Geological heritage represents and brings together geological elements of great local and
global relevance. It also promotes conservation and sustainable use. This study aims to …

Geoconservation includes the protection of geoheritage features and geosites and the
application of geoconservation principles more generally in the sustainable management of …

The recognition of what is geoheritage is based on the perception that some geodiversity
elements have something that it is unusually important, which means that they have an extra …

These Guidelines are to help all of those involved in any aspect of protected area
establishment and management and the stewardship of conserved areas to understand and …

Due to the increase in geoconservation studies, several methods of qualitative and
quantitative assessment of geosites have been published since the 1990s. However, the …

Geoconservation is an integral part of nature conservation. It protects our diverse and valued
geoheritage, contributes to the sustainable management of ecosystems, provides a range of …

Geoconservation is an action of conserving and enhancing geological, geomorphological,
hydrological and soil features and processes, sites and specimens. Originally and usually …

Geodiversity-based ecosystem services are functions provided by elements of geodiversity
that benefit society and future generations. Their adequate evaluation is important to assess …

Throughout the course of the last years, geoconservation is increasingly becoming on the A-
list of topics holding more and more attention, given its importance on geoheritage regarding …

This work presents a method to identify, to evaluate and to quantify the losses of the offer of
ecosystem services provided by geodiversity, using as a case study the Taubaté Basin …