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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, Boris Apolo-Masache, Paulo Escandón-Panchana, Kelly Jácome-Francis, Fernando Morante-Carballo, Josep Mata-Perelló, Paúl Carrión-Mero   +6 more
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Progress in marine geoconservation in Scotland’s seas : assessment of key interests and their contribution to Marine Protected Area network planning [PDF]

, 2016
This study was part-funded by Marine Scotland and was undertaken as part of the Scottish Marine Protected Areas (MPA) Programme, a joint initiative between Marine Scotland, Historic Scotland, Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) and the Joint Nature ...
Brooks, Anthony J., Chaniotis, Peter D., Gordon, John E., James, Ben D., Kenyon, Neil H., Leslie, Alick B., Long, David, Rennie, Alistair F.   +7 more
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Geodiversity Examples of Morocco: From Inventory to Regional Geotourism Development [PDF]

, 2015
The soil and subsoil of Morocco are rich in geological phenomena that bear the imprint of a history which goes back in time more than 2000 million years.
Baghdad, Bouamar, Brilha, J. B., Hadi, Hassan El, Maidani, Ayoub El, Tahiri, Abdelfatah, Zaidi, Abdelkrim   +5 more
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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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Inventorying geological heritage in large territories : a methodological proposal applied to Brazil [PDF]

, 2010
An adequate management of geological heritage by national and regional authorities presupposes the existence of a solid geosites inventory. Unfortunately, this is not the case for many countries.
A Garcia-Cortéz, A García-Cortés, A Serjani, AM Karpunin, AV Lapo, Eduardo Salamuni, FF Lima, FFM Almeida, Flavia Fernanda de Lima, GF Piekarz, GP Gonggrijp, J Brilha, J Brilha, J Satkunas, José B. Brilha, L Carcavilla, L Carcavilla Urquí, MA Parkes, N Zouros, P Dingwall, P Dingwall, P Migon, P Pereira, P Tchoumatchenco, PJ McKeever, RS Schmitt, S White, V Grandgirard, WAP Wimbledon, WAP Wimbledon, Z Alexandrowicz   +30 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, Chełmicki, Wojciech, Urban, Jan   +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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Inventory and quantitative assessment of geosites and geodiversity sites: a review [PDF]

, 2016
"Published online: 15 January 2015"The inventory and quantitative assessment of the most valuable occurrences of geodiversity are essential steps in any geoconservation strategy and in the establishment of priorities in site management.
A Garcia-Cortés, A García-Cortés, C Fassoulas, CD Prosser, DI Pereira, E Elízaga, E Reynard, E Reynard, E Reynard, E Serrano, FF Lima, I Bollati, I Fuertes-Gutiérrez, I Fuertes-Gutiérrez, J Brilha, J Brilha, J Hjort, JM Gray, JM Gray, José Brilha, JP Pralong, JP Silva, L Carcavilla, L Erikstad, M Patzak, MA Parkes, MAE Browne, MH Henriques, N Zouros, P Coratza, P McKeever, P Pereira, P Pereira, R Pellitero, R Pellitero, R Pena dos Reis, V Grandgirard, VM Bruschi, W Eder, W Eder, WA Wimbledon, Z Alexandrowicz   +41 more
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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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Diversity as a general basis of tourism – system approach [PDF]

, 2015
The general basis for tourism consists in the diversity of natural and man-made environment. The diversity can be considered as a natural characteristic of natural and anthropogenic systems produced by them as a condition of its continuance and ...
Schejbal, Ctirad
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