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5 October - World Teachers' Day; 6 October - International Geodiversity Day [17] 11 October - International Day of the Girl Child; 13 October - International Day for Disaster Reduction; 17 October - International Day for the Eradication of Poverty; 24 October - United Nations Day; 27 October - World Day for Audiovisual Heritage
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 .
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.
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 ...
The definition of geoheritage is based on the Regulation of the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources of the Republic of Indonesia No.1 of 2020 concerning Guidelines for the Determination of Geological Heritage (Geoheritage) is Geological Diversity (Geodiversity) which has more value as a legacy because it is a record that has happened or is ...
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO / j uː ˈ n ɛ s k oʊ /) [2] [a] is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) with the aim of promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture.
A national park is not necessarily a geopark. For example, the United States has a system of national parks, but none of them are geoparks. Canada, on the other hand, has several. A geopark network requires the branding of an international scientific association. They only brand protected areas that meet certain standards, as presented above.
The International Year of the Monument was a commemorative date created by UNESCO in 1964. The implementation of the date was to give a better global coverage in the perception of the monument as a building or historical site of exemplary character, for its significance in the life trajectory of a society/community and its people.