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• A management plan designed to foster socio-economic development that is sustainable (most likely to be based on agritourism
  Agritourism
  
  Agritourism is a style of vacation that normally takes place on a farm or ranch. This may include the chance to help with farming and ranching tasks during the visit....
   and geotourism
  Geotourism
  
  Geotourism is "best practice" tourism that sustains, or even enhances, the geographical character of a place, such as its culture, Social environment, heritage, and the well-being of its residents....
  ).
• Demonstrate methods for conserving and enhancing geological heritage and provide means for teaching geoscientific disciplines and broader environmental issues.
• Joint-proposals submitted by public authorities, local communities and private interests acting together, which demonstrate the best practices with respect to Earth heritage conservation and its integration into sustainable development strategies.

Participants

• Asia
  Asia
  
  Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent. It covers 8.6% of the Earth's total surface area and, with over 4 billion people, it contains more than 60% of the world's current human population....
   (*)
• Malaysia
  Malaysia
  
  Malaysia is a federation that consists of States of Malaysia in Southeast Asia with a total landmass of . The capital city is Kuala Lumpur, while Putrajaya is the seat of the federal government....
   (1)
• Langkawi Island (Kedah) Geopark
• People's Republic of China
  People's Republic of China
  
  The People's Republic of China , commonly known as China, is the largest country in East Asia and the List of countries by population in the world with over 1.3 billion people, approximately a fifth of the world's population....
   (12)
• Lushan GeoPark
• Wudalianchi Geopark
• Mount Song
  Mount Song
  
  Mount Song, known in Mandarin as Song Shan , is one of the Taoism Sacred Mountains of China and is located in Henan province on the south bank of the Yellow River in China....
   (Songshan) Geopark
• Mount Yuntai (Yuntaishan) Geopark
• Mount Danxia (Danxiashan) Geopark
• Shilin
  Shilin
  
  Shilin District is a district of Taipei. The name "Shilin" was derived from Pattsiran, the Ketagalan people word for "hot spring". It was then transliterated into literary Chinese as "???" Bazhil?n, and finally re-analyzed as "scholars as many as the trees in the woods" ....
   (Stone Forest) Geopark
• Zhangjiajie
  Zhangjiajie
  
  Zhangjiajie is a prefecture-level city in the northwestern part of Hunan province in China. It comprises the districts of Yongding District , Cili County and Sangzhi County counties....
   Sandstone Peak Forest Geopark
• Mount Huang (Huangshan) Geopark
• Yandangshan Geopark
• Taining Geopark
• Hexigten Global Geopark
  Hexigten Global Geopark
  
  File:Hexigten location.jpgHexigten Global Geopark is a UNESCO Global Geopark in Hexigten Banner, Chifeng city, Inner Mongolia, People's Republic of China....
  
• Xingwen Geopark
• Fangshan Geopark
• Leiqiong Geopark
• Funiushan Geopark
• Wangwushan-Daimeishan Geopark
• Jingpohu Geopark
• Taishan
  Taishan
  
  Taishan is a coastal county-level city in Guangdong Province, China. The city is located in the Pearl River Delta, southwest of Jiangmen and 140 kilometers west of Hong Kong, with a population of approximately 1 million....
   Geopark
• Iran
  Iran
  
  Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran and formerly known internationally as Persian Empire until 1935, is a country in Central Eurasia, located on the northeastern shore of the Persian Gulf and the southern shore of the Caspian Sea....
   (1)
• Qeshm Island
• Australasia (1)
• Australia
  Australia
  
  Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
   (1)
• Kanawinka
• Europe
  Europe
  
  Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
   (32)
• Austria
  Austria
  
  Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It borders both Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west....
   (2)
• Nature Park Eisenwurzen
• Bulgaria
  Bulgaria
  
  The state of Bulgaria , Scientific transliteration Balgarija, officially the Republic of Bulgaria has played a significant role in the Balkans in south-eastern Europe for over fourteen centuries....
   (1)
• Iskar-panega Geopark
  Iskar-panega Geopark
  
  Geopark Iskar-panega Project was implemented with the financial support of the PHARE Program ?Development of Bulgarian Ecotourism? BG 0202.02/ESC/G/DBET....
  
• Croatia
  Croatia
  
  Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a Central European country at the crossroads of Pannonian Plain, Balkans, and the Mediterranean Sea....
   (1)
• Papuk Geopark
  Papuk Geopark
  
  The Papuk Geopark is a geopark in Croatia which is positioned in two counties, Po?ega-Slavonia and Virovitica-Podravina, and seizes upland forests of the Papuk and Krndija mountains, and edges of agricultural fields....
  
• Czech Republic
  Czech Republic
  
  The Czech Republic , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country borders Poland to the northeast, Germany to the west, Austria to the south and Slovakia to the east....
   (1)
• Bohemian Paradise Geopark
• France
  France
  
  France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
   (2)
• Geological Reserve of Haute Provence
• Regional Nature Park of Luberon
• Germany
  Germany
  
  Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
   (6)
• European Geopark Bergstrasse-Odenwald
• Nature Park Terra Vita European Geopark
• Vulkaneifel European Geopark
• Swabian Albs
• Harz Braunschweiger Land Ostfalen
• Mecklenburg Ice Age Landscape Park
• Greece
  Greece
  
  Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , is a country in southeastern Europe, situated on the southern end of the Balkans. It has borders with Albania, Bulgaria and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to the north, and Turkey to the east....
   (2)
• Petrified Forest of Lesvos
  Petrified Forest of Lesvos
  
  The petrified forest of Lesbos is the largest of two major petrified forests in the world . It is located on Lesbos in Greece. It has been designated as a protected natural monument....
  
