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Spain and SCAR
The Spanish SCAR National Committee was established in 1990, when Spain joined the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) as a full member. Prior there were the membership as an associate member in 1987, the demostration of enough international scientific contributions as well as the commitment of Spain with Antarctic research.
The Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) was established in 1958 by the International Council for Science (ICSU). SCAR is a non-governmental, multidisciplinary scientific organization dedicated to promote and co-ordinate scientific research in Antarctica. SCAR also provides objective and independent scientific advice to the Antarctic Treaty.
SCAR received the Prince of Asturias Award 2002 on International Cooperation, as a recognition to the values that SCAR represents since it was created.
SCAR is constituted by 36 countries (31 Full Members and 5 Associate Members), each of them having a national committee.
SCAR has been one of the
main participants involved in the International
Polar Year 2007-2008 (IPY).
Functions
The Spanish SCAR Committee functions include:
• Promoting scientific research in
Antarctica
• Representing Spanish scientific community
in the international SCAR forum
• Preparing and spreading Spanish reports
to SCAR
• Spreading SCAR information and recommendations
in Spain
• Promoting Spanish Antarctic research
connection to SCAR scientific programmes
• Promoting activities
related to Antarctic research
• Promoting the participation of Spanish
researchers in international Antarctic initiatives and
scientific programmes
• Spreading the results of Spanish
Antarctic research
• Promoting publications related to
Antarctic research
• Promoting education and outreach
activities related to Antarctic research
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Organization
The Spanish National SCAR Committee follows the international
SCAR structure, existing Standing Scientific Groups: SSG
on Geosciences, SSG
on Life Sciences and SSG
on Physical Sciences.
The Spanish National SCAR Committee consists of:
| President-National
SCAR Delegate Dr. Jerónimo LÓPEZ-MARTÍNEZ Facultad de Ciencias Universidad Autónoma de Madrid e-mail: jeronimo.lopez@uam.es CIENCIAS FÍSICAS-Standing Scientific Group on Physical Sciences Dr. Damià GOMIS |
CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA-Standing Scientific Group on Geosciences Dr. Jesús GALINDO-ZALDIVAR Dr. Leopoldo G. SANCHO Dr. Josep Mª GILI |
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Connection
with other bodies
The Spanish National SCAR Committee, as all other ICSU
national comittees,
is connected with
the Deputy Direction of International Programmes of
the Ministry
of Science and Innovation.
See
lists of Spanish committees
See
information about ICSU
The National SCAR Committee is linked with the Spanish
Polar Committee, who is in charge of the general coordination of
different agencies participating in Spanish polar activities, as well
as enforcing the fulfilment of the Antarctic
Treaty rules.
The
committee is linked to the National Program of Polar Research, through
which the Spanish Science and Technology system funds Spanish research
in Antarctica.
SCAR promotes the management and access to the Antarctic scientific data by means of the Standing Committee on Antarctic Data Management (SCADM). The National SCAR Committee promoted the establishment of the National Antarctic Data Center and facilitates its participation in SCADM.
The SCAR National Committee is one of the member bodies of the Spanish
Committee on Global Change Research (CEICAG), which promotes interdisciplinary
global change research in Spain.
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Aditional information
- Brochure
about the Spanish National SCAR Committee
- Poster
about the Spanish National SCAR Committee
- SCAR Logos (to download)
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