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International Geodiversity Day [114] 11 October International Day of the Girl Child: ... International International Day of Islamic Art [119] 25 November
International Day of Forests: March 21 World Planting Day [29] [30] [31] March 21 World Wood Day [32] March 21 World Water Day: March 22 International Seal Day [33] March 22 World Meteorological Day: March 23 International Day of Zero Waste [34] March 30 World Aquatic Animal Day [35] April 3 World Rat Day [36] [37] [38] April 4 International ...
Geodiversity is the variety of earth materials, forms and processes that constitute and shape the Earth, either the whole or a specific part of it. [1] Relevant materials include minerals , rocks , sediments , fossils , soils and water .
Geoconservation is the practice of recognising, protecting and managing sites and landscapes which have value for their geology or geomorphology. [1] [2] The conservation of these geological sites is through government agencies and local geological societies in areas such as Europe and Africa.
These sites are also known by other names, such as regionally important geological sites, Regionally Important Geodiversity Sites (especially in Wales [1]), County Geodiversity Sites in Norfolk, [2] Local Geodiversity Sites in Scotland [3] and Lancashire, [4] and as County Geology Sites in Cornwall [5] and Devon and in the Republic of Ireland.
The Global Geoparks Network (GGN) (also known as the Global Network of National Geoparks) is UNESCO assisted network established in 1998. Managed under the body's Ecological and Earth Sciences Division, the GGN seeks the promotion and conservation of the planet's geological heritage, as well as encourages the sustainable research and development by the concerned communities.
Recently, in the 21st century, geotourism has emerged to deal with non-living parts of the natural environment. Geological features and landforms are examples of abiotic nature or geodiversity phenomena. [6] Geotourism adds to ecotourism's principal focus on plants (flora) and animals (fauna) by adding a third dimension to the abiotic ...