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AEGEAN UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT of GEOGRAPHY

9th European Geoparks Conference 2010

GEOPARKS: Learning from the Past – Building a Sustainable Future

Celebrating 10 Years of Innovation

Lesvos Island - 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 Guy Martini – Akindinos Kelepertzis 10.00 – 10.30 European Geoparks and Global Geoparks Networks KEYNOTE Dr. Patrick Mc Keever, Geological Survey of UNESCO Geoparks Bureau Member – EGN Vice-Coordinator 10.30 – 11.00 UNESCO and Geoparks KEYNOTE Dr. Margarete Patzak, UNESCO 11.00 – 11.30 Impressive Geosites in the Aegean Archipelago – Potential for KEYNOTE geo-tourism development Prof. Demosthenes Mountrakis, University of Thessaloniki 11.30 – 12.00 Coffee break SESSION 2 Geoparks – Aspect Diversity Chair Richard Watson - Demosthenes 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 . 12.40 - 13.00 Kirstin Lemon and Richard Watson , 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 Principals on Geopark Development Chair Ibrahim Komoo - Mahito Watanabe 15.00 – 15.30 Geo-Geopark-Geotourism: Basic concepts KEYNOTE Guy Martini and Marie Luise Frey, UNESCO Geoparks Bureau Members 15.30 – 16.00 Community Involvement in Geoparks – From Participation to KEYNOTE Ownership Claudia Eckhardt, Bergstrasse Odenwald Geopark, 16.00 – 16.20 Sylvie GIRAUD 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 Liao Xiaojun and Li Lin Landscapes of Granite and Volcanic Rocks, Water , Ningde Geopark, 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 from the Organizing Committee Greetings from the National and Local Authorities Greetings from the International Organizations Official opening of the Conference 20.00 – 21.00 Ceremony and Awards to the European Geoparks 21.30 Transfer to the Restaurant 22.00 Conference Official Dinner

Saturday 2 October University of the Aegean – Geography Amphitheatre - ROOM 1

SESSION 4 Global Geoparks Network - Regional Development

Chair Patrick Mc Keever – Charalambos Fasoulas 9.00 – 9.30 Geopark Development in the Asia Pacific Region KEYNOTE Ibrahim Komoo, Institute for Environment and Development (LESTARI), UKM, , Asia Pacific Geoparks Network Coordinator SESSION 5 Aspiring Geoparks

Chair Kristin Rangnes – Prof. Min Huh 09.30 – 10.00 Geopark development in Latin America and the Caribbean KEYNOTE Denise Gorfinkiel Oficial de Programa UNESCO - Montevideo 10.00 - 10.20 Setsuya Nakada, Volcano Geoparks in . 10.20 – 10.40 Giuseppe Ottria, Alessia Amorfini and Antonio Bartelletti Apuan Alps: a possible European Geopark in the Northern Apennines (). 10.40 – 11.00 Patricio Contreras Territorial Aspects in the Establishment of the First National Geopark in . 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 – Setsuya Nakada 11.40 – 12.00 Ma Ngoc Giang, Dong Van Karst Geopark (). 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 (). 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 . 13.40 – 14.00 Noritaka Matsubara San’in Kaigan Geopark - Geological features, the natural environment, peoples’ lives, and the formation of the Sea of Japan 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, . 15.40 - 16.00 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, . 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 . 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 - 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 the Castle of Mytilene 18.45 - 19.00 Welcome by Mrs Cristiana Loupou, Chief Archaeologist of the 14th Ephorate of Byzantine Antiquities 19.00 - 20.00 Guided tours in the Castle 20.00 – 21.00 Concert by the “Santouria” ensemble of the Anagnostirio of Agiassos

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 Marco Firpo - Brian Gregson 11.30 – 12.00 Communicating geological diversity (). KEYNOTE Kristin Rangnes, Gea Norvegica Geopark 12.00 – 12.20 Vesa Krökki Interpretation and Communication in the proposed Rokua Geopark 12.20 – 12.40 Luis Alcalá and F. Javier Millán Geopark Corner 12.40 – 13.00 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 13.00 – 13.20 Vladislav Rapprich, Tomáš Řídkošil , Marcela Stárková and Vladimir Prouza Volcanological interpretation for public in the Bohemian Paradise Geopark 13.20 – 13.40 Tamas Koruhely Promoting a cross- geopark Novohrad-Nograd 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 – Experience with a private and Geopark Information Centre lead by a nonprofit association 15.20 – 15.40 Koumoutsou E, Topouzidis N., Iatrou G. The Chelmos-Vouraikos 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 (). 10.50 – 11.10 Alexandru Andrasanu Geopark initiatives in 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 Hartmut Escher Enjoying a Geopark by E-bike, a new infrastructure for TERRA.vita 12.10 – 12.30 Marco Firpo, Matteo Vacchi, Cristiano Queirolo and Maurizio Burlando “Via GeoAlpina”: an international geotouristic trail in Beigua Geopark to discover the Alpine Geological Heritage. 12.30 – 12.50 Jon Paul Llordés, Cristina Iturriagagoitia and Joan Poch Geotourism to Geopark: From the Flysch Coastal Route to the Basque Coast Geopark Project 12.50 – 13.10 John Conway The Anglesey long distance coastal footpath 13.10 – 13.30 Teresa Mota Brazilian National Plan of Tourism: new challenges for the Araripe Geopark Management Structure 13.30 – 13.50 Susana Martins and João Pinho Geoparks and Local Development - Case study of the project “Geoparks and Geotourism” – Leader Approach 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

