The progress and future of geoconservation at a global level

Proceedings of the Geologists' Association

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 720-730

  Larwood, Jonathan G ^a   Badman, Tim ^b   McKeever, Patrick J ^c  

^a NATURAL ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b IUCN   (Switzerland)

^c United Nations Educational   (France)

Author keywords

Geoconservation; Geodiversity; Global Geoparks; World Heritage Sites

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CULTURAL HERITAGE; ECOSYSTEM APPROACH; GEODIVERSITY; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; HERITAGE CONSERVATION; PARK MANAGEMENT; PROTECTED AREA; WORLD HERITAGE SITE;

EID: 84878974892     PISSN: 00167878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pgeola.2013.04.001     Document Type: Article

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