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Geological heritage assessment in the central coast of Sonora and Midriff Islands region of the Gulf of California (Mexico): inventory and implications for management

Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas
This study presents an interdisciplinary effort to show how geological knowledge can inform conservation and sustainable development in northwestern Mexico. A geoheritage inventory and assessment were conducted along the central coast of Sonora and part
Jorge Alberto Miros-Gómez, Carles Canet, Thierry Calmus   +2 more
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Museum Collections as Geoheritage

Geoheritage is the key source of evidence on which the geosciences are founded and geoconservation aims to protect that heritage. There are two main classes of geoheritage: in-situ geoheritage represented mainly by geosites and ex-situ geoheritage ...
King, Sarah C., Cleal, Christopher J.
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Geodiversity and geoheritage research: valuable resources for Earth Science outreach and sustainable development

, 2023
During the past few years there has been a growing interest in geodiversity and geoheritage in the Earth Science international community, and a number of valuable contributions occurred.
Soldati, Mauro, Mauro Soldati
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Inventory of karstic cavities of the Schisto-Calcaire Group, Republic of the Congo: Applying a geoheritage promotion approach in the Madingou region

International Journal of Geoheritage and Parks
Karst systems are increasingly recognized as valuable geoheritage sites. Although Africa hosts numerous karst landscapes, few countries maintain comprehensive inventories.
Nicy Carmel Bazebizonza Tchiguina, Prefina Risiany Rachelle Samba, Hardy Medry Dieu-Veill Nkodia, Florent Boudzoumou, Imen Arfaoui, Camille François, Pascale Lahogue   +6 more
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Devonian geoheritage of Siberia: A case of the northwestern Kemerovo region of Russia. [PDF]

Heliyon, 2023
Gutak JM, Ruban DA, Ermolaev VA.
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Requirements for Establishing Ecolodges in Geoparks as Geotourism Destinations

Geoconservation Research
The establishment of ecolodges within geoparks represents a critical yet underexplored strategy for advancing sustainable geotourism while ensuring the conservation of geoheritage.
Shaghayegh Samiei Esfahani, Mehdi Mododi Arkhudi, Narges Rahimi Taghanaki, Maryam Barbari   +3 more
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Neverovsky Palaeoreef and Associated Deep-Marine Facies: High-Value Late Devonian Geoheritage from the Rudny Altai

The Rudny Altai is a western segment of the Altai orogenic belt. Its geological richness makes its geoheritage exploration an urgent matter. Investigations in the Loktevsky District (Altai Region, Russian Federation) have led to the finding of three ...
Dmitry A. Ruban, Jaroslav M. Gutak
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The Partisan Glade Geosite (Western Greater Caucasus) as an Important Resource and Rising Tourist Attraction

Geoconservation Research
Geoheritage is an important resource for contemporary society, and the inventory of geosites remains an urgent task, especially in geologically rich, but poorly known regions.
Anna V. Mikhailenko, Dmitry A. Ruban, Svetlana O. Zorina, Fatmeh Tahhan, Konstantin I. Nikashin   +4 more
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Geoheritage Conservation and Environmental Policies

, 2018
Geoconservation has evolved from a focus primarily on the protection of geosites for science and education towards a broader discipline that, in addition, recognises the wider intrinsic, aesthetic, cultural and ecological values of geodiversity and ...
Díaz Martínez, Enrique, Enrique Díaz-Martínez, Gordon, John Ewart, Roger Crofts, Gordon, John E., John E. Gordon, Díaz-Martínez, E., Crofts, R., Crofts, Roger   +8 more
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Temporal outline of geological heritage sites in the Western Caucasus

International Journal of Geoheritage and Parks
Geological heritage sites (geosites) have various properties such as accessibility, geometry, and vulnerability, as well as age. It is reasonable to distinguish the geological ages related to the content of geosites (e.g., Early Ordovician or Valanginian)
Dmitry A. Ruban, Anna V. Mikhailenko, Vladimir A. Ermolaev   +2 more
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