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29th EGN Coordination
Committee Meeting
Lucena - Sierras Subbéticas
(Spain), 7th- 9th March 2012 |
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The EGN meeting in Lucena raised a number
of questions
about
the future
of
the European
and
Global
Geoparks
Network.
Will Unesco
be able to give
the same value
to
geodiversity as biodiversity?
As a
matter of fact,
Unesco is considering the possibilities of converting the current
activities about the geological heritage into an international programme
or initiative, holding in due consideration all financial and administrative implications.
This goal could be reached in two years.
However, the Geoparks need a political and critical mass to achieve the
goal.
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PHOTO
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Wednesday 07.03.2012
The Hotel "Ciudad de Lucena"
hosted the 29th Coordination Committee Meeting of the European Geoparks
Network.
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Wednesday 07.03.2012
During the icebreak
dinner. Patrick Mc Keever, Nickolas Zouros and Guy Martini in friendly
conversation.
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Thursday 08.03.2012
The main room during the first day of
Meeting.
86 representatives
of
48 European Geoparks are present. |
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Thursday 08.03.2012
The
table of the Meeting. In the foreground the EGN Coordinator Zouros
and the Vice-Coordinator Mc Keever.
The Spanish authorities are José Juan Diaz Trillo (Environment
Councillor of Andalucia), Juan Perez (Mayor of Lucena), Isabel
Ambrosio (Delegate of the Government) and Baldomero Moreno Arroyo (Director
of the Sierras Subbéticas Geopark).
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Thursday 08.03.2012
The Apuan Alps delegation in the
Italian sector of the Meeting. From left to right: Caterina Grimaldi
and
Pasquale Li Puma (Madonie Geopark); Alessia Amorfini and Antonio
Bartelletti (Apuan Alps Geopark); Angelo De Vita (Cilento and Vallo
di Diano Geopark). |
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Thursday 08.03.2012
A rare break during the Meeting. From left
to right:
Domenico Guida (Salerno
University), Aniello Aloia (Cilento and Vallo di Diano Geopark), Alessia
Amorfini (Apuan Alps Geopark) e Riccardo Cinelli (Tuscan Mining Geopark). |
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Thursday 08.03.2012
The nightly visit to the Oil Mill "Montes Marin"
of Priego de Cordoba. In the foreground Maurizio Burlando,
Coordinator of the Italian Geoparks Forum. |
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