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Romania
Hateg Country , UNESCO Global Geopark
Hateg Country , UNESCO Global Geopark
Romania
Hațeg Country UNESCO Global Geopark is the first International Geopark in Romania and Eastern Europe recognized as a UNESCO site, for the creative way of attracting tourists and for its vast geological and cultural heritage. Located in Hațeg Country, Hunedoara, it includes an area with a special charm, at the intersection of ancient cultural and commercial routes that connected Transylvania, Banat, and Oltenia. It is a region where geodiversity, biodiversity, and the interaction between Man and Earth have created a space of great natural and cultural value.
Hațeg Country UNESCO Global Geopark is a territory that includes elements of special geological interest (dinosaurs and their contemporary mammal's fossils, and pterosaurs like flying reptile (Hatzegopterix thambema) along with elements of ecological, archaeological, historical, and cultural interest. Those who arrive in the Geopark have the opportunity to discover three models of dwarf dinosaurs, made with exceptional attention to detail by one of the most famous paleoartists in the world, the Canadian Brian Cooley, but also three nests with dinosaur eggs. Also, a lot of interesting information about the past and present of the area can be found in six visiting and interpretation points named Houses: The Exhibition "Balauri, dragons, dinosaurs" in the House of the Geopark located in Hațeg town, the House of Science and Art in the Commune General Berthelot, The House of Volcanoes from Densuș commune, the House of Stones from Ohaba, Sibișel village, Râu de Mori commune, the House of the Dwarf Dinosaurs and the House of Traditions from Sânpetru village, Sântămăria Orlea commune. There are also thematic trails that can be covered on foot or by bicycle.
Hațeg Country UNESCO Global Geopark is a territory that includes elements of special geological interest (dinosaurs and their contemporary mammal's fossils, and pterosaurs like flying reptile (Hatzegopterix thambema) along with elements of ecological, archaeological, historical, and cultural interest. Those who arrive in the Geopark have the opportunity to discover three models of dwarf dinosaurs, made with exceptional attention to detail by one of the most famous paleoartists in the world, the Canadian Brian Cooley, but also three nests with dinosaur eggs. Also, a lot of interesting information about the past and present of the area can be found in six visiting and interpretation points named Houses: The Exhibition "Balauri, dragons, dinosaurs" in the House of the Geopark located in Hațeg town, the House of Science and Art in the Commune General Berthelot, The House of Volcanoes from Densuș commune, the House of Stones from Ohaba, Sibișel village, Râu de Mori commune, the House of the Dwarf Dinosaurs and the House of Traditions from Sânpetru village, Sântămăria Orlea commune. There are also thematic trails that can be covered on foot or by bicycle.
Azores Geopark
The Azores archipelago has a rich and vast geodiversity, and an important geological heritage composed by several sites of scientific, educational and touristic interests.
Given the insular nature of the region, the Azores Geopark is supported on a geosites network dispersed by the nine islands and the surrounding seafloor, i) that ensures the representativeness of the geodiversity that characterizes the Azorean territory, ii) that reflects its geological and eruptive histories, iii) with common conservation and promotion strategies , and iv) based on a decentralized management structure with support in all the islands.
The Azores archipelago has a rich and vast geodiversity, and an important geological heritage composed by several sites of scientific, educational and touristic interests.
Given the insular nature of the region, the Azores Geopark is supported on a geosites network dispersed by the nine islands and the surrounding seafloor, i) that ensures the representativeness of the geodiversity that characterizes the Azorean territory, ii) that reflects its geological and eruptive histories, iii) with common conservation and promotion strategies , and iv) based on a decentralized management structure with support in all the islands.
The evidence of this diversity is expressed in great morphologies and structures, such as calderas, lava fields, volcanic ridges, lakes, prismatic joints, etc..
The Azores geodiversity represents elements closely linked to the dynamics of planet Earth, in particular, the volcanism and geotectonic of this region. This geomorphological factor together with the insular dispersion, isolation and the Atlantic climate, create distinctive ecological conditions.
Thus, since the discovery and settlement of the Azores, in the middle of the 15th century, the natural richness and the landscape were important sources of interest, that attracted numerous visitors and distinguished researchers. With the globalization and a greater and better access to information about the archipelago, in the last years there was an increased of the tourism in the Azores.
The Azores geodiversity represents elements closely linked to the dynamics of planet Earth, in particular, the volcanism and geotectonic of this region. This geomorphological factor together with the insular dispersion, isolation and the Atlantic climate, create distinctive ecological conditions.
Thus, since the discovery and settlement of the Azores, in the middle of the 15th century, the natural richness and the landscape were important sources of interest, that attracted numerous visitors and distinguished researchers. With the globalization and a greater and better access to information about the archipelago, in the last years there was an increased of the tourism in the Azores.
EL HIERRO GEOPARK
El Hierro is the smallest of the larger Islands of the Canary Islands Archipelago. It is located at the very southwest part of the Archipelago and it’s no more than 30km in length. El Hierro wasdeclared Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO in 2000. The territory of El Hierro UNESCO Global Geopark covers the whole of the island of El Hierro. El Hierro is the last volcanic island in Canary Islands to emerge above the level of the sea 1.2 million years above. It has over 500 open craters and another 300 which have been covered by more recent lava flows. The most recently activity took place on 10 October 2011, when an underwater eruption occurred at a depth of 300m. El Hierro Geopark was approved in 2014 making it the first Spanish island Geopark. The variety of landscapes on El Hierro surprises any visitor who is new to the island. The coastline is constantly ravaged by the ocean beating again the black basalt rock. The laurel forest is permanently green and offers the only humidity that there is on an island with a long history of thirst.
