GEOPARKS: Learning from the Past – Building a Sustainable Future

AEGEAN
UNIVERSITY
DEPARTMENT of
GEOGRAPHY
9 th European Geoparks Conference 2010
GEOPARKS:
Learning from the Past –
Building a Sustainable Future
Celebrating 10 Years of Innovation
Lesvos Island - Greece
1 – 5 October 2010
UNDER THE AUSPICES OF
Programme

PROGRAMME
Friday 1 October
Municipal Theatre of Mytilene
08.30 – 09.40 Registration
09.40 – 10.00 Welcome by Assoc. Prof. N. Zouros, President of the
Organizing Committee (Greece).
Welcome by Prof. A. Kelepertzis, President of the NHMLPF.
SESSION 1 Geoparks - Global strategy for Geoconservation and
Sustainable Development
Chair
10.00 – 10.30
KEYNOTE
10.30 – 11.00
KEYNOTE
11.00 – 11.30
KEYNOTE
11.30 – 12.00 Coffee break
Dr. Guy Martini – Prof. A. Kelepertzis
European Geoparks and Global Geoparks Networks
Dr. Patrick Mc Keever, Geological Survey of Northern Ireland
UNESCO Geoparks Bureau Member – EGN Vice-Coordinator
UNESCO and Geoparks
Dr. Margarete Patzak, UNESCO
Impressive Geosites in the Aegean Archipelago – Potential for
geo-tourism development
Prof. Demosthenes Mountrakis, University of Thessaloniki
SESSION 2 Geoparks – Aspect Diversity
Chair
Dr. Richard Watson - Prof D. Mountrakis
12.00 - 12.20 Milagros Pérez Villalba
The integrated management strategy for geodiversity of
Andalusia
12.20 – 12.40 Zhang Yuan Hai, Wei Ye Lie and Wang Ping Yong
The development of Leye-Fengshan Geopark in China.
12.40 - 13.00 Kirstin Lemon and Richard Watson
Caves, karst and conservation: effective management of
geological sites at the Marble Arch Caves Global Geopark
(Ireland).
13.00 – 13.20 Tony Ramsay
The cultural history of Fforest Fawr geopark: an educational
and recreational resource
13.20 – 13.40 Mahito Watanabe
Recent Activities of the Japanese Geoparks Network
13.40 – 14.00 Maurizio Burlando
The National Forum of Italian Geoparks
14.00 – 15.00 Light Lunch break
SESSION 3
Chair
15.00 – 15.30
KEYNOTE
15.30 – 16.00
KEYNOTE
16.00 – 16.20 Sylvie GIRAUD
Principals on Geopark development
Prof. Ibrahim Komoo - Mahito Watanabe
Geo-Geopark-Geotourism: Basic concepts
Guy Martini and Marie Luise Frey, UNESCO Geoparks
Bureau Members
Community Involvement in Geoparks – From Participation to
Ownership
Claudia Eckhardt, Bergstrasse Odenwald Geopark, Germany

Geopark and Land Art for tourism development
16.20 – 16.40 Athanasaki Katerina & Fassoulas Charalampos
Intangible aspects of Geoparks. Local names, toponyms and
geoheritage in Crete (Greece)
16.40 – 17.00 Wen Feichen
Characteristics of the alkali-feldspar miarolitic granite
geomorphological landscapes of the Taimu Mountain in Fujian
Province, China
17.00 Coffee break
Friday 1 October
Official opening of the Conference
Municipal Theatre of Mytilene
18.45 Arrival of the participants from their hotels
19.00 -20.00 Welcome
Greetings form the Organizing Committee
Greetings form the National and Local Authorities
Greetings from the International Bodies
Official opening of the Conference
20.00 – 21.00 Ceremony and Awards to the European Geoparks

