Geoconservation

Latest news: Due to the current pandemic of coronavirus, the X ProGEO Symposium has been postponed to next year 2021 . Please, check the web page below for further information. Do not miss the X International ProGEO Symposium , to take place in June 2021 at Segovia (Spain). Geological heritage at its best! This is the official web portal: http://www.igme.es/patrimonio/XProGEO2020/ Check also these web portals for tourism and services in Segovia: http://visitsegovia.turismodesegovia.com/ https://www.spain.info/en/que-quieres/ciudades-pueblos/otros-destinos/segovia.html https://www.planetware.com/tourist-attractions-/segovia-e-castl-seg.htm https://www.lonelyplanet.com/spain/castilla-y-leon/segovia

(updated February 2020) PanAfGeo is a development project based on the cooperation between African and European geological surveys. Its main ojective is to increase geological knowledge and skills in African countries, allowing to better manage natural resources and to provide adecuate services to society. Family picture during an organizational meeting in Cape Town, 2016. One of the eight work packages of PanAfGeo (WP6) consists on the training of personnel in geoconservation as expected from a national geological survey, as explained in this abstract presented during the 35th International Geological Congress (Cape Town, 2016). An analysis of the situation of geoconservation in Africa was also presented at that same congress . Great Rift valley in northern Tanzania. Africa is home to a wealth of natural heritage and natural diversity, some of it critically endangered and affected by numerous threats. While geodiversity represents the natural diversity of abiotic ele...

The European Association for the Conservation of Geoheritage (ProGEO) has published a book on " Geoheritage in Europe and its conservation ". The book includes contributions from a total of 37 countries, including for each of them a review of the most important geosites, a history of geoconservation in that country, and a summary of policies, strategies and legal framework. The book can be bought through the web page of ProGEO here and a flyer can be downloaded here . You can check the latest ProGEO newsletter here , with more information on the book and its contents.