Saturday 2 October University of the Aegean – Marine Science Amphitheatre - ROOM 2

EDUCATIONAL FORUM

SESSION A Environmental education

Chair Michael Kapiotas - Irene Dona - 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 Georgios Lazaridis - Maria Papapetrou - Constantinos Gavrilakis 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 - Konstantina Mpentana 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, 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 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., ) – 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 ”. 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 () 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 eco-tourism in Pamukkale geopark. 11.10 -11.30 Coffee break

SESSION 16 Aspiring Geoparks

Chair Patrick J. O’Connor - 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 (). 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 – 13.50 Spyros Gatsios and George Koumoundouros and caverns of Kefalonia: A new potential Geopark in Greece 13.50 – 14.10 Luca Agresti and Alessandra Casini The Tuscan Mining Geopark. The development of the geological and mining landscape. 14.10 – 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. 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 ().

Sunday 3 October University of the Aegean – Geography Room A SESSION 18 Research in Geoparks 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 geo-parks in Vietnam 13.30 – 13.50 Gonca GÜRLER, Gonca NALCIOĞLU, Mutlu GÜRLER Model studies of turkey geological heritage research group. 14.00 – 15.00 Light Lunch break SESSION 20 Research in Geoparks

Chair Carlos Neto de Carvalho, Ronan Hennessy 15.00 – 15.20 Papadopoulou-Vrynioti K., Morphogenetic Study Of Mavri Limni Valley – ‘Polylimnio’ In Messinia (Greece) And Its Emergence As Geotope. 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 Brigitta Tóth, László Lévai, Béla Kovács, Szilvia Veres Industrial produce and environmental protection

Sunday 3 October University of the Aegean – Geography Room B

SESSION 21 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 22 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 Javier Ávila Elviro and Pablo Rivas Palomo “Geotouristucal interpretation course and Geoparks” an edu- cational and employment commitment. 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 Dan Palcu Creating a Tourism Development Vision in the context of a Geopark 14.10 – 15.00 Light Lunch break

Sunday 3 October University of the Aegean – Marine science Amphitheatre - Room 2

SESSION 23 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 24 Evaluating Earth Heritage

Chair Dr. Maurizio Burlando - Joan Poch 11.30 - 12.00 Joan Poch Proposal on organising the geopark stakeholders for the self- evaluation of geological heritage management 12.00 - 12.20 Lisa M. King Strengthening the Global Geoparks Brand Through Marketing Strategies Aimed At Set Collection 12.20 - 12.40 Lynette Hogan Stories in Stone: Communicating geological heritage 12.40 – 13.00 Nájila Cabral, Marcela Girão and Teresa Mota Index of Environmental Sustainability as another tool for assessing the sustainability of Geopark Araripe (Ceará, Brazil) 13.00 – 13.20 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) 13.20 – 13.40 Nikolaos Zouros and Ilias Valiakos Geosites assessment and management in Lesvos Geopark 13.40 - 14.00 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

Sunday 3 October University of the Aegean – Geography Room A Symposium 1 Coastal Geoparks Chair Maurizio Burlando 16.30 – 16.50 Kristin Rangnes Introduction to the Coastal Geoparks Thematic Network activities 16.50 – 18.00 Group member contributions and discussion

Room B Symposium 2 Geoparks and Fossils Chair Carlos Neto Carvalho 15.00 – 15.20 Introduction to the Fossil Geoparks Thematic Network activities 15.20 – 16.30 Group member contributions and discussion

Symposium 3 Glacial - Periglacial Geoparks Chair Hartmut Escher 16.30 – 16.50 Introduction to the Glacial Geoparks Thematic Network activities 16.50 – 18.00 Group member contributions and discussion

Room C Symposium 4 Mining Geoparks Chair Pasquale Li Puma 15.00 – 15.20 Introduction to the Mining Geoparks Thematic Network activities 15.20 – 16.30 Group member contributions and discussion

Symposium 5 Tectonic - Alpine Geoparks Chair Jutta Weber 16.30 – 16.50 Introduction to the Glacial Geoparks Thematic Network activities 16.50 – 18.00 Group member contributions and discussion

Room D Symposium 6 Volcanic Geoparks Chair Ilias Valiakos 15.00 – 16.30 Javier Ávila Elviro and Pablo Rivas Palomo Volcanic group results 16.50 – 18.00 Group member contributions and discussion

Monday 4 October Field trip 1 Field trip The Lesvos Petrified Forest Geopark 08.00 Departure from the 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 the 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 Field trip 2 Field trip Volcanoes and local culture in Lesvos 08.30 Departure from the hotel to Agia Paraskevi 09.00 – 10.00 The ancient temple of “Messon” 10.00 – 11.00 The Museum of Industrial Olive Oil Production in Lesvos at the Agia Paraskevi traditional olive press – EUROPA NOSTRA Award 11.00 – 12.00 The 1867 Agia Paraskevi earthquake geosite 12.00 – 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