Saturday 2 October
University of the Aegean – Geography
Amphitheatre - ROOM 1
SESSION 4
Chair
9.00 – 9.30
KEYNOTE
SESSION 5
Chair
09.30 – 10.00
KEYNOTE
Global Geoparks Network - Regional Development
Patrick Mc Keever
Geopark Development in the Asia Pacific Region
Ibrahim Komoo, Institute for Environment and Development
(LESTARI), UKM, Malaysia, Asia Pacific Geoparks Network
Coordinator
Aspiring Geoparks
Kristin Rangnes – Prof. Min Huh
Geopark development in Latin America and the Caribbean
Denise Gorfinkiel Oficial de Programa UNESCO - Montevideo
10.00 - 10.20 Setsuya Nakada,
Volcano Geoparks in Japan.
10.20 – 10.40 Giuseppe Ottria, Alessia Amorfini and Antonio Bartelletti
Apuan Alps: a possible European Geopark in the Northern
Apennines (Italy).
10.40 – 11.00 Patricio Contreras
Territorial Aspects in the Establishment of the First National
Geopark in Chile.
11.00 – 11.20 Irini Theodosiou, Antonis Kostalas, Adonis Photiades
Lavreotiki aspiring geopark in Greece
11.20 – 11.40 Coffee break
SESSION 6 Aspiring Geoparks
Chair
Milagros Pérez Villalba – Prof. Setsuya Nakada
11.40 – 12.00 Ma Ngoc Giang,
Dong Van Karst Plateau Geopark (Vietnam).
12.00 – 12.20 Aniello Aloia, De Vita Angelo, Guida Domenico, Andrea
Toni and Valente Alessio
National Park Of Cilento and Vallo of Diano: geodiversity,
geotourism, geoarcheology and historical tradition (Italy).
12.20 - 12.40 Ungsan Ahn
Jeju Island Geopark: The first aspiring geopark in Korea.
12.40 - 13.00 Eva A.Lima, João C.Nunes, Manuel P.Costa and Andrea
Porteiro
Main Geosites of the Azores Geopark project (Portugal).
13.00 – 13.20 Min Huh
Cretaceous dinosaur coast in jeollanam-do province of Korea as
potential geopark.
13.20 - 13.40 Ivona Cimermanová
Geoparks in Slovakia.
13.40 – 14.00 Andre Guerraz, Michel Delmas, B. Tiberghien, J.F.Lopez,
N.Cayla, F.Hoblea, Carine Peisser and Pierre Renau
Becoming a Geopark, a sustainable development project for the
Bauges Massif natural regional Park, France.
14.00 – 15.00 Light Lunch break

SESSION 7 Aspiring Geoparks
Chair
Wolfgang Eder - Henning Zellmer
15.00 – 15.20 Ronan Hennessy, Patrick J. O’Connor, Carol Gleeson,
Cormac McGinley, Colin Bunce, Brigid Barry, Emma
Glanville, Frances Connole , Frank O’Grady and Phil
Deegan
The Burren and Cliffs of Moher – an Atlantic Edge Geopark in
the West of Ireland.
15.20 – 15.40 Bill Merrifield - Jane Fullerton
Building Community Connections for the first proposed
Geopark in North America. Stonehammer Geological
Project, New Brunswick, Canada.
15.40 - 16.00 Noritaka Matsubara
San’in Kaigan Geopark - Geological features, the natural
environment, peoples’ lives, and the formation of the Sea of
Japan
16.00 – 16.20 Margaretha Roelfs, Willem Markenstein and Harrie
Wolters
The Hondsrug Geopark: connecting geological heritage, cultural
and ecological heritage and regional development.
16.20 – 16.40 André Weissheimer de Borba, Luiz Fernando de Souza,
Nelson Sambaqui Gruber and Sergio Rebello Dillenburg
Threatened geomorphic processes and landforms in the coastal
plain of he Rio Grande do Sul State, South Brazil.
16.40 – 17.00 Jean-Pierre Fillion, Anne Guyomard, Sophie Justice
The Chablais and Water, a Geopark Candidate
17.00 – 17.20 Manjit Kumar Mazumdar and Paramananda Majumdar,
Sri Sri Surya Pahar of Assam, NE India - An instance of
geoconservation in a cultural landscape.
Saturday 2 October
Cultural event of the Conference
Medieval Castle of Mytilene
18.30 Arrival of the participants at Mytilene Castle
18.45 - 19.00 Welcome by Mrs Cristiana Loupou Chief Archaeologist of the 8 th
Ephorate of Byzantine Antiquities
19.00 - 20.00 Guided tours in the Castle
20.00 – 21.00 Concert with the Santouria of the Anagnostirio of Agiassos
21.00 - 22.00 Buffet Diner

