisbon
former co-coordinator:
António José Correia de Almeida
Escola Superior de Educaçã o de Lisboa, Campus de Benfica do IPL, Lisboa
Romania
Antoneta Seghedi
National Institute of Marine Geology and Geoecology - GeoEcoMar, Bucharest; and Geological Society of Romania
Dorina Camelia Ilies
Department of Geography, Tourism and Territorial Planning, University of Oradea
Spain
Domingo Alfonso Martín Sánchez
E.T.S.I de Minas y Energía, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid
Former coordinator:
Emilia Hermelinda Lopera Pareja
Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas - CIEMAT, Madrid
Turkey
Yüksel Örgün Tutay
Istanbul Technical University - ITU
Dündar Çağlan
Turkish Chamber of Geological Engineers
Ukraine
Vacant
Yuriy V. Kostyuchenko (passed away on 16 March 2023)
Scientific Centre for Aerospace Research of the Earth, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine; Geomorphology and Earth Science Department, Faculty of Geography, Shevchenko Kiev State University
United Kingdom
Antony Benham
SRK Exploration
Former coordinator:
David Craig Ovadia
Former Director of the British Geological Survey’s International Division. Honorary Associate of the University of Dundee, Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law
United States of America
Cindy M. Palinkas
University of Maryland
David Mogk
Montana University
Former co-coordinator:
Vince Cronin
Baylor University, Texas
Uruguay
Leda Sánchez Bettucci
Instituto de Ciencias Geológicas (ICG), Faculty of Science, Universidad de la República, Uruguay; Geophysical Observatory of Uruguay