• Psiloritis Natural Park
• Ireland
  Ireland
  
  Ireland is the List of islands by area in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islet....
   (2)
• Copper Coast
• Marble Arch Caves (also UK)
• Italy
  Italy
  
  Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
   (4)
• Adamello-Brenta
• Madonie Natural Park
• Rocca di Cerere Cultural Park
• Parco naturale regionale del Beigua
• Norway
  Norway
  
  Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a constitutional monarchy in Northern Europe that occupies the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula....
   (1)
• Gea-Norvegica
• Portugal
  Portugal
  
  Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic , is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Located in southwestern Europe, Portugal is the westernmost country of mainland Europe and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east....
   (1)
• Naturtejo Geopark
• Romania
  Romania
  
  Romania is a country located in Southeastern Europe Central Europe, North of the Balkan Peninsula, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian Mountains, bordering on the Black Sea....
   (1)
• Hateg Country Dinosaur Geopark
• Spain
  Spain
  
  Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
   (4)
• Cabo de Gata-Níjar Natural Park
  Cabo de Gata-Níjar Natural Park
  
  Cabo de Gata-N?jar Natural Park is a nature reserve near Almer?a, Spain. It is the largest terrestrial-maritime reserve in the European Western Mediterranean Sea, covering 460 km? including the town of Carboneras, the mountain range of Sierra de Cabo de Gata, and 120 km? of the sea as a part of a Marine reserve....
  
• Maestrazgo Cultural Park
• Subeticas Geopark
• Sobrarbe Geopark
• United Kingdom
  United Kingdom
  
  The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
   (6)
• Marble Arch Caves
  Marble Arch Caves
  
  The Marble Arch Caves are a series of natural limestone caves located near the village of Florencecourt in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. They run under Cuilcagh mountain....
   and Cuilcagh Mountain Park (also Ireland)
• North Pennines
  North Pennines
  
  The North Pennines is the northernmost part of the so-called 'backbone of England', the range of hills which runs through the centre of the northern half of England, from north to south....
   Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
• Lochaber Geopark, Scotland
• North West Highlands Geopark
  North West Highlands Geopark
  
  The North West Highlands Geopark is a International Network of Geoparks in the Scottish Highlands. Awarded UNESCO geopark staus in 2004, it features some of the oldest rocks in Europe, around 3,000 million years old....
  , Scotland
  Scotland
  
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• Fforest Fawr
  Fforest Fawr
  
  Fforest Fawr is the name given to an extensive upland area in the county of Powys, Wales. Formerly known as the 'Great Forest of Brecknock' in English, it was a royal hunting area for several centuries but is now used primarily for sheep grazing, forestry, water catchment and recreation....
   in Brecon Beacons
  Brecon Beacons
  
  The Brecon Beacons is a mountain range in South Wales. It forms the central section of the Brecon Beacons National Park , one of Wales's three National Parks of England and Waless....
  , Wales
  Wales
  
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• English Riviera
• South America
  South America
  
  South America is the southern continent of the Americas, situated entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere....
  
• Brazil
  Brazil
  
  Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is a country in South America. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, occupying nearly half of South America, the List of countries by population country, and the fourth most populous democracy in the world....
   (2)
• Araripe
  Chapada do Araripe
  
  The Chapada do Araripe, also known as the Serra do Araripe, is a chapada in northeastern Brazil. The chapada forms the boundary of Cear? and Pernambuco states, and forms the watershed between the Jaguaribe River of Cear?, which flows northward into the Atlantic, and the much larger basin of the S?o Francisco River of Pernambuco an...
   Geopark
• Paleorrota (Rio Grande do Sul)
  Paleorrota
  
  Paleorrota , is a geopark located in the center of the state of the Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil, along which are found Triassic rocks and fossils, from a time when there was only the continent Pangaea....
   Geopark

See also

• United Nations Environment Programme
  United Nations Environment Programme
  
  The UN Environment Programme coordinates United Nations environmental activities, assisting developing countries in implementing environmentally sound policies and encourages sustainable development through sound environmental practices....
  
• World Heritage Site
  World Heritage Site
  
  A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a site that is on the list maintained by the international World Heritage Programme administered by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, composed of 21 Sovereign state which are elected by their General Assembly for a four-year term....
  
• National park
  National park
  
  A national park is a reserve of land, usually declared and owned by a national government, protected from most human development and pollution....
  
• Geological Survey of India
  Geological Survey of India
  
  Geological Survey of India , established in 1851 is a government organization in India for conducting geology surveys and studies. It is one of the oldest of such organizations in the world....
   (GSI) also maintains 2 fossil parks currently.
• Fossil park
  Fossil park
  
  A protected area with rich deposits of fossils is called a fossil park. Fossil parks are used in educating the public. There are many fossil parks all over the world....
  

External links

• — Minutes of the 46th Executive Committee Meeting, Cairo, Egypt, January 26–30, 2000.
• — 45th Executive Committee Meeting, Vienna, Austria, January 26–30, 1998.