Affiliates

AAAS Travels
The American Association for the Advancement of Science is the world's largest general science organization and publisher of the peer-reviewed journal Science. With more than 138,000 members and 275 affiliated societies, AAAS serves as an authoritative source for information on the latest developments in science and bridges gaps among scientists, policy-makers and the public to advance science and science education.
www.aaas.org

ACS Expeditions
The American Chemical Society is a self-governed individual membership organization that consists of 158,000 members—60% from industry, at all degree levels. This provides ample opportunity for peer interaction, regardless of your professional or scientific interests. There are 33 ACS divisions, representing a wide range of disciplines for chemists, chemical engineers and technicians.
www.acs.org

Geological Society of America
The Geological Society of America is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the advancement of the geosciences. It has an expanding global membership with more than 16,000 members in more than 85 countries. Twenty percent of its members are students. GSA fosters the human quest for understanding Earth, planets, and life catalyzing new scientific ways of thinking about natural systems and applying geoscience knowledge and insight to human needs and aspirations and stewardship of the Earth.
www.geosociety.org

Sigma Xi Expeditions
Founded in 1886, Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society is a non-profit membership society of nearly 75,000 scientists and engineers who were elected to the Society because of their research achievements or potential. Sigma Xi has more than 500 chapters at universities and colleges, government laboratories and industry research centers. In addition to publishing American Scientist, Sigma Xi awards grants annually to promising young researchers, holds forums on critical issues at the intersection of science and society and sponsors a variety of programs supporting honor in science and engineering, science education, science policy and the public understanding of science.
www.sigmaxi.org

The Planetary Society
The Planetary Society was founded in 1980 by Carl Sagan, Bruce Murray, and Louis Friedman to encourage the exploration of our solar system and the search for extraterrestrial life.

The Society is a nonprofit, nongovernmental organization, funded by dues and donations from individuals around the world. With more than 100,000 members from over 140 countries, we are the largest space interest group on Earth. Membership is open to all people interested in our mission.
www.planetary.org

Lake Baikal & the Great Siberian Taiga
The Russian "Galapagos Islands," Baikal is the single richest location in Russia for endemism, a fabulous reservoir of unique flora and fauna. Lake Baikal is the oldest and deepest lake in the world, and stores nearly 20% of the freshwater on earth.
www.geocities.com/betchartex/lake_baikal.htm

Botanic Garden of the Irkutsk State University, Russia
The Botanic Garden of the Irkutsk State University (BGISU) occupies 27 hectares within Irkutsk city, 70 kilometers west of Lake Baikal. The BGISU is the only botanical garden in Irkutsk region and in the Baikalian Siberia included in International Directory of Botanical Gardens. It is categorized by law as a strictly protected natural territory within the capital of Irkutsk Oblast. As a living museum the BGISU serves as an educational tool for students and general public.
www.isu.ru/insts/botsad/indexe.htm