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![Flags of countries in front of the United Nations office at Geneva. © Xabi Oregi, Pexels.](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/pexels-xabi-oregi-16459372.webp)
BGS to help deliver International Centre of Excellence on Sustainable Resource Management
BGS has been announced as part of a consortium approved by the UN to deliver its International Centres of Excellence on Sustainable Resource Management.
![The Lewes Nodular Chalk Formation contributes to the chemistry of overlying soils in Culver Down on the Isle of Wight. BGS © UKRI.](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/culver-down-p683813.webp)
How BGS is helping the farming sector of Great Britain
New legislation concerning soil management and technology in modern farming has led to an increase in enquiries about BGS’s Soil Parent Material Model.
![setting-up-two-streamer-traps-of-mixed-sand-and-gravel beach-east-coast-minsmere-cliffs-p1029949](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/setting-up-two-streamer-traps-of-mixed-sand-and-gravel-beach-east-coast-minsmere-cliffs-p1029949-960x645.webp)
BGS to lead new research project on barrier systems to support more sustainable coastal management
Scientists at BGS will lead a new four-year project that will enhance our understanding of gravel barrier systems across the coastlines of the UK.
![Landslide in Seatown, Dorset. © James Loveridge](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/landslide-in-seatown-dorset.webp)
BGS receives award at the World Landslide Forum 2023
BGS's landslide team has been designated a World Centre of Excellence on landslide risk reduction by the International Consortium on Landslides.
![Sophia Dowell, PhD student at BGS, conducting her research in Kenya. BGS © UKRI.](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/sophia-dowell.webp)
The optimisation of plutonium separation
BGS research leads to advancements in the detection of plutonium and ultimately the determination of soil erosion rates in tropical soils.
![Extract from Offshore Yorkshire map showing folded and faulted Redcar Mudstone Formation with marine muds, sands and gravels. Bathymetry data acquired by the MCA © Crown Copyright 2022](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/extract-from-offshore-yorkshire-map-960.jpg)
Industry-leading data sharing partnership announced
A data sharing partnership has been agreed between BGS and Ossian, allowing BGS to advance its knowledge of the rock and soil conditions under the seabed.
![Postgraduate students from the University for Development Studies, Ghana, learning about instrumentation and hydrology. BGS © UKRI.](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/IMG-20230515-WA0000.webp)
TerraFIRMA
TerraFIRMA is a five-year, NERC-funded, Multi-Centre National Capability (MCNC) UKRI award running from April 2022 to March 2027
![Sand mining. BGS © UKRI](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/sand-quarry-IMG-2918.jpg)
Good practice for sand mining
Tom Bide and Clive Mitchell outline how BGS is working on geoscience-led solutions for the global issue of sand mining.