Saturday 2 October
University of the Aegean – Geography
Amphitheatre - ROOM A
SESSION 8 Geoparks and International collaboration
Chair
Sylvie Giraud - Jutta Weber
09.30 – 09.50 Jutta Weber, Zhu Dong E, Zheng Xiang & Reinhard Diehl
Global Cooperation and Partnership: the Geoparks Mt. Lushan
(PR China) and Bergstrasse-Odenwald (Germany)
09.50 – 10.10 Wei Yelie
Progress plan of Leye-Fengshan geopark and proposal for a
Geopark Universal Expo
10.10 – 10.30 Claudia Eckhardt
Ranger Training for the Hong Kong Geopark in the Global and
European Geopark Bergstrasse-Odenwald.
10.30 – 10.50 Artur Sá, Flávia Lima, Teresa Mota, José Patrício Melo,
Antônio Álamo Saraiva, Francisco Idalécio Freitas and
António Carlos Duarte
Networking cooperation between Araripe (Brazil) and Arouca
(Portugal) Geoparks: a bridge of cooperation spoken in
Portuguese
10.50 – 11.10 Sebastian Willman, Heikki Bauert, Sara Eliasson and
Erika Thalheim
Generating Geoparks – a Central Baltic initiative
11.10 – 11.30 Coffee break
SESSION 9 Geoparks - Interpretation and Communication
Chair
Heinz Kollmann – Brian Gregson
11.30 – 12.00 Communicating geological diversity (Norway).
KEYNOTE Kristin Rangnes, Gea Norvegica Geopark
12.00 – 12.20 Vesa Krökki
Interpretation and Communication in the proposed Rokua
Geopark
12.20 – 12.40 Mirjam Bröhl, Uwe Reimold and Uwe Nadler,
Communicating Geoheritage: Multimedia Content for Mobile
Information Devices
12.40 – 13.00 Uwe Neuhold, Heinz A. Kollmann, Nickolaos Zouros
The Petrified Forest of Lesvos and the geological evolution of
the Aegean region. Interactive presentations for the Museum of
Natural History of the Petrified Forest of Lesvos.
13.00 – 13.20 Luis Alcalá and F. Javier Millán
Geopark Corner
13.20 – 13.40 Joana de Castro Rodrigues, Carlos Neto de Carvalho and
Eddy Chambino
“There’s Gold at Foz!” and other geotourism products for
raising awareness of the Naturtejo Geopark geomining heritage
13.40 – 14.00 Vladislav Rapprich, Tomáš Řídkošil , Marcela Stárková
and Vladimir Prouza
Volcanological interpretation for public in the Bohemian
Paradise Geopark

14.00 – 15.00 Light Lunch break
SESSION 9 b Geoparks - Interpretation and Communication
Chair
John Conway– Janos Tardy
15.00 – 15.20 Ralf Nielbock and Henning Zellmer
The Unicorn Cave – Experience with a private show cave and
Geopark Information Centre lead by a nonprofit association
15.20 – 15.40 Koumoutsou E, Topouzidis N., Iatrou G.
The Chelmos-Vouraikos Geopark
15.40 – 16.00 Tamas Koruhely
Promoting a cross-border geopark Novohrad-Nograd Geopark
SESSION 10 Geoparks and Climate Change adaption
Chair
Tony Ramsey - Á. Belmonte-Ribas
16.00 – 16.20 John Conway
Anglesey Geopark and Climate Change –impacts and
adaptation
16.20 – 16.40 Carlos Neto de Carvalho and Joana de Castro Rodrigues
Naturtejo Geopark initiatives for climate change consciousness
16.40 - 17.00 Elizabeth Silva, Daniela Rocha and Manuela Catana
“Climate Change & Biodiversity” School Contest: a tool on
Education for Sustainable Development in Portuguese
Geoparks.
Saturday 2 October
University of the Aegean – Geography
ROOM B
SESSION 11 Geoparks - Best practice in Geoconservation and
Sustainable Development
Chair
Hartmut Escher - Elizabeth Silva
09.30 – 09.50 Inger Christensen
Geoparks as tools for regional development. Magma Geopark –
Norway.
09.50 – 10.10 Brian Gregson
Geopark Shetland (UK).
10.10 – 10.30 Carlos Neto de Carvalho and Joana de Castro Rodrigues
Managing delicate socio-environmental impacts: Naturtejo
European Geopark and the building of Alvito Reservoir at
Almourão geosite (Portugal).
10.30 – 10.50 Luis Alcalá, Ángel Hernández, José Antonio Andrés and
Ainara Aberasturi
Improving the facilities of palaeontological sites in the
Maestrazgo Geopark (Spain).
10.50 – 11.10 Alexandru Andrasanu
Geopark initiatives in Romania
11.10 – 11.30 Coffee break
SESSION 12 Geoparks and Nature tourism development
Chair
Alexandru Andrasanu – Athanasios Kizos
11.30 – 11.50 Measuring sustainability in tourism destinations – A UNEP/MAP

