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LINKS
UKRIGS
www.ukrigs.org.uk
The conservation association that promotes the RIGS (Regionally Important
Geological Sites) initiative and represents RIGS groups across the UK.
RIGS
www.rigs.org
The original RIGS website, produced by RSNC with the help of individual
groups, provides more general information for the browser on Earth science
conservation, publications and RIGS funding as well as an individual page
promoting each RIGS group. www.rigs.org and www.ukrigs.org.uk are designed
to be complementary.
Rockwatch
www.rockwatch.org.uk
A nationwide club for young people interested in rocks, minerals and fossils.
Geologists' Association
www.geologist.demon.co.uk
Britain's premier association for professional and amateur geologists
with local groups throughout the country (including Essex).
Quaternary Research Association
www.qra.org.uk
The QRA is an organisation for all those interested in research into the
problems of the Ice Age or the Quaternary Era.
Royal Society for Nature Conservation
www.rsnc.org
Earth heritage conservation is one of RSNC's responsibilities and the
society supports RIGS groups at a national level with advice and a range
of resources such as the RIGS Handbook.
Baldwin's Scientific Books
www.fossilbooks.co.uk
Second hand and antiquarian geological books. Based at Silver End in Essex.
British Geological Survey
www.bgs.ac.uk
The UK's national geological survey. The BGS publishes numerous geological
maps and guides. The BGS London Information Office in the Natural History
Museum has the most comprehensive selection of maps and guides in the
country.
Geological Society of London
www.geolsoc.org.uk
The Society, which represents professional geologists, was founded in
1807 and is the oldest geological society in the world.
Joint Nature Conservation Committee
www.jncc.gov.uk/earthheritage/default.htm
JNCC's key role in Earth heritage work is the publication of the 42 volume
Geological Conservation Review Series. The series describes the 3000 important
Earth heritage sites in the UK.
English Nature
www.englishnature.org.uk
English Nature leads on Earth heritage conservation in England with approximately
1300 Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) in England which have
been selected for their internationally important Earth science interest.
Earth Science Teachers' Association
www.soton.ac.uk/~ukgec/ESTA/index.html
ESTA has supported a number of RIGS events, such as the annual RIGS conferences.
ESTA aims to encourage and support the teaching of Earth sciences. It
is representative of teachers at all levels and there is a committee dealing
with fieldwork matters.
Scottish Natural Heritage
www.snh.org.uk
Scotland has some of the most varied geology and landforms in the world
and Scottish Natural Heritage is responsible for their conservation.
Earth Lab Datasite
www.nhm.ac.uk/earthlab/index.html
The Earth lab datasite is an on-line educational resource for those people
interested in the geology of the UK.
World Heritage Sites worldwide (UNESCO)
www.unesco.org/whc/nwhc/pages/sites/main.htm
The World Heritage Committee is working to make sure that future generations
can inherit the treasures of the past
ProGEO
www.sgu.se/hotell/progeo
ProGEO is working to promote the protection of Europe's typical and important
landscapes, as well as its many-faceted inheritance of geological phenomena.
Earth Heritage magazine
http://ds.dial.pipex.com/seabury.salmon/earth.html
Earth Heritage magazine is produced twice a year for the geological and
landscape community by English Nature, Scottish Natural Heritage, the
Countryside Council for Wales and The Wildlife Trusts. The files here
contain selected articles from the magazines.
Natural History Museum
www.nhm.ac.uk
The Museum houses one of the world's largest natural history collections
with over 68 million specimens of plants, animals, rocks, fossils and
minerals.
Open University Geological Society
www.ougs.org.uk
Now the UK's largest geological society with nearly 2500 members and over
200 events each year.
West's Geological Directory
www.soton.ac.uk/~imw/index.htm
An excellent collection of links to online geological resources
OTHER UK RIGS GROUPS
Cornwall - www.wildlifetrust.org.uk/cornwall/geology.htm
Wales -
www.bangor.ac.uk/~iss006/rigs/rigs.htm
Cumbria - www.cumbriarigs.org
Hereford & Worcester - www.worc.ac.uk/rigs
Peterborough - www.anglia.ac.uk/geography/development/rigs/peterboro.html
East Yorkshire -
www.home28.freeserve.co.uk/rigsgp.htm
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