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At 50, UNESCO’s geoscience programme is linking planetary and human wellbeing
Had all 10000 geoscientists who belong to UNESCOs global network turned up for the conference to mark the International Geoscience Programmes 50th anniversary UNESCO would have needed more than 20 meeting rooms to accommodate them all As it was about 400 people thronged to UNESCO headquarters in Paris for the anniversary conference on 16 March The theme of the conference was Healing the Earth in a nod to the programmes growing focus on integrating planetary wellbeing with human wellbeing