KEY NOTE study.
Spilanis Ioannis, Vayanni Lena, University of the Aegean
11.50 – 12.10 Hamimah Hassan and Yuhanis Aziz
Tourism and sustainability in Langkawi geopark (Malaysia).
12.10 – 12.30 Hartmut Escher
Enjoying a Geopark by E-bike, a new infrastructure for
TERRA.vita
12.30 – 12.50 Marco Firpo, Matteo Vacchi, Cristiano Queirolo and
Maurizio Burlando
“Via GeoAlpina”: an international geotouristic trail in Beigua
Geopark to discover the Alpine Geological Heritage.
12.50 – 13.10 Jon Paul Llordés, Cristina Iturriagagoitia and Joan Poch
Geotourism to Geopark: From the Flysch Coastal Route to the
Basque Coast Geopark Project
13.10 – 13.30 John Conway
The Anglesey long distance coastal footpath
13.30 – 13.50 Teresa Mota
Brazilian National Plan of Tourism: new challenges for the
Araripe Geopark Management Structure
14.00 – 15.00 Light Lunch break
SESSION 13 Geoparks, local participation and sustainable
development
Chair
Carlos Neto de Carvalho - Martina Pásková
15.00 – 15.20 Emiliano Oddone, Sandro Furlanis, Gianluca Piccin
The value of the synesthetic approach to Geological Heritage,
considering active participation and community involvement.
15.20 – 15.40 Milagros Pérez Villalba
“Natural Park of Andalucia Brand”: A tool for sustainable
development in a Geopark
15.40 – 16.00 Baldomero Moreno Arroyo and Alicia Serna Barquero
“Salt from Tethys Sea”: An example of local development in a
Geopark.
16.00 – 16.20 Sara Gentilini
The Geopark as a Participatory Project
16.20 – 16.40 Juliane Nauck
Participation of Adolescents in European Geoparks
16.40 – 17.00 Susana Martins and João Pinho
Geoparks and Local Development - Case study of the project
“Geoparks and Geotourism” – Leader Approach

Saturday 2 October
University of the Aegean – Marine Science
Amphitheatre - ROOM 2
EDUCATIONAL FORUM
SESSION A Environmental education
Chair
Michael Kapiotas - Dimitrios Karadimitriou
09.30 – 09.50 Opening of the educational forum by
the Director of the Education in North Aegean Region
M. Kontelli
09.50 – 10.10 Maria Papapetrou
Natural monuments – Built space: a relation of cultural
development
10.10 – 10.30 Michael Kapiotas, Ilektra Kaldelli, Prokopis Maistrellis
Collaboration between the Natural History Museum of the
Lesvos Petrified Forest and the Environmental Educational
Centre of Evergetoulas (Lesvos, Greece). Creating synergies
among environmental education institutions for the promotion
of sustainability and local development.
10.30 – 10.50 Christos Bimpitsos & Constantinos Gavrilakis
Planning and evaluation frame of environmental communication
actions: Critical presentation of the environmental information
material for the mountain area of Pella (Greece) in the frame of
the EU initiative Interreg III
10.50 – 11.10 Dimitrios Karadimitriou, Georgios Lazaridis
Environmental education programmes at terraces of travertine.
The case of Aspri Petra Promachon (Pella, Greece)
11.10 – 11.30 Coffee break
SESSION B Educational Programmes on abiotic nature
Chair
Constantinos Gavrilakis - Maria Papapetrou
11.30 – 11.50 Dimitrios Karadimitriou
Speleological educational programme by the environmental
group of Promachon Secondary School
11.50 – 12.10 Irene Dona, Dimitris Tsakstaras
The educational program “Fossils and prehistoric giants of
Grevena” of Grevena Centre for Environmental Education
(Greece)
12.10 - 12.30 Anna Tsoukala and George Kofopoulos
“Climate change in education”
12.30 - 12.50 Anastasia Hatzizisi, Kalliopi Bonta, Konstantinos
Tilaveridis, Panagiotis Perpesas, Stergios Antoniadis
The paleontological collection of Trampantzion Secondary
School of Siatista and its development in the programs of
Environmental Educ. Cent. of Siatista (Greece)
12.50 – 13.10 Klonari Katerina and Tzoura Maria
Young researchers in environmental path – Discovering natural
features and creating geographic data using GPS and GIS:
creation of educational material.
13.10 - 13.30 Dimitra V. Mantzouka

