Deadline for applications: 15 April 2024 In order to carry out field missions of candidates to UNESCO Global Geoparks as well as re-validation missions, UNESCO and the Global Geoparks Network...
A meeting to highlight the unique role that National Commissions can play for aspiring and current UNESCO Global Geoparks, the most recent UNESCO site designation. The Montserrat mountain range, Cent...
The second part of the 8th UNESCO Global Geoparks Council session took place last week to assess new geopark applications, revalidations and zone-modification requests.Maestrazgo UNESCO Global Geopark...
The UNESCO Global Geoparks Council accepted 16 applications from prospective UNESCO Global Geoparks during the first meeting of its 8th session, organized under the auspices of M’Goun UNESCO Global G...
The UNESCO Global Geopark family is set to convene this week, 4-10 September, in Marrakesh, Morocco. This meeting marks the return to face-to-face gatherings, post-pandemic, as well as the f...
UNESCO's Executive Board has endorsed the addition of 18 sites to the UNESCO Global Geoparks network. This brings the total number of geoparks to 195 in 48 countries. Two UNESCO Member States join...
The first International Geodiversity Day, on 6 October 2022, was marked by a variety of awareness and education activities around the world to raise awareness of geodiversity and the many benefits i...
On November 3rd, 2022, the China-Italy UNESCO Global Geoparks Forum was held offline and online in China University of Geosciences, Beijing, this event was jointly organized by the China Universit...
In the evening of September 7th, Shennongjia UNESCO Global Geopark, China and Grutas del Palacio UNESCO Global Geopark, Uruguay held an online meeting to communicate on future cooperation be...
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On 24 May, French customs officers returned a palaeontological treasure trove to the Brazilian authorities: 998 fossils dating from the Cretaceous period (145–65 million years ago). These fossils had...
UNESCO's Executive Board has approved the designation of 8 new UNESCO Global Geoparks bringing the number of sites participating in the Global Geoparks Network to 177 in 46 countries. Two new co...
UNESCO and the Global Geoparks Network (GGN) have launched a joint initiative to promote the Geopark concept in the Arab States. The deadline for applications is 30 April 2022©Skye McKenzie Op...
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UNESCO and the Global Geoparks Network (GGN) have launched a joint initiative to promote the Geopark concept in Small Island Developing States (SIDS). The deadline for applications is 30 April 2022...
Are you a geologist with good video skills? A video-maker with a passion for the planet or simply someone who likes to film your adventures across the world? Then maybe this is for you!The Earth Futur...
The DIGITAL 9th International Conference on UNESCO Global Geoparks, with the main theme: “FUN Geopark”, was successfully organized between 12th and 16th of December 2021 by the Jeju Island UNESCO Glob...
At its sixth statutory meeting held online between the 8thand 11th ofDecember 2021, the UNESCO Global Geoparks Council assessed 18 new applications for UNESCO Global Geoparks (submitted in 2019 and 20...
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Bakten, Kyrgyzstan, September 18-212021On September 18-21, an international seminar on “UNESCO Global Geoparks in Central Asia: areas for geotourism promotion and sustainable management of geological ...
Mark it in your calendar. From now on, 6 October will be International Geodiversity Day. This annual celebration of geodiversity was approved on 22 November by 193 member states attending UNESCO’s bie...
