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Abstract
This study investigates the integration of geoheritage into geoconservation strategies, with a specific emphasis on the Khowai Badlands in West Bengal, India. Recognizing the importance of preserving geological, ecological, and cultural heritage, this research aims to address the challenges and opportunities associated with holistic conservation approaches. Methodologically, the study employs a combination of literature review, case study analysis, and policy evaluations. The findings underscore the critical role of geological formations in supporting biodiversity and the cultural heritage embedded within these landscapes. Moreover, the study emphasizes the need for sustainable tourism practices and community involvement in conservation efforts, ensuring the long-term sustainability of our planet’s natural and cultural heritage for future generations.
期刊介绍：
The Geoheritage journal is an international journal dedicated to discussing all aspects of our global geoheritage, both in situ and portable. The journal will invite all contributions on the conservation of sites and materials - use, protection and practical heritage management - as well as its interpretation through education, training and tourism.
The journal wishes to cover all aspects of geoheritage and its protection. Key topics are:
- Identification, characterisation, quantification and management of geoheritage;
- Geodiversity and geosites;
- On-site science, geological and geomorphological research:
- Global scientific heritage - key scientific geosites, GSSPs, stratotype conservation
and management;
- Scientific research and education, and the promotion of the geosciences thereby;
- Conventions, statute and legal instruments, national and international;
- Integration of biodiversity and geodiversity in nature conservation and land-use
policies;
- Geological heritage and Environmental Impact Assessment studies;
- Geological heritage, sustainable development, community action, practical initiatives and tourism;
- Geoparks: creation, management and outputs;
- Conservation in the natural world, Man-made and natural impacts, climate change;
- Geotourism definitions, methodologies, and case studies;
- International mechanisms for conservation and popularisation - World Heritage Sites,
National Parks etc.;
- Materials, data and people important in the history of science, museums, collections
and all portable geoheritage;
- Education and training of geoheritage specialists;
- Pedagogical use of geological heritage - publications, teaching media, trails, centres,
on-site museums;
- Linking the United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (2005- 2014) with geoconservation.
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