Special educational program for people with eyesight problems
at the natural history museum of the Lesvos petrified forest: the
petrified forest and the hero grandfather prodeinous. (Greece).
13.30 – 13.50 Nickolas Zouros, Konstantina Mpentana, Ilias Valiakos
Educational activities in Lesvos Geopark
14.00 – 15.00 Light Lunch break
SESSION C Geoparks and Environmental Education
Chair
Vesa Krökki - Kirstin Lemon
15.00 – 15.20 Kirstin Lemon and Martina Magee
Spreading the word: developing new educational resources at
Marble Arch Caves Global Geopark.
15.20 – 15.40 Alexandra Paz, Daniela Rocha and Artur Sá
Environmental Education in Arouca Geopark (Portugal): the
Scientific Culture Week 2009 as an example.
15.40 – 16.00 Katharina Weiskopf
Children discover geology. Geo-projects with local schools in
the Eisenwurzen Geopark, Austria
16.00 – 16.20 Rita Lima Bezerra, Maria Tereza Bezerra Farias Sales and
José Patrício Melo
Environmental Education at Araripe Geopark (Ceará, NE Brazil)
16.20 – 16.40 Alexandra Paz, Daniela Rocha and Artur Sá
Educational Programs in Geoparks: new opportunities for
geologists. The case of the Arouca Geopark (Portugal)
16.40 – 17.00 Maria Manuela Catana
The Ichnological Park of Penha Garcia: the most attended open
air class at the Naturtejo Geopark (Portugal)
17.00 – 17.20 Abel Amaral, Ana Cunha, Ana Ferreira, Joana Teixeira,
João Ferreira, Bárbara Machado and Alexandra Paz
Arouca Geopark in the school: modelling tailings pile and
evaluating the contamination of the Regoufe and Rio de Frades
mines.

Saturday 2 October
University of the Aegean – Geography
POSTER SESSION
1 Neda Torabi Farsani , Celeste Coelho and Carlos Costa
Rural development via geotourism and innovative strategies.
2. Grzegorz Pieńkowski and Anna Mader
The Kamienna Valley Geopark (Holy Cross Mts., Poland) – a unique
geoeducational area.
3. Nickolas Zouros, Kostantina Mpentana, Ilias Valiakos
Educational activities in Lesvos Geopark – Understanding Earthquakes.
4. Katerina Vasileiadou, Nikolaos Zouros
Introducing paleontology to the broad public through exhibitions. “Fossils of
the Aegean - Mammal Biodiversity: From the Deinothere of the Lesvos
Petrified Forest to the Man of the Petralona Cave”.
5. Michel Macedo Marques, Sarah Menezes Pereira and Flavia
Fernanda de Lima
Communication in Araripe Geopark (Ceará State, Brazil): a new reality to
widespread the Geoparks concept at national level.
6. Flávia Fernanda de Lima, Francisco Idalécio Freitas and José Artur
de Andrade
A new approach to the inventory, characterization and evaluation of the
Araripe Geopark geological heritage (Brazil).
7. Lúcia Vasquez, José Brilha, Artur Sá
Planning a valuation strategy for selected geosites in Arouca Geopark
(Portugal).
8. Michał Poros
Chęciny-Kielce Geopark - an aspiring projected geopark (Poland).
9. Fassoulas Charalampos & Iliopoulos George,
Karstic features: a unique fossil record for Psiloritis Geopark and Crete
(Greece)
10. Dimitriou-Nikolakis Panagiotis & Fassoulas Charalampos
Quantitative assessment of geosites in a potential geopark territory:
Lassithi mountains(Crete, Greece).
11. Vladimira Jakouběová
The documentation of the folk architectural objects in the Bohemian
Paradise Geopark
12. Tomáš Řídkošil and Jiří Vlasák
Use of tagging in Bohemian Paradise Geopark information system.

Sunday 3 October
University of the Aegean – Geography
Amphitheatre – Room 1
SESSION 14 Geoparks and World Heritage
Chair
Nickolas Zouros - Imre Szarvas
09.00 – 09.30 World Heritage Sites in Geoparks – Sustainable
KEYNOTE Development
Marie-Luise Frey, Welterbe Grube Messel, Germany
SESSION 15 Aspiring Geoparks
Chair
Artur Sá - Ivona Cimermanová
09.30 – 09.50 Manjit Kumar Mazumdar
Setting up of Geoparks in India – Thoughts and Actions
09.50 – 10.10 Mohammad Bahrami & A,azam Zare
Introducing some sites in Fars Province (Iran) for developing
the tourism
10.10 – 10.30 Ferran Climent i Costa
Geological and mining park of Central Catalonia (Spain).
10.30 – 10.50 André Weissheimer de Borba
Geodiversity and geoheritage in Caçapava do Sul (RS), Brazil:
potential for education, tourism, and sustainable development
(research project funded by CNPq, Brazil)
10.50 – 11.10 Ýbrahim GÜNER, Mustafa ERTÜRK, Hilmi DEMÝRKAYA
An evaluation of travertines in respect of sustainable ecotourism
in Pamukkale geopark
11.10 -11.30 Coffee break
SESSION 16 Aspiring Geoparks
Chair
Ronan Hennessy - Manjit Kumar Mazumdar
11.30 – 11.50 Voropaeva Inga, Voloboy Alexey
Initiation of Geoparks in Russian Federation
11.50 – 12.10 André Weissheimer de Borba & Luiz Fernando de Souza
The Pampa of southernmost Brazil: a region requiring
geoconservation and geopark strategies
12.10 – 12.30 Mojca Kavčič, Bojan Režun, Martina Peljhan
Activities for raising public awareness of Idrija Geopark Project
(Slovenia).
12.30 – 12.50 Gülpınar AKBULUT & Kamile GÜLÜM
A Suggested Geopark Site: Kapodokya
12.50 – 13.10 José María Barrera Martín-Merás and José María Corrales
Vázquez
Villuercas - Ibores – la Jara: A candidate to European Geopark
13.10 – 13.30 Pérez Villalba, Milagros and Gil Toja, Alberto
A new Geopark in Andalucía: Rio Tinto Geopark candidate
13.30 – 14.00 Spyros Gatsios and George Koumoundouros
Sinkholes and caverns of Kefalonia: A new potential Geopark in
Greece
14.00 – 15.00 Light Lunch break

