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Worldwide Trends in Methods and Resources Promoting Geoconservation, Geotourism, and Geoheritage
Geosciences (Switzerland), 2023 This study aims to provide a systematic analysis of the literature of methods and resources supporting geoconservation and geotourism worldwide, while identifying current and future trends in the field.
Adolfo Quesada-Román +1 more
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Geoconservation, History of [PDF]
, 2014 [Excerto] The word "geoconservation" was probably used for the first time in Tasmania (Australia) in the beginning of the 1990s (Sharples 1993). Sharples, a pioneer of Australian geoconservation, reports that during the period of 1993-1994, the Forestry Commission of Tasmania prepared several reports with preliminary inventories of landforms in the ...
José Brilha, Brilha, J. B.
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Geoconservation Subjectivity Evaluation: A Case Study of a Management Toolkit
Geoconservation ResearchConservation efforts, such as geoconservation, involve some degree of subjectivity, compromising the objective data and verifiable evidence required for effective decision-making. Geodiversity, which comprises the non-living components that underpin life,
Jake RA Crisp, Joanna C. Ellison
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Open-air paleontological sites: A Dissemination Opportunity and a Risk to Spoliation. A Case Study in the Orígens Geopark, Spain. [PDF]
Geoconservation Research, 2021 Visits to paleontological sites are one of the most popular geotourism activities, but their appeal may have drawbacks. Deciding which sites are suitable for dissemination and appropriate measures for their optimal conservation can be complex.
Isabel Blasi +3 more
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The dilemma of valuing geodiversity: geoconservation versus geotourism. [PDF]
Philos Trans A Math Phys Eng SciGeodiversity and geosystem services are confronting global threats. However, the majority of conservation strategies tend to overlook the geological component within ecosystems. The existing literature centres on biodiversity, ecosystem services and their economic valuation.
Anougmar S +3 more
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Mining and Geoconservation [PDF]
, 2014 [Excerpt] Mining versus geoconservation is often addressed as a source of conflict. Frequently, and misleading misconceptions arguments are used to explain this apparently difficult relation. However, the two activities may coexist. The demystification of some preconceived ideas (see i-iv below) is thus necessary. [...]
José Brilha, Brilha, J. B.
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Geoconservation ResearchWhile museums have long been associated with the protection and interpretation of cultural, historical, and natural heritage, their role in geoconservation has only become more prominent in recent decades.
Michael J. Benton, Sarah King
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Geodiversity, geoheritage and geoconservation for society
International Journal of Geoheritage and Parks, 2019 Geology is part of the planet's “natural capital”, the stock of global natural assets. These assets provide many benefits for society, often referred to as “ecosystem services”. However, traditionally these have mainly focused on biotic services and have
Murray Gray
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Geoethics and geoconservation: integrated approaches
Journal of the Geological Survey of Brazil, 2021 The last thirty years have seen major changes in the relationship between humanity and the Earth system. The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, RIO 92, brought both the society and the scientific community, in general, the ...
Rosely Aparecida Liguori Imbernon +3 more
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Geoconservation in Protected Areas
PARKS, 2014 Formal recognition of the geodiversity component of protected areas was made in 2008 in the revised IUCN Guidelines for Applying Protected Area Management Categories. This article argues the importance of this addition and states the case for geoheritage
Roger Crofts, John E. Gordon
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