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Report on the 5 Progeo Interna- Tional Symposium http://www.progeo.se NO. 4. 2008 Benkovac limistone quarry. Photo: Ljerka Marjanac th attend to visit Croatia some other time and get acquainted Report on the 5 ProGEO Interna- with the Croatian geological heritage. tional symposium The International Year of Planet Earth in Croatia Ljerka Marjanac reports for the Organizer ProGEO-Croatia ProGEO-Croatia reported to the IYPE committee several of [email protected] their activities tagging the IYPE 2008, including the Interna- tional ProGEO Symposium as the major happening. The UN This report is predominantly vision of the Organizer, myself and UNESCO International Year of Planet Earth 2008, under particularly, because we missed time to exchange views motto Geosciences for Society, has been celebrated through about this meeting that was held in Rab. This was basically the ProGEO International Symposium, which took place on because we all rushed back to our regular work – teaching, the Rab Island – the new Croatian geopark in process of research, writing other annual reports required from our establishment. ministries and others. Anyhow, I hope that this report will give a general review of happenings between 28th September Following the mission of the IYPE, the main objectives of the and 6th October, and will intrigue those of you who could not ProGEO Symposium were: http://www.progeo.se NO. 4. 2008 • to celebrate the International Year of Planet Earth by Symposium outreach activities, • to discuss threats and site loss, and constraints im- posed by town and country (spatial) planning, • to promote activities of ProGEO working groups on European geosites, • to encourage national geoparks projects in the framework of sustainable development, • to discuss legal frameworks of national geoparks and their practical management, • to enhance geotourism and its potentials for re- gional developments, and • to improve quality of communication between geo- conservationists and the public. The ProGEO Symposium and the Annual WG1 Karst polje Fruga on Rab. Photo: Ljerka Marjanac Meeting The 5th International ProGEO Symposium on Conservation One hundred and thirty participants from many different of the Geological Heritage and the 13th Annual ProGEO institutions have registered for the Symposium, but only WG1 meeting were held in Rab town from October 1st to 5th eighty-five participated, one quarter from Portugal. Congratu- 2008, under patronage of the UNESCO, Republic of Croatia lations! Seventy extended abstracts were published and Ministry of Culture and Croatian Commission for UNESCO. there were twenty poster- and forty oral presentations. More The organizers were ProGEO-Croatia, the Croatian Associa- than twenty countries were represented: Albania, Brazil, tion for the Promotion and Conservation of the Geological Bulgaria, Croatia, England, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Heritage, and ProGEO European Association for the Conser- Ireland, Mozambique, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Kosovo, vation of the Geological Heritage. Co organizers of the sym- Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Serbia, Scotland, Spain, Swe- posium were Republic of Croatia State Institute for Nature den, Turkey. Protection, Municipality of Rab, Municipality of Lopar, Touris- tic board of the town of Rab and Touristic board of Lopar. The opening session started on Wednesday morning. The The support was given by Global Geoparks Network, Euro- greeting words to this congregation were given by Ljerka pean Geoparks Network and Geopark Papuk of Croatia. Marjanac, president of the ProGEO-Croatia, and Bill Wimble- don, the secretary of the ProGEO European Association. The Symposium was held, and full-color publications pro- Nizzametin Kazanci briefly addressed the audience on behalf duced by the financial help of Republic of Croatia Ministry of of the ProGEO Working Group 1. Marija Brajković greeted Science, Education and Sports, Foundation of the Croatian the participants on behalf of the patron, the Ministry of Cul- Academy of Sciences and Arts, Republic of Croatia Ministry ture. Besides wishing a successful meeting, she emphasized of Culture, Municipality of Rab, Touristic board of Lopar and the importance and value of the Symposia not just in tagging the local ferry company Rabska plovidba. Tihomir Marjanac the International Year of Planet Earth, but also the 60th Anni- was responsible for design and pre-press of the symposium versary of the legal protection of the geological heritage in publications. The Open University of Rab, thanks to kindness Croatia. Academics Željko Kućan and Ivan Gušić, who were of its deputy manager Ugo Belamarić, made a big donation not able to attend the symposium, relegated a greeting letter by giving the cinema hall on disposal