International Course on UNESCO Global Geoparks UNESCO Global Geoparks and Sustainable Management

UNESCO and the Global Geoparks Network are co-organizing the International Course on UNESCO Global Geoparks 2024 which will deal with the topic “UNESCO Global Geoparks and Sustainable Management”.The Course on UNESCO Global Geoparks will be held from 27th of May to 3rd of June 2024 in Lesvos Island UNESCO Global Geoparks (Greece) and it is organized  in collaboration with the University of the Aegean-Department of Geography and the Natural History Museum of the Lesvos Petrified Forest / Lesvos Island UNESCO Global Geopark.The course provides an opportunity to discover how UNESCO Global Geoparks can make a real impact in local communities and on society as a whole but also provides conceptual issues on UNESCO Global Geoparks.Lectures will be given by Geoparks experts and academic staff with long experience on geoheritage and geodiversity management, sustainable tourism and Geoparks.The course is open to Geoparks’ staff members with a degree in Geosciences, to PhD and Master students working on Geoparks, geotourism, geosites, geomorphosites and landscape topics, as well as to Geoscientists having a special interest on the topic.

Register here :

https://www.petrifiedforest.gr/geoparks2024/