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To What Extent Are the Type Localities of Minerals Part of Geological Heritage? A Global Review and the Case of Spain as an Example

Heritage
Currently, approximately 6000 mineral species have been identified, and every year, approximately 100 more are discovered. The discovery of a new mineral has a close relationship with geological heritage.
Ramón Jiménez-Martínez, Luis Carcavilla, Jerónimo López-Martínez, Juan Manuel Monasterio, Hugo Hermosilla   +4 more
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Geological and Structural Framework, Inventory, and Quantitative Assessment of Geodiversity: The Case Study of the Lake Faro and Lake Ganzirri Global Geosites (Italy)

Geosciences
The geoconservation policies assumed by the Sicilian Region (Italy) induced to classify as geosites all the geodiversity preserved in the Sicilian natural reserves.
Roberta Somma, Sebastiano Ettore Spoto, Salvatore Giacobbe   +2 more
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Locating Geodiversity Hotspots through Grid-Based Spatial Indexing: Lombok Island, Indonesia

JGEET: Journal of Geoscience, Engineering, Environment and Technology
Locating geodiversity hotspots across large areas poses a challenge for further geopark development in Indonesia, especially on Lombok Island, which spans 5,435 km².
Danni Gathot Harbowo, Luhut Pardamean Siringoringo   +1 more
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Geotourism

Geosciences, 2019
Geotourism is one of the newest concepts within the field of tourism, and primarily focuses on promoting geological and geomorphological features in landscapes as tourist attractions.
Rannveig Ólafsdóttir
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GEODIVERSITY AUDIT AND ACTION PLAN FOR UPPER CATCHMENT AREA OF GERSA RIVER (RODNEI MOUNTAINS, BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD COUNTY, ROMANIA)

Revista Geográfica Acadêmica, 2015
Geodiversity Audit is an inventory and assessment process, wich represents the basis for elaborating the Geoconservation Action Plan. The geodiversity includes the abiotic factors (rocks, minerals, soils, landforms) that sustain the life on the Earth ...
Ioan Bâca
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Inventory and Quantitative Assessment of Coastal Geoheritage: Contribution to the Proposal of an Active Geomorphosite

Geosciences
The geoheritage present on the “Tindari Cape and Marinello Lakes” site (TCML, Messina Province, NE Sicily, Italy) drew our attention due to the acquired contrasting information.
Roberta Somma, Ivan Angelo Gatì, Salvatore Giacobbe   +2 more
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Geoeducational assessments in Khon Kaen National Geopark, Thailand: implication for geoconservation and geotourism development. [PDF]

Heliyon, 2022
Singtuen V, Vivitkul N, Junjuer T.
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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, Úrsula Azevedo Ruchkys, Kátia Leite Mansur, Paulo de Tarso Castro   +3 more
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Selected Geosites for Geoheritage, Geotourism, and Geoconservation in Songkhla Province, Southern Thailand

Quaestiones Geographicae, 2019
A systematic investigation has been conducted in several selected geosites in Songkhla Province (Southern Thailand) including inventory, characterization, classification, assessment, and evaluation to study their potentials for geoheritage, geotourism ...
Nazaruddin Dony Adriansyah
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Classification of the Effort Index and Biomechanical Overload in Natural Trails of UNESCO Global Geoparks-A Network Perspective of Trails of the Araripe UGG (NE Brazil). [PDF]

Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2022
Guimarães ES, Sá AA, Soares RC, Bandeira PFR, Moreira H, Guimarães JRS, de Lima Júnior FDÓ, Gabriel RCD.   +7 more
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