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Mapping Resilient Landscapes to Climate Change in a Megadiverse Country

Global Change Biology, Volume 31, Issue 10, October 2025.
Our mapping of terrestrial climate‐resilient sites for biodiversity across Brazil identifies sites with greater chances of providing suitable conditions for species to persist under regional climate change. Landscape resilience information has the potential to be used to effectively guide decision‐making and public policy on strategies for conservation,
Milena Fermina Rosenfield, Lucas Jardim, Marina Antongiovanni, Luciano Carramaschi de Alagão Querido, Alisson André Ribeiro, Andrea Sánchez‐Tapia, Priscila Silveira, Levi Carina Terribile, Eduardo M. Venticinque, Ana Luisa Albernaz, Letícia Couto Garcia, Leandro Reverberi Tambosi, Marcos Adami, Fernando Gertum Becker, Maíra Benchimol, Luísa Gigante Carvalheiro, Cintia Cornelius, Geraldo Alves Damasceno‐Junior, Ricardo Dobrovolski, Manuel Eduardo Ferreira, Carlos Roberto Fonseca, José Guilherme Fronza, Angela Terumi Fushita, Adrian Antonio Garda, Heinrich Hasenack, Priscila Lemes, Renata Libonati, Camile Lugarini, Marcia C. M. Marques, Felipe Melo, Alessandro Ribeiro de Morais, Sandra Cristina Müller, Andreza Viana Neri, Rita de Cássia Quitete Portela, Mario Barroso Ramos Neto, Camila Linhares Rezende, Fabio de Oliveira Roque, Thadeu Sobral‐Souza, Mariana M. Vale, Gustavo M. Vasques, Eduardo Vélez‐Martin, Ima Vieira, Fernanda P. Werneck, Edenise Garcia   +43 more
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Geodiversity on the Great Sumatran Fault on Sungai Penuh Aspiring for the Geopark Designation, Jambi, Indonesia

JGEET: Journal of Geoscience, Engineering, Environment and Technology
Sungai Penuh is a municipality in Jambi Province which is located in the westernmost part of the administrative region. Naturally, this region has natural beauty as a tourist attraction, where landscape on the Great Sumatran Fault in the Barisan Ranges ...
Hari Wiki Utama, Heriberta Heriberta, Ade Adriadi, Emilia   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

GEODIVERSITY AND GEOHERITAGE ASSESSMENT IN HULU LANGAT DISTRICT, SELANGOR, MALAYSIA

GeoJournal of Tourism and Geosites, 2018
Assessment of valuable geological resources is critical in ensuring sustainable utilization of resources at geological sites for education, tourism, recreational and conservation purposes. This research aims to develop a comprehensive method of assessing heritage resources of geological sites based on four values, scientific, aesthetic, recreational ...
Muzaffar YUSRY, Norbert SIMON, Tanot UNJAH   +2 more
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Effectiveness of Adjacent and Bivariate Maps in Communicating Global Sensitivity Analysis for Geodiversity Assessment

ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information
This study compares adjacent and bivariate maps in communicating variance-based global sensitivity analysis (GSA) results for a geodiversity assessment spatial multi-criteria model and examines the influence of prior exposure to geodiversity and map ...
Piotr Jankowski, Seda Şalap-Ayça, Alicja Najwer, Arika Ligmann-Zielińska, Zbigniew Zwoliński   +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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The geodiversity site of Sentono Gentong in Pacitan, Indonesia: Geological characteristics and quantitative assessment

International Journal of Geoheritage and Parks
This paper aims to identify the geological properties of Sentono Gentong and provide a quantitative assessment of its geodiversity site in Pacitan Regency, Indonesia.This area is an integral part of the vast Gunung Sewu UNESCO Global Geopark.
Hanang Samodra, Sam Permanadewi, Ronaldo Irzon, Bambang Yunianto, Chusni Ansori, Gusti Muhammad Lucki Junursyah, Emma Yan Patriani, Sigit Maryanto   +7 more
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Qualitative Map of Geodiversity as a Tool to Identify Geodiversity-Related Ecosystem Services: Application to the Costões e Lagunas Aspiring Geopark, SE Brazil

Geosciences
Geodiversity mapping is a key topic in the field of geoconservation. Although most methodological proposals are based on quantitative assessments, recent studies on qualitative mapping have shown strong potential for various applications, including ...
Daniel Souza dos Santos, Kátia Leite Mansur, Neila Nunes Ferreira   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

DEMOGRAPHY AND ANTHROPOGENIC GEOMORPHOLOGY AS THREATS TO GEODIVERSITY IN URBANIZED GEOPARK: GEODIVERSITY HOTSPOT ASSESSMENT IN JOGJA GEOPARK, INDONESIA

Geojournal of Tourism and Geosites
This research assesses geodiversity hotspots to identify areas needing regional geoconservation, focusing on the Jogja Geopark and its geosites-geodiversity sites. Previous studies have modified threat indices by adding, removing, or replacing sub-threat components.
Anugrah Aditya INSANI, Eko HARYONO, Didit Hadi BARIANTO   +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.
europepmc   +1 more source

Geoconservation Subjectivity Evaluation: A Case Study of a Management Toolkit

Geoconservation Research
Conservation efforts, such as geoconservation, involve some degree of subjectivity, compromising the objective data and verifiable evidence required for effective decision-making. Geodiversity, which comprises the non-living components that underpin life,
Jake RA Crisp, Joanna C. Ellison
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