The following 16 areas have applied in 2020 to be designated UNESCO Global Geopark and have entered the official process of evaluation by UNESCO. In order to enable Member States to exercise their oversight responsibility (as set out in 5.4 Applications review of the Operational Guidelines for UNESCO Global Geoparks, the documents below provide a geological and geographic summary, including a detailed map indicating the location, of each applicant.
In addition to that, 20 areas applied in 2019, but due to the global pandemic, the evaluation missions could not be conducted or were postponed to 2021.
20 New UNESCO Global Geopark applications in 2019 (evaluation foreseen for 2020 but postponed) : https://en.unesco.org/news/2020-new-unesco-global-geopark-applications
According to the Article 5.4 iv of “The Operational Guidelines of the International Geoscience and Geoparks Programme”, adopted by the 38th session of the General Conference of UNESCO, Member States that have concerns about one or more of these new applications have the possibility to send a written objection to the Secretariat until 30 June 2021, 12pm CET, end of the 3 months grace period.
16 New candidates applied in 2020 (for evaluation in 2021)
China
Croatia
Greece
Finland
Hungary
Indonesia
Japan
Luxembourg
Malaysia
Republic of Korea
Romania
Russian Federation
Turkey
2021 UNESCO Global Geopark Extension Requests
The 5 following areas have expressed the wish to change the size of their existing UNESCO Global Geopark with less than 10%. In order to enable Member States to exercise their oversight responsibility (as set out in 5.6 Applications review of the Operational Guidelines for UNESCO Global Geoparks, the documents below provide a geological and geographic summary, including a detailed map indicating the location, of each UNESCO Global Geopark wishing to change its size.
China
France
Italy
Spain:
Vietnam
2021 UNESCO Global Geopark Extension Requests >10%
The following area has expressed the wish to change the size of their existing UNESCO Global Geopark with more than 10%. In order to enable Member States to exercise their oversight responsibility (as set out in 5.6 Applications review of the Operational Guidelines for UNESCO Global Geoparks, the documents below provide a geological and geographic summary, including a detailed map indicating the location, of the UNESCO Global Geopark wishing to change its size.
China
New candidates that applied in 2019 and mission postponed to 2021 or later
Bolivia
Brazil
China
DPR Korea
Ecuador
France
Germany
Iran
Jordan
Mexico
New Zealand
Poland
Sweden
Thailand
UK
Vietnam
2020 UNESCO Global Geopark Extension Requests <10%
The following 3 areas have expressed the wish to change the size of their existing UNESCO Global Geopark with less than 10%. In order to enable Member States to exercise their oversight responsibility (as set out in 5.6 Applications review of the Operational Guidelines for UNESCO Global Geoparks, the documents below provide a geological and geographic summary, including a detailed map indicating the location, of each UNESCO Global Geopark wishing to change its size.
Czech Republic
Germany
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