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Geoproducts – Innovative development strategies in UNESCO Geoparks: Concept, implementation methodology, and case studies from Naturtejo Global Geopark, Portugal

open access: yesInternational Journal of Geoheritage and Parks, 2021
Since the appearance of Geoparks in 2000, geoproducts have been a strategy for local development and innovation in these territories, intimately associated with geotourism.
Joana Rodrigues   +5 more
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Educational challenges in the Portuguese UNESCO Global Geoparks: contributing for the implementation of the SDG 4

open access: yesInternational Journal of Geoheritage and Parks, 2018
:: With the approval in 2015 of the Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development, and with the adoption by UNESCO of the new International Geoscience and Geoparks Program (IGGP), the UNESCO Global Geoparks (UGGp) became an important UNESCO designation with ...
Elizabeth Silva, Artur A. Sá
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INTERNATIONAL AND REGIONAL EXPERIENCE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF GEOPARKS AS A LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR CHANGING ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION

open access: yesПравовое государство: теория и практика, 2021
The article is dedicated to the study of foreign and the first national expe-rience in the creation and operation of geoparks and their legal regulation. Purpose: to analyze the problems of creating geoparks and the development of the national network of
ZLOTNIKOVA Tamara Vladimirovna
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Exploring Greek UNESCO Global Geoparks: A Systematic Review of Grey Literature on Greek Universities and Future Research Avenues for Sustainable Development

open access: yesGeosciences, 2023
The relationship between humans and the environment in the modern world is challenging. UNESCO Global Geoparks are current holistic approaches for protecting and managing geographical areas that emphasise local communities and sustainability.
Alexandros Aristotelis Koupatsiaris   +1 more
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Terras de Cavaleiros Geopark: A UNESCO Global Geopark [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
The Terras de Cavaleiros Geopark (TCG), a UNESCO Global Geopark, is located in Northern Portugal and is established on rare and unique geological, scenic, ecological and cultural values. The most significant geological value is related to the most complete sequence of Pre-Mesozoic allochthonous geological units in NW Iberia.
Pereira, D. I., Pereira, Paulo
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The performance of the Geoparks Commission of the Brazilian Geology Society, from 2018 to 2020

open access: yesJournal of the Geological Survey of Brazil, 2021
This study presents the context of the creation and development of actions of the Geoparks Commission of the Brazilian Society of Geology (CG-SBG). For this, documentary research of the entity’s minutes and existing records in other media was carried out.
Marilda Santos-Pinto   +4 more
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Germany’s UNESCO Global Geoparks and National GeoParks: Experiences from a Two-Tier System

open access: yesLand, 2022
Initiatives in Germany were among the pioneers of the international geopark movement. The Vulkaneifel Geopark was involved in the development of the first international geopark initiative at the end of the 1990s, establishing the European Geoparks ...
Heidi Elisabeth Megerle, Christof Ellger
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Geoparks – learnings from Australia [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Tourism Futures, 2023
Purpose – This study aims to provide an overview of the current socio-political geopark situation in Australia and set this into a global context. In addition, the authors consider this information to be useful for all stakeholders involved in geopark ...
Alan Briggs, Ross Dowling, David Newsome
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Unesco Global Geoparks (I) – Idee und Anerkennungsvoraussetzungen [PDF]

open access: yesNatur und Recht, 2020
ZusammenfassungUNESCO-Geoparks sind neben den Weltnaturerbestätten und den Weltkulturerbestätten eine weitere Kategorie der internationalen Anerkennung besonders qualifizierter Stätten und Landschaften. Die Voraussetzungen für die Anerkennung von Global Geoparks sind in den “Operativen Leitlinien für Globale Geoparks der UNESCO” geregelt.
Wolfgang Köck, Rainer Wolf
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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
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