Abstract

European Union through the European Regional Development Fund, based on COMPETE 2020 (Programa Operacional da Competitividade e Internacionalizacao), project ICT (UID/GEO/04683/2013) with reference POCI-01-0145-FEDER-007690 and national funds provided by Fundacao para a Ciencia e Tecnologia (Portugal), and by the University of Lausanne (scientific leave of E. Reynard)

Highlights

  • The establishment of the International Geoscience and Geoparks Programme by UNESCO in November 2015 sets a global recognition of geoheritage by a prestigious international institution, well-respected by the vast majority of countries

  • This move forward strengthens the position of UNESCO regarding its support of the Global Geoparks Network, ongoing since 2004

  • Geoheritage is vital in another UNESCO initiative: the Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, established in 1972

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Summary

INTERNATIONAL STAGE

The establishment of the International Geoscience and Geoparks Programme by UNESCO in November 2015 sets a global recognition of geoheritage by a prestigious international institution, well-respected by the vast majority of countries. This move forward strengthens the position of UNESCO regarding its support of the Global Geoparks Network, ongoing since 2004. Concerning international NGOs and scientific associations with experience on geoheritage and geoconservation, the European Association for the Conservation of the Geological Heritage (ProGEO) and the International Association of Geomorphologists (IAG) deserve a special mention. IAG has a working group on geomorphosites since 2001 with a vast amount of work done concerning the conceptualisation, evaluation, cartography, management and dissemination of geomorphosites (Reynard et al, 2009; Reynard and Coratza, 2013; Reynard et al, 2016)

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CHALLENGES FOR THE RESEARCH

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