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The potential of permanent gullies in Europe as geomorphosites [PDF]
, 2017 Geotourism is a useful way to educate societies in the field of geomorphology and natural hazards. Geosites, including geomorphosites, represent the basis for the development of this type of tourism.
Albert Solé Benet +17 more
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Geodiversity and geotourism utilization of islands: Gwanmae Island of South Korea
Journal of Marine and Island Cultures, 2014 The island area has well preserved geodiversity and biodiversity due to minimal exposure to humans. UNESCO has maintained things and sites with geological importance as geoheritage.
Yeong-Koo Koh +3 more
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Global Ecology and Conservation, 2021 Geodiversity incorporates many of the environmental patterns and processes that are considered determinants of biodiversity. However, research on the spatial relations between geodiversity and biodiversity at large regional scales is challenging because ...
Yanjiao Ren +3 more
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The role of geodiversity in delivering ecosystem services and benefits in Scotland [PDF]
, 2013 The ecosystem services approach is now a key driver for environmental policy and conservation management both in the UK and globally. Within this, geodiversity provides or underpins many essential provisioning, regulating, cultural and supporting ...
Barron, Hugh F., Gordon, John E.
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Mapping and analysis of geodiversity indices in the Xingu river basin, Amazonia, Brazil [PDF]
, 2015 First published online: 14 October 2014From the 1990s, geodiversity studies have been widely carried out in order to understand, describe and preserve the natural heritage of the abiotic environment.
Pereira, D. I. +2 more
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Brief Notes on Geodiversity and Geoheritage Perception by the Lay Public
Geosciences, 2021 Geodiversity has an irreplaceable significance for both biodiversity and for human society as it has numerous functions and offers various benefits and services.
Lucie Kubalíková +2 more
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The Combined Use of GIS and Generative Artificial Intelligence in Detecting Potential Geodiversity Sites and Promoting Geoheritage [PDF]
ResourcesThe concept of geosites and geodiversity sites that document selected elements of geodiversity has proved to be extremely useful in the preservation and communication of the abiotic diversity of the Earth.
Paweł Wolniewicz
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Incorporating geodiversity in ecosystem service decisions [PDF]
Ecosystems and People, 2020 Holistic conservation of ecosystem services (ES) requires a greater understanding of how the interactions of biotic and abiotic aspects of nature provide them. Currently, geodiversity, the diversity of geology, geomorphology, sediments and soils and hydrology, as well as the services that they provide in isolation of interactions with biotic nature ...
Graham, Laura +4 more
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Remote Sensing, 2020 Soil moisture content (SMC) is a limiting factor to ecosystem productivity in semiarid shrublands. Long-term droughts due to climatic changes may increase the water stress imposed on these lands. Recent observations demonstrate positive relations between
Vladislav Dubinin +3 more
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Towards Transferable Use of Terrain Ruggedness Component in the Geodiversity Index
Resources, 2022 Geodiversity, as diversity of the abiotic environment, includes terrain ruggedness (or roughness), which is one of the essential parts of geodiversity evaluation.
Borut Stojilković
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