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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, Magner Turner-Carrión, Gricelda Herrera-Franco, Gianella Bravo-Murillo, Maribel Aguilar-Aguilar, Nataly Paz-Salas, Edgar Berrezueta   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Where is the community in geoparks? A systematic literature review and call for attention to the societal embedding of geoparks

Area, Volume 52, Issue 1, Page 97-104, March 2020., 2020
Geoparks are territorial landscape protection and promotion organisations with aims of geoheritage conservation, geo‐education, and sustainable regional development using geotourism products. Building on an analytical literature review, using the Scopus database, this paper shows that geopark studies remain solidly positioned in the domain of the ...
Arie Stoffelen
wiley   +1 more source

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, Karoly Nemeth, Chris Twemlow, Boglarka Nemeth   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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, Maria Rita Vidal   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Geoconservation in Latin America and the Caribbean [PDF]

Geoconservation Research, 2023
The geodiversity of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is linked to the geological evolution of several tectonic units: the South American Platform, the Andean unstable areas (including the Caribbean, Northern, Central, and Southern Andes), and the ...
Maria Da Gloria Motta Garcia, Marcos Antonio Leite Do Nascimento   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Geoheritage and Geoconservation: The Challenges [PDF]

, 2018
An updated and broad perspective of geoheritage, its values and threats, and examples of how it can be protected and managed is presented in the previous chapters by many experts from all conti- nents. Based on the present situation of geoheritage and geoconservation at the international, national and local levels, this last chapter proposes possible ...
Brilha, J. B., Reynard, Emmanuel
openaire   +2 more sources

Paleontological Heritage and its Conservation in the UNESCO European Geoparks. [PDF]

Geoconservation Research, 2021
Together, places of scientific, historical or cultural significance within a region and the artefacts uncovered therefrom and displayed in museums and collections make up the total heritage of the region in question. Seemingly lifeless places and objects
Dan Grigorescu
doaj   +1 more source

Conservation of geosites as a tool to protect geoheritage: the inventory of Ceará Central Domain, Borborema Province - NE/Brazil [PDF]

, 2017
The Ceará Central Domain, in the northern Borborema Province/NE Brazil, encompasses important geological records (geosites) which allow understanding a relevant period of the Earth’s evolution, mainly associated to Neoproterozoic Brazilian/Pan-African ...
ALMEIDA AR, ALMEIDA AR, AMARAL WS, AMARAL WS, AMARAL WS, AMARAL WS, ANCELMI MF, ANCELMI MF, ARAÚJO CEG, ARAÚJO CEG, ARTHAUD MH, ARTHAUD MH, BORBA AW, BRILHA J, BRILHA J, BRILHA J, BRITO NEVES BB, BUTLER R, CABY R, CARCAVILLA LU, CARCAVILLA LU, CASTRO NA, CAVALCANTE JC, COSTA FG, DRUGET E, FETTER AH, FETTER AH, FUERTES-GUTIÉRREZ I, GARCIA MGM, GARCIA MGM, GARCIA MGM, HENRIQUES MH, IRWIN WP, JOSÉ B. BRILHA, KEAREY F, LIMA FF, LIMA FF, LIMA LC, MAIA RP, MAIA RP, MANSUR KL, MANSUR KL, MANSUR KL, MARIA DA GLÓRIA M. GARCIA, MARTINS G, NEVES SP, PARENTE CV, PEULVAST JP, PÂMELLA MOURA, ROCHA AJD, SALES VC, SANTOS TJS, SANTOS TJS, SCHOBBENHAUS C, THOMAS BA, VAN LOON AJ, VERÍSSIMO CUV, VERÍSSIMO CUV, WAGNER S. AMARAL, WIMBLEDON W, WIMBLEDON W   +60 more
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On the Geological and Palaeontological Heritage of the Azores Archipelago and the Urgent need to Review the Geosites of the Azores UNESCO Geopark: A Comment on Lima & Meneses (2023), Geoconservation Research, 6: 114-127

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, Ana Hipólito, Patrícia Madeira, Lara Baptista, Samuel Arruda, Gonçalo Castela Ávila, Carlos Góis-Marques, Rui Quartau   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Assessment of the geological heritage of Cape Mondego Natural Monument (Central Portugal) [PDF]

, 2014
In the western coast of Portugal, Cape Mondego is a well-known set of outcrops due to its international stratigraphic relevance given by the establishment of two stratotypes: the Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) for the base of the ...
Brilha, J. B., Henriques, Maria Helena, Rocha, João Nuno Correia   +2 more
core   +1 more source