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Germany’s UNESCO Global Geoparks and National GeoParks: Experiences from a Two-Tier System
Land, 2022 Initiatives in Germany were among the pioneers of the international geopark movement. The Vulkaneifel Geopark was involved in the development of the first international geopark initiative at the end of the 1990s, establishing the European Geoparks ...
Heidi Elisabeth Megerle, Christof Ellger
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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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A Review of Geotourism and Geoparks: Is Africa missing out on this new mechanism for the development of sustainable tourism? [PDF]
Geoconservation Research, 2019 This paper uses sustainable tourism development paradigm to demonstrate the economic, social-cultural and environmental potentialities presented by ‘Geotourism’ and its primary product ‘Geoparks’ in the quest for sustainable tourism development in Africa.
Percy Mabvuto Ngwira
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Land, 2022 Geoparks and geotourism are relatively new activities within tourism. However, both have grown rapidly over the past decade. Geoparks, as an innovation for the conservation of geoheritage, play an important role in the development of geotourism ...
Kejian Xu, Wenhui Wu
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The performance of the Geoparks Commission of the Brazilian Geology Society, from 2018 to 2020
Journal of the Geological Survey of Brazil, 2021 This study presents the context of the creation and development of actions of the Geoparks Commission of the Brazilian Society of Geology (CG-SBG). For this, documentary research of the entity’s minutes and existing records in other media was carried out.
Marilda Santos-Pinto +4 more
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Geoparks in SE Poland as Areas of Tourism Development: Current State and Future Prospects
Resources, 2021 Geoparks currently form the basis for the development of geotourism and, therefore, proposals of new geoparks are developed in many countries, including Poland, where over 20 locations for geoparks have been proposed so far.
Jakub Skibiński +3 more
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Jurnal Ilmiah Hubungan Internasional, 2023 Geopark telah dikembangkan saat ini untuk dua dekade terakhir, dan sejumlah tahapan dapat dikenal dalam perkembangannya. Bagaimana masa depan geopark global ? Sejak ditetapkan oleh UNESCO, berbagai geopark global meningkat setiap tahun.
Leonard Felix Hutabarat
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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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Recent State Policy and Its Impact on Geopark Establishment and Operation in Slovakia
Land, 2021 The geological evolution and structure of the territory of Slovakia plays a key role in the current geodiversity of the country. The importance of this key element of the environment is widely and most effectively represented in geoparks.
Marián Lukáč +3 more
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Karst as Important Resource for Geopark-Based Tourism: Current State and Biases
Resources, 2018 The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Global Geoparks initiative balances the conservation of geological heritage with its use in purposes of tourism industry.
Dmitry A. Ruban
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