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Research and Geoconservation of the Albian “Giant” Ammonites Collection in the Basque Coast UNESCO Global Geopark [PDF]

Geoconservation Research, 2021
The Basque Coast UNESCO Global Geopark is known worldwide for its great thickness of Upper Cretaceous and Paleocene “flysch” formations. The K/Pg and P/E boundaries are among the most popular sites, together with the IUGS-ICS designated Selandian and ...
Asier Hilario, Miguel Angel López-Horgue, Luis Miguel Agirrezabala   +2 more
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Shifting Continents and a Devonian Lake Full of Fish: The Extraordinary Geological History of the Shetland Geopark [PDF]

Geoconservation Research, 2021
Shetland UNESCO Global Geopark encompasses a wide variety of well-exposed and accessible geological features. The combination of ocean floor remnants on top of ancient continental crust, a cross-section through a volcano, and evidence of earth movements ...
Susan Beardmore
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DETERMINING THE INTERNATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE OF GEOSITE BASED ON NEW IUGS GUIDELINES 2023, AT KEBUMEN UNESCO GLOBAL GEOPARK, INDONESIA [PDF]

Geo Journal of Tourism and Geosites
In 2023, the UNESCO Global Geopark Network (GGN) issued new regulations regarding the internationally significant value of geosites. These guidelines are referenced from the IUGS document (Document code: SC/EES/2023/UGGp/4), so all aspiring UNESCO ...
Chusni ANSORI , Hanang SAMODRA, Sam PERMANADEWI, Bambang YUNIANTO , Nandian MARETA, Hari Wiki UTAMA, TARSONO, Agus MISWANTO, Umar DANI, AMINUDDIN   +9 more
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Integrating Cultural Sites into the Sesia Val Grande UNESCO Global Geopark (North-West Italy): Methodologies for Monitoring and Enhancing Cultural Heritage

Heritage, 2023
UNESCO Global Geoparks are recognised in the scientific community for their exceptional geological significance, but their potential to embrace and preserve cultural heritage sites is underestimated.
Michele Guerini, Rasool Bux Khoso, Arianna Negri, Alizia Mantovani, Elena Storta   +4 more
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Review of the Salpausselkä ice‐marginal formations in Finland

Journal of Quaternary Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Extensive Salpausselkä ice‐marginal formations were deposited in southern and eastern Finland during the Weichselian deglaciation. These comprise three major ridges (I, II, and III Salpausselkäs) and their eastern counterparts (Tuupovaara, Koitere, and Pielisjärvi), together forming laterally continuous ice‐marginal formations extending ...
Jukka‐Pekka Palmu, Jussi Hovikoski, Reijo Pitkäranta, Antti E. K. Ojala   +3 more
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A proposed governance model for the adoption of geoparks in Australia

International Journal of Geoheritage and Parks, 2022
Purpose: Good governance is crucial in establishing and managing geoparks and is a requirement by UNESCO if global status is to be achieved. Australia has three levels of government, government agencies and not for profit organisations that can assist in
Alan Briggs, David Newsome, Ross Dowling
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How Can Accountants Enhance (or Save) Natural and Cultural Capital Valuation? Engaging Academics: A Collaboration with CPA Canada and the Canadian Commission for UNESCO*

Accounting 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, Ellena Damini, Pavlo Kalyta   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Collective action and social sustainability: A perspective from the Napo Sumaco UNESCO Global Geopark

International Journal of Geoheritage and Parks
Collective action that combines traditional practices, social memory, and geoheritage can be a powerful force for social sustainability. Governments or academic institutions often initiate UNESCO Global Geoparks, yet bottom-up processes may be more ...
Marco Simbaña-Tasiguano, Saida Huatatoca-Mamallacta, Wilber Shiguango-Grefa, Maribel Flores-Guaño   +3 more
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FROM GEODIVERSITY TO CULTURAL NARRATIVES: AN INTEGRATED ECOCULTURAL TOURISM FRAMEWORK FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN BELITONG UNESCO GLOBAL GEOPARK, INDONESIA [PDF]

Geo Journal of Tourism and Geosites
Belitong UNESCO Global Geopark possesses outstanding geological, biological, and cultural resources; however, its tourism development has predominantly emphasized geodiversity, while cultural heritage remains insufficiently integrated into destination ...
HARTATIK , Aryandini NOVITA, Nanang SAPTONO, Nurul LAILI, Endang WIDYASTUTI, Sukawati SUSETYO, Ida Bagus Putu Prajna YOGI   +6 more
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Modern pollen rain of an upland area: implications of pollen dispersal for interpreting palaeoenvironmental records

Boreas, EarlyView.
A long‐term perspective on landscape evolution is critical for understanding past land‐use activity, land cover–climate feedbacks and, notably, for establishing a factual basis for conservation. Fossil pollen analysis provides a means to achieve this. Biases pertaining to pollen productivity, pollination processes and basin size, however, mean there is
Helen Essell, Gill Plunkett
wiley   +1 more source