This paper deals with the main results and methodological processing of the first inventory of
Geosites of the province of Leon (Autonomous Region of Castile and Leon, Spain). The …

Geoconservation in Spain dates back to the beginning of the twentieth century. During the
first decades, the protection of biotic and geological heritage developed together, and …

A bibliographic review was carried out to establish the state of knowledge of a mining area
with several centuries of exploitation and currently abandoned. The selected case study, the …

This paper focuses on the management of geological heritage and particularly on the
anthropic activities that stress these geological sites. Anthropic threats to geoheritage arise …

In these days, when there is more and more concentration on popularizing geology and
promoting tourism at geological sites, it seems that the unavoidable need to recognize and …

[EN] This document briefly explains the background of the current Spanish Inventory of Sites
of Geological Interest (IELIG, in its Spanish acronym), largely based on the pioneering …

El patrimonio geológico figura entre las materias más recientemente incorporadas a la
geología. En los últimos años ha experimentado un notable impulso, debido a la cada vez …

Considering the number of UNESCO Global Geoparks, Spain is the second country in the
world and the first country in Europe. This paper describes the historical development and …

A synthesis of the current state of geoconservation in Spain and an identification of the key
associations and entities that develop it are presented. We also provide a historical review …

[ES] En este documento se exponen brevemente los antecedentes del actual Inventario
Español de Lugares de Interés Geológico, en buena parte heredero del pionero inventario …