News
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Lawrence Cathles, III, the SEG Distinguished Lecturer for 2011, spoke on "Humanity's Greatest Risk is Risk Avoidance" at the annual GSA conference in Minneapolis. Cathles, Professor at Cornell University, concluded that the planet's natural resources can sustain the world population at a European standard of living for 1000s of years, particularly if ocean supplies are considered. Risks will always be present but can be mitigated by planning, and problems solved by a society that learns from its mistakes and innovates.
M. Stephen Enders, giving the SEG Presidential address at the GSA session, "Role of Mineral Resources for a Healthy Society," argued for domestic production of resources in the developed world on the basis of high standards of environmental and social practices, innovation and the potential to export technology thus developed, and supply-chain disruptions from non-domestic producers of many non-fuel metals and minerals. He stressed that all geoscientists have a role to play in communicating the need for and benefit of resources for a healthy society.
Also read the entire Kitco News interview from March 16, 2011, "Mining Industry Faces Potential Geologist Shortage," with M. Stephen Enders, President, Society of Economic Geologists.
By Debbie Carlson Of Kitco News
Views
This series, initiated by John Thompson and Jeffrey Hedenquist, examines a variety of issues via invited opinion pieces on subjects that we, as a learned society of professionals, should be discussing. Topics include exploration, resources, research, and Education and professional development, in short a host of issues of relevance to our stakeholders in industry, academia, government, and non-profits the world over.
A Path Forward
L. M. Cathles, printed in the October 2010 • No 83 issue of the SEG Newsletter
The World is Changing
Jonathan G. Price, SEG 1985 F, printed in the July 2010 • No 82 issue of the SEG Newsletter