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Geoscientists Without Borders® |  |  | March 2013 Risk Assessment and Advance Warning for Landslides in Brazil | |
ANNOUNCING OUR NEWEST PROJECT
"Risk Assessment and Advance Warning for Landslides in Brazil" Geoscientists Without Borders® is transforming lives around the world by providing humanitarian application of geophysical solutions to global problems. Currently, 11 projects have received grant awards and have teams in the field, making not only an impact in those countries, but also impacting the reputation of geophysics around the world. One of the newest projects is underway in the mountainous, central northern region on the Rio de Janeiro state of Brazil.
Continue reading... Continue reading... Project partners: University of Houston, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Universidade Estadual do Rio de Janeiro Department of Civil Engineering, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Universidade Federal do Para
View the Project Fact Sheet View the Project Fact Sheet | | |  The SEG Foundation would like to thank the Environmental Engineering and Geophysical Society Foundation for hosting a Geoscientists Without Borders® luncheon at SAGEEP Annual Meeting in April 2011. Stephen Moysey, Phd., University of Clemson, delivered his presentation on the GWB Groundwater Project in India. 100% of the proceeds were generously donated toward the funding of a future project. | | | | | | | | | | NEW PROJECT FOCUS: BRAZIL - Almost 200 million people live in Brazil, making it the 5th most populated country in the world.
- The official language of Brazil is Portuguese.
- Brazil has the world's tenth largest economy.
PROPOSAL DEADLINE
AND INFORMATION The next round of GWB project proposals are due by | | | | |
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