Geodiversity and Geological Treasure of Tabas UNESCO Global Geopark for Geotourism Development, New UGGp from Iran

Yahya Sheibani, Vesal; Zamanian, Ehsan

doi:10.1007/s12371-023-00873-2

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“…About two hundred geoparks from dozens of countries have joined the UNESCO Global Geopark (UGGp) network as of the beginning of 2024 [29]. Although geoparks are closely related to geotourism [30,31], their highly valuable geoheritage resources can also be exploited for the purposes of science advancement [32][33][34] and innovation development [35][36][37][38][39]. As some of them have already functioned for several years, it is reasonable to check their contribution to international research.…”

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Scientific Utility of Selected Latin American Global Geoparks: A Literature-Based Case Study

Ruban,

Yashalova

2024

Geosciences

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Global geoparks, i.e., the members of the UNESCO Global Geopark (UGGp) network, possess highly valuable geoheritage resources, which can be used for the purposes of not only education and tourism, but also science. Five examples from four Latin American countries (Chile, Ecuador, Mexico, and Peru) were employed to realize the importance of these global geoparks as facilitators of international research. Journal articles devoted to these geoparks were selected with the major bibliographical databases, and the information from them was analyzed quantitatively. Particularly, the numbers of articles published before and after the UGGp membership, paying significant and marginal attention to geoparks, and published by international teams were calculated; the general themes of the articles were outlined. It was established that the total number of publications grew after the UGGp membership of these geoparks, but not steadily. The established dynamics of publishing are unstable and differ between the geoparks. Geoparks of Mexico (Mixteca Alta) and Peru (Colca y Volcanes de Andagua) are notable examples because they started to facilitate international research before the UGGp membership. Many articles consider geoparks only marginally (nonetheless, there are also articles paying significant attention to geoparks, especially in the cases of two Mexican geoparks). The author teams are often not restricted to Latin America. The research themes are rather diverse (geoheritage, geology, ecology, innovations, society, technology), although the majority of the publications are geoheritage-focused. Of special interest is the Colca y Volcanes de Andagua global geopark, which has been considered in the innovation-focused article. Generally, our results indicate a moderate importance of the considered global geoparks to international research activity and the incomplete exploitation of their scientific potential. Two Mexican geoparks (Comarca Minera and Mixteca Alta) seem to be the most successful in the facilitation of international research. Indeed, the scientific utility of global geoparks should be strengthened.

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