SESSION 17 Aspiring Geoparks
Chair
Irini Theodosiou - Ferran Climent i Costa
15.00 – 15.20 Cristina Iturriagagoitia, Joan Poch & Jon Paul Llordés
Progress on the Basque Coast Geopark Project (Gipuzkoa,
Spain) since its application submission in November 2009
(Spain).
15.20 – 15.40 Michal Krobicki, Marek Doktor, Jan Golonka and Tadeusz
Slomka
Selected parts of the Polish Carpathians as potential regions for
geoparks
15.40 – 16.00 Martina Pásková
Rio Coco Geopark Formation (Nicaragua)
16.00 – 16.20 Mohammad Bahrami & A,azam Zare
Zagros Salt Domes as Attractive Geoparks in South of Iran.
16.20 – 16.40 Maria Piccarreta and Sara Gentilini
The Polo Tiburtino's Geopark: a realistic challenge?
16.40 - 17.00 Nuran Sevimli AKKOÇ, Gonca GÜRLER, Mutlu GÜRLER
A new candidate for the Global Geopark Network: Burned
Country Geopark (Turkey).

Sunday 3 October
University of the Aegean – Geography
Room A
Research in Geoparks
SESSION 18
Chair
Luis Alcalá - K. Papadopoulou-Vrynioti
09.30 – 09.50 Artur Sá, Pedro Correia, Daniela Rocha and Alexandra
Paz
Increasing the scientific knowledge of the Arouca Geopark: the
discovery of the fossil flora of the Gzhelian (Carboniferous).
09.50 – 10.10 Loïc Costeur, Christine Balme, Stéphane Legal, Olivier
Maridet
New fossil sites with mammal footprints in the Oligocene
of south-eastern France.
10.10 – 10.30 Katerina Vasileiadou and Nickolas Zouros
Lesvos Petrified Forest: new data on its small-sized inhabitants
10.30 – 10.50 Antônio Álamo Feitosa Saraiva and Flavia Fernanda de Lima
Paleontological digging in the geosite “Park of the Pterosaurs”
(Araripe Geopark, Brazil): in situ observation of a Fossil
Lagerstätten
10.50 – 11.10 Jari Nenonen and Tapani Tervo
Geo-studies in Rokua Geopark project region
11.00 - 11.30 Coffee break
SESSION 19 Research in Geoparks
Chair
Jari Nenonen - Jean Bottazzi
11.30 – 11.50 Á. Belmonte-Ribas, A. Pérez-Sanz, A. Moreno, P.
González-Sampériz, B.L. Valero-Garcés, C. Sancho-
Marcén
Holocene geomorphological and climatic evolution of a high
mountain basin from a lake sediment core (Basa de la Mora,
Pyrenees, Spain), first results.
11.50 – 12.10 Enno Bregman and Margaretha Roelfs
Geological setting of the Hondsrug Geopark.
12.10 – 12.30 Á Jean Bottazzi
The benefit of cave explorations in Leye-Fengshan Geopark
12.30 – 12.50 Martina Stupar
Karst Conservation, how we do it in Slovenia
12.50 – 13.10 Papadopoulou-Vrynioti K. and Kampolis
Karstic-Speleological Geopark in the Area of Messinian Manis
and Speleo-tourism
13.10 – 13.30 Nguyen Dai Trung, Tran Tan Van and Michel Dusar
Research to evaluate the potential of geo-heritages and geoparks
in Vietnam
13.30 – 13.50 Zheng Yanjiu(Matt)
Analysis on the characteristics and origin of the erosional
riverbed landforms in the Baishuiyang, Fujian Province, China
14.00 – 15.00 Light Lunch break
SESSION 20 Research in Geoparks
Chair
Carlos Neto de Carvalho, Gonca GÜRLER
15.00 – 15.20 Gonca GÜRLER, Gonca NALCIOĞLU, Mutlu GÜRLER
Model studies of turkey geological heritage research group
15.20 – 15.40 Fassoulas Charalampos and Mpoutsikaki Athina

