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National Geopark Committees
Last update:
11 May 2023
A number of countries have established, or are currently in the process of establishing, national committees responsible for coordinating Geoparks at national level and the submission of candidates for UNESCO Global Geopark designation.
Members
Possible members of National Geopark Committees:
- Governmental body in charge of relations with UNESCO
- UNESCO Global Geoparks
- National Geoparks
- National geological organization or survey
- National environmental/protected area organization
- National cultural heritage body
- National committee for IGCP
- Any additional members that may be relevant for the Committee
- Coordinating Geopark initiatives and pre-selecting UNESCO Global Geopark candidates
Mission
Its work at national level may consist of:
- Identifying the geological heritage and raising public awareness of its importance
- Promoting new UNESCO Global Geoparks projects, endorsing revalidations and extensions
- Observing the evaluation and revalidation missions in their country
- Presenting all UNESCO Global Geopark applications to the governmental body in charge of relations with UNESCO
- Assisting the withdrawal of a UNESCO Global Geopark
- Promoting international cooperation between UNESCO Global Geoparks
Statutes of the International Geoscience and Geoparks Programme
2015
UNESCO
National Geopark Committees: contacts
Country | Contact | Email Adress |
---|---|---|
Austria | Heinz Kollmann | heinz.kollmann@NHM-WIEN.AC.AT |
Canada | Godfrey S. Nowlan | gnowlan@NRCan.gc.ca |
China | Xiaohong Yuan & Zhiguang Zhang | yxh8302@163.com & zhiguangzhang@foxmail.com |
Croatia | Igor Kreitmeyer & Danijela Bokarica | igor.kreitmeyer@mzoe.hr & danijela.bokarica@mzoe.hr |
Czechia | Martina Paskova | Martina.Paskova@mzp.cz |
Ecuador | Dr. Jose Luis Sanchez | jose.sanchezco@ug.edu.ec |
Finland | Vesa Krokki | vesa.krokki@humanpolis.fi |
France | Jean Simon Pages | jspages.ughp@gmail.com |
Germany | Dr. Gösta Hoffmann | geoparks@unesco.de |
Greece | Nickolas Zouros | nzour@aegean.gr |
Indonesia | Anton Setyo Nugroho | antonsn.maritim@gmail.com |
Ireland | Kirstin Lemon | Kirstin.Lemon@detini.gov.uk |
Italy | Aniello Aloia | a.aloia@cilentoediano.it |
Japan | Setsuya Nakada | jgc@geopark.jp |
Korea (Republic of) | Korea Geoparks Committee | kgn@knps.or.kr |
Morocco | Mohamed Boutakiout & Driss Achbal | mboutakiout@gmail.com & drissachbal70@gmail.com |
Netherlands | Marike Bontenbal | mbontenbal@unesco.nl |
Norway | Kristin Rangnes | kristin.rangnes@geanor.no |
Japan | Setsuya Nakada | jgc@geopark.jp |
Portugal | Ana Paula Santos | ana.osantos@mne.pt |
Russia | Oleg Petrov & Mikhail Fedonkin | vsgdir@vsegei.ru & mafedonkin@mail.ru |
Slovenia | Gasper Hrastelj | Gasper.Hrastelj@gov.si |
Spain | Ana María Alonso Zarza & Juana Vegas Salamanca | a.alonsozarza@igme.es & j.vegas@igme.es |
Sweden | Mugdim Islamovic | Mugdim.Islamovic@sgu.se |
United Kingdom | Kirstin Lemon | klem@bgs.ac.uk |
Uruguay | Nicolas Pons | npons@mec.gub.uy |
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