WELCOME TO GEOPARKS
Where Nature, Culture and History Come to Life!
UNESCO Global Geoparks are gateways to the world's most extraordinary geological heritage. Explore landscapes shaped by millions of years, discover the stories written in stone and experience the cultural and natural wealth of the Geoparks. Join us in preserving and appreciating the wonders of our planet.
UNESCO GLOBAL GEOPARKS
UNESCO Global Geoparks are Earth’s extraordinary places! New UNESCO destination of the XXI century, they are territories with landscapes and sites of an international geological significance where can be understood and read the “Memory of the Earth”. With their holistic concept, UNESCO Global Geoparks are linking and promoting their geological heritage with all their territorial heritage: natural, cultural, intangible and thus to develop new policies of sustainable development for the direct benefit to its local population.
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Global Geoparks
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Millions of visitors/year
A UNIQUE NETWORK
The Global Geoparks Network (GGN) is a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) grouping all UNESCO Global Geoparks in the world. Today, 229 UNESCO Global Geoparks from 50 Nations form the GGN. More than 300 Geoparks professionals are part of this network and get involved actively and voluntarily. The GGN works for the development of UNESCO Global Geoparks in the world by getting specifically involved in the development of Geoparks in developing countries with a high priority towards Africa and Latin America.
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Geoturism
Partnership - Hotels
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Integrate sustainable development for the direct benefit of its local population, promoting and transmiting traditional knowledge, valorization of local products, development of respectful outdoor activities through Geotourism, empowering local people and ethnic groups are keys to a sustainable development in UNESCO Global Geoparks.
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