Many glaciers worldwide have become popular tourist destinations where a broad range of
outdoor recreation-or adventure-based activities, such as glacier hiking, ice climbing or …

During the last two decades a renewed interest emerged in the scientific community for
geoheritage, geoconservation and geotourism research. This was the reason for the …

Due to the renewed interest for sites of geological interest, both in nature conservation and
tourist sectors, numerous regional and national geosite inventories have been carried out in …

IUCN-WCPA's Best Practice Protected Area Guidelines are the world's authoritative
resource for protected area managers. Involving collaboration among specialist practitioners …

Due to the increase in geoconservation studies, several methods of qualitative and
quantitative assessment of geosites have been published since the 1990s. However, the …

In a warming climate, species are expected to shift their geographical ranges to higher
elevations and latitudes, and if interacting species shift at different rates, networks may be …

The increase in the number of studies focusing on geoheritage, geoconservation, geoparks,
and geotourism around the world has brought about the problem of revealing the value of …

Throughout the course of the last years, geoconservation is increasingly becoming on the A-
list of topics holding more and more attention, given its importance on geoheritage regarding …

In protected areas (eg geoparks, UNESCO sites), the identification of the different aspects of
geoheritage site values is part of a holistic concept of protection, education and sustainable …

Zaruma is host to the ''El Sexmo''tourist mine, the galleries of which extend below the city,
and its exploitation dates back to precolonial times. The mining boom created important …