Inventorying geological heritage in large territories: a methodological proposal applied to Brazil

An adequate management of geological heritage by national and regional authorities presupposes the existence of a solid geosites inventory. Unfortunately, this is not the case for many countries. Most often, there is no national inventory at all or the method and criteria used to assess geosites was...

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Published inGeoheritage Vol. 2; no. 3; pp. 91 - 99
Main Authors Lima, Flávia, Brilha, J. B., Salamuni, Eduardo
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Berlin/Heidelberg Springer 01.12.2010
Springer-Verlag
Subjects
Biogeosciences
Brazil
Earth and Environmental Science
Earth Sciences
Geoconservation
Geosites
Historical Geology
Inventory
Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning
Mineralogy
Paleontology
Physical Geography
Review Article
Brazil
Geosites
Inventory
Geoconservation
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Summary:An adequate management of geological heritage by national and regional authorities presupposes the existence of a solid geosites inventory. Unfortunately, this is not the case for many countries. Most often, there is no national inventory at all or the method and criteria used to assess geosites was not adequate. This paper makes an overview of the strengths and weaknesses of the most common procedures to produce a geosite inventory and proposes a methodology particularly adapted for large territories such as Brazil. Nevertheless, this methodological approach can be easily adapted to any other geographical or geological setting, promoting the characterization and conservation of the world's geological heritage. High Level Scholarship Programme of the European Union - Programme Alβan Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT))
ISSN:1867-2477
1867-2485
DOI:10.1007/s12371-010-0014-9