Geological heritage represents and brings together geological elements of great local and
global relevance. It also promotes conservation and sustainable use. This study aims to …

Geoconservation includes the protection of geoheritage features and geosites and the
application of geoconservation principles more generally in the sustainable management of …

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 …

Geoconservation is an integral part of nature conservation. It protects our diverse and valued
geoheritage, contributes to the sustainable management of ecosystems, provides a range of …

Geoconservation is an action of conserving and enhancing geological, geomorphological,
hydrological and soil features and processes, sites and specimens. Originally and usually …

Geodiversity-based ecosystem services are functions provided by elements of geodiversity
that benefit society and future generations. Their adequate evaluation is important to assess …

Achieving an effective management of geodiversity and geoheritage demands integrative,
multidisciplinary approaches in different spheres. This mission is enlarged if taking into …

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 …

Abstract The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has created many
initiatives to integrate geodiversity and geoheritage into the management of protected areas …