Geological and geo-archaeological features of Agioi Apostoloi
bay, Chania province (Crete, Greece)
15.40 – 16.00 Papadopoulou-Vrynioti K.,
Morphogenetic Study Of Mavri Limni Valley – ‘Polylimnio’ In
Messinia (Greece) And Its Emergence As Geotope.
16.00 – 16.20 Zheng Yanjiu(Matt)
Analysis on the Characteristics and Origin of the Erosional
Rriver bed Landforms in the Baiyun Mountain Area of Fujian
Province, China
16.20 – 16.40 Brigitta Tóth, László Lévai, Béla Kovács, Szilvia Veres
Industrial produce and environmental protection

Sunday 3 October
University of the Aegean – Geography
Room B
SESSION 20 Geoparks – Best practice in management,
geotourism and education
Chair
Stéphane Legal, Nguyen Dai Trung
09.30 – 09.50 Pål A. Thjømøe and J. Richard Wilson
The Moon, Meteorites, Geological Time and Magma Geopark
09.50 – 10.10 Carlos Neto de Carvalho
Fossil “Art”: scientific, educational and tourist importance of the
palaeontological diversity from Naturtejo Geopark (Portugal)
10.10 – 10.30 Tony Ramsay
Fforest fawr geopark: an ice age geopark
10.30 – 10.50 José Patrício Melo
Management of the Araripe Geopark (Ceará, NE Brazil): old and
new challenges
11.00 - 11.30 Coffee break
SESSION 21 Geoparks – Best practice in management,
geotourism and education
Chair
José Patrício Melo, Bill Merrifield
11.30 – 11.50 Thanasis Kizos, Stelios Themelakis and Nickolas Zouros,
Recording and Mapping Traditional Features of the Agricultural
Landscape of the Lesvos Petrified Forest Geopark in Sigri,
Greece
11.50 – 12.10
12.10 – 12.30 Martina Pásková
Ecotourism and Geotourism as an Instrument of Biodiversity
and Geodiversity Interpretation. Case Study: Katako Kombe
(Maniema Province)
12.30 – 12.50 Mutlu GÜRLER, Gonca GÜRLER, Gonca NALCIOĞLU,
Mustafa MERCAN, Faruk OCAKOĞLU, Okan TÜYSÜZ, Raif
KANDEMİR, Erol TİMUR
An Institutional Structure Model for Providing Willing Expert
Support in National Scale R&D Projects: The Protocol for
Turkish National Geological Heritage Inventory.
12.50 – 13.10 Antonio Édio Callou and José Patrício Melo
Geotourism: partnerships for development of micro and small
enterprises in the Araripe Geopark territory (Ceará, Brazil)
13.10 – 13.30 Ana Pinto, Helena Reimão, Liliana Pereira, Inês Correia,
Filipa Teixeira, Bárbara Machado and Daniela Rocha
The Monastery of Arouca: monumental Geology
13.30 – 13.50 Maria Manuela Catana
“Let’s tell the Story of Earth and Life on the Fossils Trail of
Penha Garcia”: Workshop addressed to the Naturtejo Geopark
staff (Portugal).
13.50 – 14.10 Javier Ávila Elviro and Pablo Rivas Palomo
“Geotouristucal interpretation course and Geoparks” an educational
and employment commitment.
14.00 – 15.00 Light Lunch break

