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

Long time with no news... Here are some links to international geoconservation events for this year 2014 and a preview for 2015. Portal web page of 3rd YES Congress and CAG25 The 3rd Young Earth Scientists (YES) Congress, 25th Colloquium of African Geology (CAG25) and 15th Conference of the Geological Society of Africa will take place 11-16th of August 2014 at Dar es Salaam (Tanzania). Here is a link to the main web page of the event. Several geoconservation activities are planned as follows: - During the YES congress (11-13 August), a training work shop (TW1) on Geoparks, Geotourism and Geoconservation for Sustainable Development of Africa will take place, including an intensive course on concepts and methodologies. - During the CAG25 (14-16 August), another training workshop (TW2) on Geoheritage: a tool for local Sustainable Devel opment in Africa will take place, as well as a workshop (TW4) on the results of the feasibility study Geoscient ific Kn...

Promoting local geoheritage towards conservation and proper public use. The Autumn 2013 program of activities organized by the Comission on Geoheritage (CPG) of the Geological Society of Spain (SGE) at the small town of Cifuentes (Guadalajara, Spain) is the following: - Scientific sessions of the SGE ( download program here ) - Main conference on "Mines and minerals of Guadalajara province" - Guided tour around downtown on the history of and the rocks used on the main architectural monuments - Main conference on "Local geoheritage around Cifuentes" - Guided tour in the surroundings of Cifuentes to show its main local geosites These events take place Friday and Saturday November 29th-30th, 2013 All activities were free and open to the public. The poster with the announcement is above (jpg) and also as PDF here .