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Geotouristic Route Proposal for Touristic Development in a Mining Area—Case Study
Resources, 2022 In recent decades, geotourism has been presented as an alternative for the sustainable socioeconomic development of the community. In addition, it shows significant growth.
Paúl Carrión-Mero +6 more
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The Ghosts of Old Volcanoes, a Geoheritage Trail Concept for Eastern Coromandel Peninsula, New Zealand [PDF]
Geoconservation Research, 2020 Re-imagining the geotourism experience through the lens of slow tourism, in this paper we lay out a pathway towards a more nourishing, engaging, and educational experience that contributes to both geoconservation and a reshaping of the tourism economy in
Ilmars Gravis +3 more
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Valorizar a geodiversidade e proteger os serviços geossistêmicos na Região de Carajás
Confins, 2023 The difficulty of a systemic look at nature has historically favored biotic aspects to the detriment of abiotic ones. Geodiversity is an almost absent topic in discussions involving the Amazon, supporting the false idea that landforms and rocks are ...
Abraão Levi dos Santos Mascarenhas +1 more
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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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Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, Volume 36, Issue 9, September 2026.ABSTRACT Geodiversity refers to the heterogeneity of abiotic characteristics in nature, and in freshwater ecosystems, it mostly mirrors the diversity of hydro‐geomorphological features in inland waters. Although several scholars have highlighted that geodiversity contributes to habitat formation and influences biodiversity and ecological processes, it ...
Ioanna Xynogala +5 more
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The New Space Race Era: The Exogeoheritage Challenge and Its Conservation
Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, Volume 131, Issue 1, January 2026.Abstract The escalating pace of space exploration has ushered in a new era reminiscent of the space race of the 1960s. However, the discourse on exogeoconservation—the protection of geological heritage—now demands a prominent place in decision‐making processes.
B. De Toffoli
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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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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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