AGS Announces New Geographical Review Award: The Best Paper Award
 

The Geographical Review is among the world’s top authoritative and scholarly periodicals devoted to geography. It is proud to announce the creation of an annual Best Paper Award. All articles published within a volume year, will be automatically entered – including articles in special features – will be eligible. The members of the Geographical Review editorial board will select the recipient. The winner will receive notification by January of the following year. The award will be presented at the Association of American Geographers Annual Conference. If you have any questions, please contact Dr. David Kaplan at dkaplan@kent.edu
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The American Geographical Society announced the election of Dr. Marie Price (left) of George Washington University and Dr. Christopher Tucker (right), founder of MapStory as President-Elect and Chair-Elect, respectively, of the American Geographical Society.

"AGS has been lucky to have the leadership of John and Jerry for so many years,” noted Dr. John Konarski, Executive Director of AGS. “Both of them have been absolutely instrumental in ensuring that AGS continue its geographical leadership of over 164 years. They join a long line of exceptional historical figures who have held these positions over time and helped shape the nature of the discipline of geography as well as influence public policy, foreign policy and technology. Drs. Tucker and Price will find that the foundation built by John and Jerry will serve them well as they lead AGS in new endeavors” 
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The American Geographical Society (AGS) and The United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) hosted a Congressional Forum "Criminal Nature: The Global Security Implications of Illegal Wildlife Trade" at the U.S Capitol Visitor Center on March 8, 2016.  The forum was sponsored by the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) and was extremely successful in bringing together groups from the public, private and NGO sectors to share best practice methods in combating both the illicit wildlife trade and terrorism and the linkages between them.

 

The newest group of GeoBadges was created by YouthMappers, a global community of university students, faculty, and scholars who create and use open geographic data and analyses that addresses locally defined development challenges worldwide. YouthMappers is a network which provides students the opportunity to connect with like-minded mapping enthusiasts globally through campus chapters and offers a built-in framework that helps sustain volunteer mapping efforts that are directly linked to actual data needs in developing countries.

The three new GeoBadges being featured are YouthMappers Organizer, YouthMappers Mentor and YouthMappers Founder. The Organizer badge recognizes members who have organized mapping events such as a mapathon, a map-off, local participatory mapping, teaching sessions, or other organized mapping activity.  The Mentor badge can be claimed by individuals that have helped mentor and foster their peers’ abilities in mapping. The third badge, YouthMapper Founder, acknowledges a student that has established a new YouthMapper campus chapter, therefore continuing the momentum of spreading the knowledge of mapping.