The Educational Importance of Geosites Representing Geodiversity-Biodiversity Relationships: A Thematic Inventory Proposal

IF 2.3 2区地球科学 Q2 GEOSCIENCES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Geoheritage Pub Date : 2024-09-16 DOI:10.1007/s12371-024-01000-5

Daniel S. Santos, Kátia L. Mansur

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The relationships between geodiversity and biodiversity are a topic of growing relevance. Understanding these relationships in different contexts and scales has the potential to increase conservation efforts, especially considering climate and environmental changes. Exploring this topic in educational activities is a way to make it more accessible to the society. Considering the relevance of geosites for education, the present work proposes a thematic inventory of geosites representing relationships between geodiversity and biodiversity. With the use of a descriptive file and a classification scheme, the proposal was applied in the project Geopark Costões e Lagunas (Cliffs and Lagoons), in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 19 geosites were identified, described, and classified, embracing different situations, and allowing approaches on several issues such as spatial and temporal scale of the relations, the influence of the diversity of elements or of specific elements, degradation risks etc. The results are intended to be applied to the educational activities that already take place in the geopark project but also to be an incentive for similar initiatives in other areas, contributing to the dissemination of the topic of relationships between geodiversity and biodiversity.

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体现地质多样性与生物多样性关系的地貌景观的教育意义：专题目录建议

地质多样性与生物多样性之间的关系是一个日益重要的话题。在不同背景和尺度下理解这些关系有可能加强保护工作，特别是考虑到气候和环境变化。在教育活动中探讨这一主题是让社会更容易接受的一种方式。考虑到地貌景观与教育的相关性，本研究提出了一个代表地貌多样性与生物多样性之间关系的地貌景观专题清单。通过使用描述性文件和分类方案，该建议被应用于巴西里约热内卢的 "悬崖和泻湖地质公园 "项目。对 19 个地貌景观进行了识别、描述和分类，涵盖了不同的情况，并对一些问题进行了探讨，如关系的时空尺度、要素多样性或特定要素的影响、退化风险等。这些成果将应用于地质公园项目中已经开展的教育活动，同时也将激励其他地区开展类似活动，促进地质多样性与生物多样性之间关系这一主题的传播。

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Geoheritage GEOSCIENCES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY-

CiteScore

5.10

自引率

34.50%

发文量

107

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.