Geopark Annual Reports - European Geoparks Network

Naturtejo Geopark – PORTUGAL
I GeoSchools Conference for national teachers was held in the Naturtejo
Geopark, under the frame of a three year-EU Project, to discuss curricula and
approaches in secondary schools
● Landscape Festival 2011 – European Geoparks Week. In this edition, the
Landscape Festival summed 59651 participants, which contributed for the
synergy of the tourism sector of the region, during almost two months.
● CROSSINGS: International and Interdisciplinary Workshop on natural
and cultural resources for the sustainable development of Naturtejo
Geopark. This workshop was organized in Idanha-a-Nova, with the participation
of 29 students from the University of Califórnia - Berkeley, the Management
School of Idanha-a-Nova, the University of Minho and the Fernando Pessoa
University of Porto.
● Signing project implemented all over the Geopark. The main geosites of
the Geopark are now signed and have interpretative panels; the EGN corner is
now in several tourism offices and also private guest houses.
● Naturtejo Geopark hosts the I GEOschools Conference for teachers -
Naturtejo Geopark organized the I GEOschools Conference: new approaches in
Geosciences teaching, at the School of Management of Idanha-a-Nova, which
was integrated in the 3-year European Project joining geoscientists from
different universities, museums, geoparks and training schools for teachers,
from Portugal, Spain, Italy, Greece and Austria. The aim of this project is to
define models with principles for literacy in Geosciences for all the European
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