for the symposium. that was, to their whish, red by Ljerka Marjanac. By the end of the opening session, word was given to Željko Dumičić the deputy mayor. On behalf of the host, the town of Rab, he expressed his happiness that exactly Rab has the honor to host such an important meeting, which was organized for the first time in Croatia. The Symposium continued, and the work was divided into five thematic workshops: • European geoheritage frameworks and geosites • Geoheritage to public: outreach activities - who, where, what, how?! • National geoparks for sustainable development: evaluation, legislation and management • Geoheritage and protection in practice: recognition, conservation, threats and practical management - good examples and possibilities • Geotourism: new potentials for regional develop- ment Low tide exposure in Lopar. Photo: Ljerka Marjanac 2 http://www.progeo.se NO. 4. 2008 Lithiotis limestone - Kubus geosite on Velebit. Photo: Ljerka Promina beds in Krka National Park. Photo: Ljerka Marjanac Marjanac Regarding the IYPE motto “Geosciences for Society” an visited Plitvice Lakes National Park, Cerovac Caves in additional workshop “Lessons to be learned from children” Northern Velebit National Park and Paklenica National Park. was organized to show the results of some outreach activities The other started in Split with only six participants and visited in Croatia. The presentation in Croatian language “Kuda teče Krka National Park and joined the first one in Paklenica Na- voda u kršu?” (“Where does water flow in karst?”) produced tional Park. They all arrived to Rab after few hours of driving by the youngest group of authors – six girls from the fourth along the beautiful Adriatic coast. grade elementary school Antun Mihanović – Zagreb. The young authors prepared their presentation independently The third day of the Symposium was reserved for a half-day based on their knowledge achieved through the school pro- excursion, organized free of charge for all Symposium par- ject “The Karst”. This workshop showed everyone how impor- ticipants as a break in the middle of the meeting. The group tant and crucial for the future of geology and geoheritage visited one of the geotrailes in the Geopark Rab. An easy conservation is work with school children, especially during walk from Supetarska draga to San Marino over Fruga karst the first four grades when they are most ready and eager to polje, gave people an insight into Rab geological framework, “swallow” the knowledge if it is “served” in a right and moti- geoheritage and its presentation in the field. We walked vating modality, at least in free-time activities. along the Premužić trail and visited fifteen geotopes. The excursion ended on the tidal flat of San Marino beach and a Forty lectures were given, most of them in Workshops 1 and visit to the Geopark Rab info-center. 4. Portuguese graduate and postgraduate students gave a remarkable contribution by oral and poster presentations. Three post-symposium one-day field trips were also held. Participation of Croatian students was also noticed. One with twenty-five participants went back to Zagreb and visited Zavratnica fiord near Jablanac and Velebit Nature The Symposium ended successfully after the final discussion Park. The second with six participants went back to Split, and and adoption of the Rab declaration with aim to internation- visited Obrovac and Benkovac stone quarry, a future geosite. ally support and encourage numerous activities and efforts The third field trip stayed on the Island of Rab. It was a visit for recognition and conservation of the geological heritage in to Lopar Geological Garden, a walking tour from San Marino every country, especially for the benefits of sustainable de- beach across the Lopar peninsula. Participants observed velopment. recent tidal processes and living stromatolites, and also learned about Eocene estuarine clastics at excellent expo- The ProGEO general assembly meeting and meeting of WG1 sures. national representatives took place within the Symposium program. Media coverage Usually, geological meetings in Croatia have no media cov- Symposium Field Trips erage, but this time, contacts with the media were satisfac- Eight field trips were planned, but six took place. Excursions tory. Daily newspaper Novi List from Rijeka published a good planned to visit Istria did not have enough participants, thus article about the ProGEO symposium and geoheritage. Na- were canceled. The field trips were organized to show both tional TV recorded the opening session, recorded few inter- protected and unprotected Croatian geological heritage, with views and broadcasted news in the major term of evening special attention given to the popular-scientific presentation news. The Rab radio program had nearly daily news about of geology in
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