Sunday 3 October
University of the Aegean – Marine science
Amphitheatre - Room 2
SESSION 22 Geo-conservation : Policy and practices
Chair
Murray Gray - Claudia Eckhardt
09.30 – 09.50 Murray Gray
A classification of geoconservation methods
09.50 – 10.10 Claudio Ferrari and Vaiolet Masè
Action Plan of the Adamello Brenta Geopark
10.10 – 10.30 António Duarte, João Pinho and Artur Sá
Arouca geopark action plan (2008/2013): foresight and
strategic planning.
10.30 – 10.50 Margaretha Roelfs and Marion Speelman
A policy on geological heritage in the Netherlands
10.50 – 11.10 Erdal Gumus and Nickolas Zouros
Landscape Diversity of Lesvos Island and European Landscape
Convention
11.10 - 11.30 Coffee break
SESSION 23 Evaluating Earth Heritage
Chair
Dr. Maurizio Burlando, Joan Poch
11.30 - 11.50 Lisa M. King
Strengthening the Global Geoparks Brand
Through Marketing Strategies Aimed At Set Collection
11.50 - 12.10 Lynette Hogan
Stories in Stone: Communicating geological heritage
12.10 – 12.30 Nájila Cabral, Marcela Girão and Teresa Mota
Index of Environmental Sustainability as another tool for
assessing the sustainability of Geopark Araripe (Ceará, Brazil)
12.30 – 12.50 Joan Poch
Proposal on organising the geopark stakeholders for the selfevaluation
of geological heritage management
12.50 – 13.10 Alda Mesquita
Valuation and interpretation of (geo)heritage as a basis for
local sustainable development - the example of the Peneda-
Gerês National Park (NW Portugal)
13.10 – 13.30 Nikolaos Zouros and Ilias Valiakos
Geosites assessment and management in Lesvos Geopark
13.30 - 13.50 Tomáš Řídkošil and Lilian Švábenická ,
Project "The Bohemian Paradise European Geopark UNESCO –
development of a geoscientific information system for region´s
development and geological heritage protection"
14.00 – 15.00 Light Lunch break

Symposium 1
Chair
16.30 – 18.00
Sunday 3 October
University of the Aegean – Geography
Room A
Coastal Geoparks
Maurizio Burlando
Symposium 2
Chair
15.00 – 16.30
Symposium 3
Chair
16.30 – 18.00
Room B
Karstic Geoparks
Charalambos Fassoulas
Glacial - Periglacial Geoparks
Hartmut Escher
Symposium 4
Chair
15.00 – 16.30
Symposium 5
Chair
16.30 – 18.00
Room C
Mining Geoparks
Pasquale Li Puma
Tectonic - Alpine Geoparks
Jutta Weber
Room D
Volcanic Geoparks
Ilias Valiakos
Symposium 6
Chair
15.00 – 16.30 Javier Ávila Elviro and Pablo Rivas Palomo
Volcanic group results
Symposium 7 Geoparks and Fossils
Chair
Heinz Kollmann
16.30 – 18.00

Monday 4 October
Field trip
The Lesvos Petrified Forest Geopark
08.00 Departure from the Silver Bay Hotel to the Lesvos Geopark.
08.30 – 10.00 Earth heritage in Lesvos Geopark: 300 million years in 96 km.
Examples of geosite interpretation for the public along the
Lesvos Petrified Forest European and Global Geopark.
Ass. Prof. N. Zouros, University of the Aegean (Greece)
10.00 – 11.30 The Lesvos Petrified Forest Park.
Guided tour by N. Zouros and I. Valiakos, Natural History
Museum of the Lesvos Petrified Forest
11.30 – 12.00 Coffee break
12.00 – 13.30 Natural History Museum of the Lesvos Petrified Forest
Guided tour to the Petrified Forest Museum permanent
exhibitions – Interpreting Earth heritage for the broad public
Guided tour by N. Zouros and I. Valiakos, Natural History
Museum of the Lesvos Petrified Forest
14.00 – 15.30 Lunch in the Museum by Anemotia Woman’s Cooperative
15.30 – 16.30 Sigri Petrified forest Park
17.00 – 19.30 Visit to the Eresos Volcanic Geotopes.
The Ancient Eresos Acropolis and Sappho.
The Aristoteles – Theophrastus walk
Ass. Prof. N. Zouros, University of the Aegean (Greece)
20.00 Departure to Mytilene

Tuesday 5 October
SESSION 6 Lesvos Volcanoes and geothermic fields
Field trip
08.30 Departure from the Hotel
09.00 – 10.00 The ancient temple of “Messon”
10.00 – 11.00 The Museum of industrial oil olive production in Lesvos at Agia
Paraskevi traditional oil press – EUROPA NOSTRA Award
11.00 – 11.30 The 1867 Agia Paraskevi earthquake geosite
11.30 – 12.30 The Mandamados traditional pottery making handcrafts
“TSKALARIA” – a 3000 years old activity in Lesvos!
12.30 – 14.00 The Lepetymnos volcanic centre
14.00 – 16.00 Lunch break
16.00 – 18.00 The Lepetymnos volcanic centre.
The Molyvos volcanic dome and castle
18.00 – 19.00 The sunset from Molyvos/Ancient Mythimna the mythological
birthplace of Arion
21.00 Departure for Mytilene