The Geological Agency, Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources of Indonesia has succeeded hosted the 5th Regional Geoheritage Conference (5th RGC), the conference took place in UGGp Maros-Pangkep, Makassar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia, from 23-27 September 2024. The conference area aims to understand various geoheritage activities in the world, strengthen geoheritage-related activities in the Asia-Pacific, and promote the Indonesian geoheritage sites internationally. This theme conference is geoconservation, geotourism, geohazard, and public education in geopark. The conference comprises of pre-conference workshop, opening ceremony, presentation and discussion, poster and exhibition, and post-conference fieldtrip in the UGGp Maros Pangkep as follows: • Pre-Conference Workshop: 23-24 September 2024 • Symposium and Exhibition: 25-26 September 2024 • Post Conference Field Trip: 27 September 2024 The result of the conferences is strengthening geoheritage-related activities and collaboration in the Asia-Pacific region, encourage the increasing number of research on geoheritage protection, management and sustainable development, supporting the geoheritage promotion through geoconservation, education, and tourism activities, and contributing to geopark development, geohazard mitigation, risk reduction, and climate changes mitigation and adaption. List of Advisory Board Committee, Steering Committee, Organizing Committee and Scientific Committee are available in this Pdf.
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