GLOBAL GEOPARKS NETWORK AND THE NEW UNESCO GLOBAL GEOPARKS PROGRAMME
Bulletin of the Geological Society of Greece, 2017 The Geopark concept was introduced at late 90’s aiming to protect and promote Earth heritage sites through the sustainable local development of territories containing abiotic nature of significant value. The Global Geoparks Network (GGN) established in 2004 operates as an international platform of cooperation among Geoparks around the world The GGN ...
N. Zouros
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Exposed! The Public Life of Carboniferous Fossils in the Burren and Cliffs of Moher UNESCO Global Geopark, Ireland [PDF]
Geoconservation Research, 2021 Carboniferous fossils from the Burren and Cliffs of Moher UNESCO Global Geopark, County Clare, Ireland are rated by their promotional potential in the form of celebrity A, B or C-listings.
Eamon Doyle
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The History of Geopark Development in Australia, A New Way Forward [PDF]
Geoconservation Research, 2022 Geoparks in Australia have had a complex recent history. Following the demise of the former Kanawinka UNESCO Geopark in 2012, two potential UNESCO Global Geopark projects supported by local government agencies and embracing large areas were initiated in ...
Angus Robinson
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Communicating Science In UNESCO Global Geoparks [PDF]
, 2018 UNESCO territories are spaces of Education, Science and Culture, but also of Communication. Today, communication is an imperative of these territories, both as dissemination strategies and as a way of positioning in different development domains. In any case, knowing how to communicate its resources, differentiating elements or defining strategies ...
Patrocínio, Filipe +6 more
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Pengembangan Pariwisata Natuna Menuju UNESCO Global Geopark [PDF]
, 2022 UNESCO Global Geopark adalah wilayah geografi tunggal atau gabungan, yang memiliki situs warisan geologi (geosite) dan bentang alam yang bernilai, terkait aspek warisan dan keragaman geologi, keanekaragaman hayati, dan keragaman budaya, serta ...
Pratiwi, Nuning Indah +1 more
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The Piesberg: A NW-German site of international importance for the Pennsylvanian (Late Carboniferous) [PDF]
Geoconservation Research, 2021 Piesberg quarry is famous for its Upper Carboniferous plant and arthropod fossils, including several holotypes of flying insects. The high degree of maturity of the Piesberg strata, such as the presence of anthracitic coal, quartzite, and large quartz ...
Angelika Leipner +2 more
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Land, 2022 Popularizing endogenic geological processes that act deep on the Earth during geologic time producing orogenic belts requires a great effort. Consequently, geosites dealing with structural geology are surveyed with a lower frequency.
Chiara Frassi +3 more
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PROSPECT AND CHALLENGES WITH PENTA HELIX MODEL FOR UNESCO GLOBAL GEOPARK AND LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: A LESSON FROM INDONESIA [PDF]
Geo Journal of Tourism and Geosites, 2023 Batur is the first area in Indonesia that is considered worthy of being a geopark by UNESCO. This determination is an acceleration of the progress of the nature and culture-based tourism industry that helps the welfare of the surrounding community with ...
Nailul INSANI +4 more
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The Nusplingen Plattenkalk – A Shark Lagoon in the Late Jurassic of the Swabian Alb Geopark [PDF]
Geoconservation Research, 2021 The Nusplingen Plattenkalk is a Solnhofen-type fossil Konservat-Lagerstaette in the southwestern part of the Swabian Alb, which is scientifically exploited by the Stuttgart Natural History Museum.
Guenter Schweigert, Siegfried Roth
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The Late Permian Kupferschiefer Fossils and the Geological Educational Trail in the UNESCO Global Geopark TERRA.vita (NW Germany) [PDF]
Geoconservation Research, 2021 The iconic Kupferschiefer is a stratigraphic marker horizon of the Upper Permian in Northern and Central Europe, which is recognized internationally as a unique stratum because of its outstanding preservation of fish, reptile, and plant fossils.
Tobias Fischer +2 more
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