The Iberian Peninsula is home to the most extensive outcrops of Ordovician and Silurian rocks in Europe, being mainly located in the Variscan Iberian Massif of Spain and Portugal. Many of these outcrops are outstanding in terms of their geomorphological value and impressive landscape, but also because of the palaeontological record they hold or their exceptional stratigraphic record of certain Ordovician and Si...
The Arouca Geopark, located in the Aveiro district (northern Portugal), originated in 2005 and was formally established in late 2007, under the auspices of Arouca's Municipal Chamber. This ongoing project will soon be submitted to the European and Global Geoparks Networks, making it the second Portuguese geopark inside these networks. During the last three years, an international multidisciplinary team has been...
A figura de Geoparque surgiu, na Europa, nos finais dos anos noventa. Actualmente, a maior parte dos Geoparques entretanto criados encontra-se neste continente, apesar do desafio da UNESCO para o estabelecimento de Geoparques em todo o mundo. Neste trabalho apresenta-se, de modo breve, um projecto em curso que dará origem à candidatura do “Geoparque Arouca” (Distrito de Aveiro) à Rede Europeia de Geoparques. ; ...
During the last decade, the European Geoparks Network (EGN) has developed this strategy with notable results across several countries. In Portugal, in spite of its very rich geodiversity, the Geopark model is just starting. This work will present the main features of a new proposal for a Portuguese Geopark to be submitted to the EGN in 2008. One of the particularities of this project is related with the reward...
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