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Land, 2022 The inventory and the assessment of geosites plays a very important role in highlighting scientific, geotouristic, and geoeducational potential, as well as the ability to identify any criticalities and vulnerabilities of the geological heritage of a ...
Pietro Marescotti +5 more
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UNDERGROUND SPACES IN BOSONOŽSKÝ HÁJEK NATURE RESERVE AND THEIR GEOEDUCATION IMPORTANCE
Public recreation and landscape protection - with environment hand in hand?, 2023 Bosonožský hájek Natural Reserve (Brno, South Moravia) is a very important site from the Earth Science point of view, however, its geodiversity values have been rather overlooked and omitted in the past (the object of legal protection is the occurrence of well-preserved forest ecosystems and endangered species).
Kirchner, K. (Karel) +3 more
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Geoheritage and geodiversity elements of the SW Pacific: A conceptual framework
International Journal of Geoheritage and Parks, 2022 The Soutwest (SW) Pacific is an expansive oceanic region with many of its islands difficult to access and relatively unexplored in a geoheritage context.
Károly Németh, Ilmars Gravis
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Geosciences, 2023 The relationship between humans and the environment in the modern world is challenging. UNESCO Global Geoparks are current holistic approaches for protecting and managing geographical areas that emphasise local communities and sustainability.
Alexandros Aristotelis Koupatsiaris +1 more
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The Late Permian Kupferschiefer Fossils and the Geological Educational Trail in the UNESCO Global Geopark TERRA.vita (NW Germany) [PDF]
Geoconservation Research, 2021 The iconic Kupferschiefer is a stratigraphic marker horizon of the Upper Permian in Northern and Central Europe, which is recognized internationally as a unique stratum because of its outstanding preservation of fish, reptile, and plant fossils.
Tobias Fischer +2 more
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Geoheritage Resources in Polish Landscape Parks as a Basis for Developing a Network of Geoparks
Land, 2022 Despite intensive scientific research on geodiversity and geotourism, the development of a network of geoparks in Poland has been slow. There are only two geoparks here. The reasons include difficulties of an organisational nature.
Sylwia Sygar, Wojciech Zgłobicki
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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 +3 more
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Actuality of teaching the course «Geoculture and geoeducation of Ukraine» in higher education
Geographical Education and Cartography, 2021 The purpose of the article is to show the relevance of teaching the discipline «Geoculture and Geoeducation of Ukraine» at higher educational establishments in the educational-professional program «Secondary education (geography)» and analyse the content of competencies, the acquisition of which ensures its listening. Main material.
Ivan Rovenchak, Liubov Kotyk
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Educational trails of the Racławka Valley Nature Reserve and their potential for geoeducation
Geotourism/Geoturystyka, 2023 The Racławka Valley is located west of Krakow, in the Krakow-Częstochowa Upland. This is a place of high bio- and geodiversity, where various rocks of different ages outcrop in vast excavation pits, narrow gorges or form characteristic monadnocks. The richness of various morphological forms and special habitats led to the constitution of a nature ...
Anna Szreter +5 more
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GEOAM: A Holistic Assessment Tool for Unveiling the Geoeducational Potential of Geosites
Geosciences, 2023 A new assessment method named GEOAM (geoeducational assessment method), that will be a useful tool for highlighting the geoeducational and geoethical value of a geosite, is proposed. This method takes into account, initially, 11 criteria, which are grouped into 8 categories.
George Zafeiropoulos, Hara Drinia
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