Geoparks and Education: UNESCO Global Geopark Villuercas-Ibores-Jara as a Case Study in Spain
Geosciences, 2020 The UNESCO Global Geoparks is a good didactic instrument that allows teaching territorial elements in transversal way. The geopark provides a means to address the teaching-learning process of both cultural values and natural values, including geology ...
Rubén Fernández Álvarez
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The Ediacaran-Cambrian Radiation of Animals within the Villuercas-Ibores-Jara UNESCO Global Geopark, Spain [PDF]
Geoconservation Research, 2021 Across the Ediacaran to Cambrian transition, some 541 Ma, the Earth's biosphere changed from one dominated by microbial organisms to one where multicellular organisms, including animals, rose to importance. Within a few tens of millions of years into the
Iván Cortijo +3 more
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Meeting Island Dwarfs and Giants of the Cretaceous – The Hațeg Country UNESCO Global Geopark, Romania [PDF]
Geoconservation Research, 2021 We review here key geological heritage elements of the Hațeg Country UNESCO Global Geopark (Southern Carpathians, western Romania) represented by latest Cretaceous continental vertebrate fossils and the sedimentary rocks enclosing them.
Zoltán Csiki-Sava +1 more
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Global geodiversity components are not equally represented in UNESCO Global Geoparks. [PDF]
Philos Trans A Math Phys Eng SciThe aim of UNESCO Global Geoparks (UGGs) is to protect globally significant geoheritage and geodiversity, but quantitative evidence on the global representativeness of geodiversity components (i.e. geology, soils, geomorphology and hydrology) in these geoparks is in short supply.
Polman EMN +3 more
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Geoeducation strategies in the Amazon, Napo Sumaco Aspiring UNESCO Global Geopark
International Journal of Geoheritage and ParksThe UNESCO Global Geoparks are grounded in three core principles: education, geoconservation, and geotourism. Since 2015, the Napo Sumaco Aspiring UNESCO Global Geopark (NSAUGG) in the Ecuadorian Amazon has concentrated its efforts on enhancing local ...
Marco Simbaña-Tasiguano +4 more
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Spatio-Temporal Evolution and Obstacle Factors Analysis of Tourism Ecological Security in Huanggang Dabieshan UNESCO Global Geopark. [PDF]
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2022 Chen M, Zheng L, Zhang D, Li J.
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Social Participation as a Tool for Protection and Enhancement of Las Loras UNESCO Global Geopark Paleontological Heritage (Spain) [PDF]
Geoconservation Research, 2021 For many years, even before it was designated as Las Loras UNESCO Global Geopark, work was carried out to promote and protect the geological heritage of the territory.
José Angel Sánchez Fabián +2 more
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Diplomacy of Indonesia’s Natuna National Geopark toward a UNESCO Global Geopark [PDF]
Masyarakat, Kebudayaan dan Politik, 2023 This article explains the current overview of the UNESCO Global Geoparks condition in Indonesia as well as putting public diplomacy of Indonesian UNESCO Global Geoparks into a global context. This article will be useful for all stakeholders involved in developing Indonesian UNESCO Global Geoparks in the future. An analysis of the challenges and lessons
Hutabarat, Leonard Felix
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El Hierro UNESCO Geopark: Geological Heritage, Geoconservation and Geoturism. [PDF]
Geoconservation Research, 2023 El Hierro UNESCO Global Geopark, the first declared in the Canary Islands, treasures an impressive geological heritage, represented by its Geological Interesting Places (GIPs or geosites) has as foremost exponents those related to the formation of mega ...
Ramón Casillas Ruiz +2 more
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Daedalus Mega-ichnosites: The Armorican Quartzite Bridge between Villuercas-Ibores-Jara and Naturtejo UNESCO Global Geoparks [PDF]
Geoconservation Research, 2021 The Early Paleozoic oceans were generally characterized by short trophic chains and simple ecological tiering dominated by suspension-feeding organisms.
Carlos Neto de Carvalho +5 more
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