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Geoconservation Research, 2023 In a recent review article, Lima & Meneses (2023, Geoconservation Research, 6 (1): 114–127) reported on the Azores Geopark, introducing a new geosite for São Miguel Island. We here express our concerns regarding the data presented in this review article.
Sérgio P. Ávila +7 more
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Perception of the Geological-Mining Heritage to Promote Geotourism in Guayaquil, Ecuador
Geosciences, 2022 Biodiversity is an essential component of nature, relegating the aspects of geodiversity, which provides geological and landscape variety to a territory.
Gricelda Herrera-Franco +6 more
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Geoconservation of Springs in Poland
Episodes, 2009 Springs are unique phenomena that document water circulation conditions. Their economic importance and use often gives rise to the degradation of their natural features. But they should be understood as a form of natural heritage and protected like other abiotic elements of nature.
Baścik, Maria +2 more
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Editorial form the Editor-in-Chief
Journal of the Geological Survey of Brazil, 2021 Initiatives to protect the Earth system in several countries are known since the seventeenth century, mostly dealing with the preservation of fossils, caves, and other geomorphological features.
Evandro Klein
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Geodiversity and Its Implication for Geoconservation of the Youngest Eruptive Sites of Western Samoa
Proceedings, 2022 The last volcanic eruption in Western Samoa, which occurred between 1905 and 1911, produced a complex scoria and lava spatter cone and an extensive lava field that destroyed Sale’aula village, near the Pacific coast.
Károly Németh
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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 ...
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Geoconservation and protected areas [PDF]
Environmental Conservation, 2002 IntroductionIn most countries, protected area managers are primarily interested in biology (McNeely & Miller 1984; Nelson & Serafin 1997). This perspective is not suitable for effective nature conservation because there is no real separation between geological and biological processes.
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Approaching geodiversity and geoconservation in Argentina
International Journal of Geoheritage and Parks, 2022 The geodiversity and geoconservation status in Argentina is herein presented considering the geodidactic potential and tourism activity as geosystem services. The Geological Interest Sites (GIS) identified by the geological and mining national survey, the Natural Protected Areas (NPA) supported by the national park administration and the World Heritage
Andrea Coronato, Soledad Schwarz
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The complex governance of protected areas: Insights from geoheritage and geopark management in China
Environmental Policy and Governance, Volume 34, Issue 6, Page 679-690, December 2024.Abstract Geoparks aim to conserve areas of geological significance and achieve sustainable endogenous regional development via geotourism. The management of geoparks requires the involvement of all relevant stakeholders and authorities. However, the strategies when establishing geoparks are often based on the visions of scientists and policymakers ...
Andi Zhuang +3 more
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Acta Geographica Slovenica, 2011 This paper contextualises the recognition of the geotourism concept. It stresses the underpinning geoconservation purpose that drove its development in England. It notes the multidisciplinary nature of geotourism research.
Thomas A. Hose
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