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Alexandros Aristotelis Koupatsiaris and Hara Drinia
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. This paper ...
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Emilio Iranzo-García, Katia Hueso-Kortekaas and Ghaleb Fansa-Saleh
Advances in research on environmental problems and public awareness of them have led to renewed concern about the need to establish mechanisms and figures to protect and manage sites so that geoecological processes remain outside the dynamics of anthropi...
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Vasilis Golfinopoulos, Penelope Papadopoulou, Eleni Koumoutsou, Nickolas Zouros, Charalampos Fassoulas, Avraam Zelilidis and George Iliopoulos
The assessment of the geosites of Chelmos-Vouraikos UNESCO Global Geopark (UGGp) was carried out based on an established methodology for the evaluation of geoparks? geosites. Such assessments should be used for sustainable development and geoconservation...
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Charalampos Fassoulas, Emmanouel Nikolakakis and Spiridon Staridas
Digital tools that aid geolocation, geointerpretation and geomodelling are increasingly used in the promotion of geoheritage and geoconservation. UNESCO Global Geoparks (UGGps) are complex regions that require a variety of approaches to advance geoconser...
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Nikolaos Vlachopoulos and Panagiotis Voudouris
Serifos island is characterized by rich geodiversity, industrial and cultural heritage. The present paper focuses on the geological and mining heritage of Serifos, with the aim of integrating the island in the international environment of Geoparks, in th...
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Eduardo S. Guimarães, Ronaldo C. D. Gabriel, Artur A. Sá, Rafael C. Soares, Paulo Felipe R. Bandeira, Isabella Hevily S. Torquato, Helena Moreira, Michel M. Marques and Jaqueliny R. S. Guimarães
In this investigation, we formulated the Ecosystem?s Health Provision Spectrum and its centrality indicators, based on the identification of the Ecosystem Health Potentials and Opportunities on the trails of Santo Sepulcro and Riacho do Meio in the Arari...
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Ettore Valente, Annarita Casaburi, Michele Finizio, Lorenzo Papaleo, Alessia Sorrentino and Nicoletta Santangelo
The interest of the scientific community about geotourism is abruptly increasing, as well as that on geoparks. According to UNESCO, geoparks should define management policies addressed to increasing the awareness of local people and tourists about Earth?...
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Matthew Parkes, Sarah Gatley and Vincent Gallagher
Active or recently active volcanic areas present very visible and easy to understand phenomena for the broad population to appreciate as geological heritage. However, in a geologically stable country such as Ireland, with no volcanism evident for tens of...
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George Zafeiropoulos, Hara Drinia, Assimina Antonarakou and Nikolaos Zouros
The purpose of this review is, initially, to emphasize the importance of geoenvironmental education for the promotion and preservation of geological heritage and geoethical values, and based on these, to present the current situation in Greece. Geoeducat...
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