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Perceived Rural Development in UNESCO Global Geoparks in Spain

open access: yesLand, 2022
The tourism management of geoparks is an excellent way of achieving sustainable development in rural areas and improving the quality of life of the resident population while respecting their natural and cultural heritage.
Esteban Pérez-Calderón   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Late Pleistocene Volcanic Rocks From Tengchong Volcanic Field at SE Tibetan Plateau: Constraints on Petrogenesis and Mantle and Crustal Processes

open access: yesGeological Journal, EarlyView.
Early zircon saturation and crystallisation occur in mafic (52–54 wt.% SiO2) lavas at Tengchong volcanic field. These early formed zircons with high δ18O (6.6‰–7.9‰) indicates mantle enrichment by subducted supracrustal materials. ABSTRACT Late Pleistocene (< 0.2 Ma) mafic and evolved volcanic rocks occur in northern Tengchong Volcanic Field, SE ...
Lizhu Wang, Haibo Zou
wiley   +1 more source

Isolation, Insularity and Resilience: A Review of the Geophysical, Socioeconomic, and Environmental Vulnerabilities of Gran Canaria and Lesvos Islands for Policy Interventions to Global Change

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The dynamic nature of small islands being geographically isolated and their perceived connectedness with global networks complicates research attempts to draw general conclusions on whether insularity leads to marginalization or strengthens their resilience for sustainable development.
Toheeb Lekan Jolaosho   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Community Engagement in UNESCO Biosphere Reserves and Geoparks: Case Studies from Mount Hakusan in Japan and Altai in Russia

open access: yesLand, 2022
UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB) and the International Geoscience and Geoparks Programme (IGGP) are two themes in UNESCO’s Natural Science Sector. Biosphere Reserves of the MAB Programme are more focused on building international, regional,
Aida Mammadova   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

GEOPARK KRAS [PDF]

open access: yes, 2022
Knjiga z naslovom »Geopark Kras« je poseben izdelek, saj priča o uspešnem čezmejnem sodelovanju, katerega skupni rezultat bo rojstvo čezmejnega geoparka na matičnem Krasu. Knjigo smo pripravili v projektu GeoKarst, ki je sofinanciran v okviru Programa sodelovanja Interreg V-A Italija - Slovenija 2014–2020.
Bensi S.   +9 more
openaire  

Determinants of Community Resilience: A Multi‐Level Synthesis of Empirical and Conceptual Evidence

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Community resilience research remains fragmented across disciplines, with limited integration of empirical evidence and conceptual scholarship. This study addresses this gap through a directed content analysis of 48 empirical case studies and 39 conceptual and review publications from diverse geographical and hazard contexts.
Anamol Neupane   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

How Can Accountants Enhance (or Save) Natural and Cultural Capital Valuation? Engaging Academics: A Collaboration with CPA Canada and the Canadian Commission for UNESCO*

open access: yesAccounting Perspectives, Volume 24, Issue 1, Page 21-46, March 2025.
ABSTRACT Accountants should engage more with natural and cultural capital accounting to make tools more accessible and to ensure critical information is provided to decision‐makers. While ecological economists have continued to innovate and design tools, corporate‐level accounting has seemingly lagged behind.
S. Leanne Keddie   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

"Litoteca": a new project for networking among Portuguese geoparks [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Networking is one of the four essentials of UNESCO Global Geoparks (UGGp), together with geological heritage of international value, management and visibility; it is focused not only in cooperation with the local people living in the ...
Sá, Artur   +4 more
core   +2 more sources

Research progress and prospects of popular science tourism in geoparks [PDF]

open access: yesZiyuan Kexue
Popular science tourism in geoparks plays an important role in enhancing public scientific literacy and awareness of ecological conservation. Based on 386 relevant publications from January 1999 to November 2024 at home and abroad, this study ...
ZHU Zehui, LIU Jiaming, ZHU He, ZHANG Shuying, GAO Caixia, ZHENG Chenrouyu
doaj   +1 more source

Exploring the Geodiversity—Biodiversity Relationships in Freshwaters for Environmental Conservation: A Global Systematic Literature Review

open access: yesAquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, Volume 36, Issue 9, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Geodiversity refers to the heterogeneity of abiotic characteristics in nature, and in freshwater ecosystems, it mostly mirrors the diversity of hydro‐geomorphological features in inland waters. Although several scholars have highlighted that geodiversity contributes to habitat formation and influences biodiversity and ecological processes, it ...
Ioanna Xynogala   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

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