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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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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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Barriers in functioning of Czech geoparks in the context of different circumstances
Acta Universitatis Carolinae Geographica, 2016 The article focuses on geoparks as areas with a specific form of local heritage protection. It contributes to a research into two interconnected fields: firstly, the research into local people’s participation in local development; secondly, the research ...
Iveta Čtveráková +3 more
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Geological diversity fostering actions in geoconservation: An overview of Brazil
International Journal of Geoheritage and Parks, 2022 The geodiversity of Brazil is associated with the geological evolution of the South American Platform, the part of the South American Plate that behaved as a stable portion during the formation of the Andean and Caribbean mobile belts, in the Mesozoic ...
Maria da Glória Garcia +2 more
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Evaluation Nationaler GeoParks – Zur Attraktivität von Geoparks und ihrer Bedeutung für den Geotourismus [PDF]
, 2020 Seit mehr als einem Jahrzehnt werden weltweit jährlich Geoparks geplant und eingerichtet. Geoparks besitzen das Potential das Besondere einer Region – die Landschaft und die damit verbundene kulturelle Geschichte – für den Tourismus nachhaltig zu ...
Aufenanger, Julian
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Resources, 2023 The continuous processes of mining development, since the very beginning of Minas Gerais State’s development, have been giving new attention and meaning to valuable pre-existing features (i.e., cultural, social, and physical-environmental), impacting and
Raphael Ocelli Pinheiro +2 more
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Establishment of the Luoping Biota National Geopark in Yunnan, China [PDF]
Geoconservation Research, 2022 Geoparks in China have been a great success story, with 284 national geoparks and 41 of them accorded UNESCO international status, the highest number for any country in the world.
Michael Benton +6 more
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Heritage, 2022 Since both the EU Erasmus+ program and UNESCO Global Geoparks aim at developing models of best practices, a shared playground for common activities can be found in high geodiversity and rich geoheritage areas to promote innovative education and ...
Marco Giardino +10 more
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Results of the geointerpretation research in the frame of the Danube GeoTour project
Geologija, 2018 Crossborder Karavanke/Karawanken UNESCO Global Geopark was established in 2011, and in 2013, it became a member of the European- (EGN) and Global Geopark Network (GGN).
Danijela Modrej +2 more
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Worldwide Research on Geoparks through Bibliometric Analysis [PDF]
, 2021 Since the Digne Convention in 1991, the literature related to Geoparks has gained a growing interest on the academy’s part, especially in achieving the preservation of geological interest sites through sustainable tourism. This article aims to provide an
Carrión-Mero, Paúl +4 more
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