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Apuan Alps UNESCO Global Geopark Dates of EGN Week: 26Th European Geoparks Week 2017 Report Name of Geopark: Apuan Alps UNESCO Global Geopark Dates of EGN week: 26th May – 11th June 2017 Contact person: Alessia Amorfini, [email protected], Antonio Bartelletti, [email protected] Special motto of geoparks week: the gentle footprint of humans 1. Please give the following information: - number of activities/events during geoparks week 11 - number of press releases announcing geoparks week events 10 - number of printed copies for program flyer/brochure/posters 1000 - number of printed articles on EGN week activities 4 - total number of visitors/participants 1300 2. Highlight most successful activities of your Geoparks Week 2017 The most successful event during the 2017 Apuan Alps EGN was the Conference “Disaster Risk reduction in the Apuan Alps: the strategic area of intervention in the 1996 flood epicentre“ for the launch of the project on the memory of the past disaster in Mt. Forato valley. This was a special initiative with the presence of Irina Pavlova (UNESCO Section on Earth Sciences and Geo-hazards Risk Reduction) presenting a contribute entitled “Disaster risk reduction at UNESCO designated sites”. The conference was appreciated by a wide audience mostly formed by experts from Pisa University, politicians, Park guides and local villagers. The programme of the day also included the presentation of the book on the educational exhibition “Rain and Ruins”, a special video collecting the memories of people living in the area of the flood, in addition to the inauguration of the new Visitors Centre at Palazzo Rossetti in Seravezza. European Geoparks Week 2017 Report Name of Geopark: Arouca UNESCO Global Geopark Dates of EGN week: 26th May to 11st June 2017 Contact person: António Duarte, [email protected] Special motto of geoparks week: A Geopark for All 1. Please give the following information: - number of activities/events during geoparks week: 23 - number of press releases announcing geoparks week events: 8 - number of printed copies for program flyer/brochure/posters: 50 - number of printed articles on EGN week activities : 27 - total number of visitors/participants: 1500 2. Highlight most successful activities of your Geoparks Week 2017: - Route of the geosites interpreted - Itinerary A: Freita: the enchanted mountain - The activities aimed at children and schools entitled ‘when I grow up I want to be’: :: geologist :: biologist :: arqueologist :: farmer :: architect :: interpreter guide :: weatherman - Workshop geofood 'vegetables, the main course’ - Geopilates in Detrelo da Malhada Geosite European Geoparks Week 2017 Azores Geopark Report Name of Geopark: Azores UNESCO Global Geopark Dates of EGN week: From May 26th to June 11th, 2017 Contact person: João Carlos Nunes Azores Geopark Scientific Coordinator [email protected] Special motto of the geoparks week: To promote the geological heritage of the archipelago through activities addressed to the general public 1. Please give the following information: - Number of activities/events during geoparks week: 23 activities - Number of press releases announcing geoparks week events: 1. Daily announcements on the Azores Geopark Facebook page; 2. Information released on the Azores Geopark newsletter number 61 (May, 2017) and number 62 (June, 2017); 3. Information released on the “Açoriano Oriental” newspaper, in the page entitled “(Geo)diversidades“ on the number 125(June 4) and 126(june18). - Number of printed copies for program flyer/brochure/posters: Not applicable: Only digital information (posts; photographs of the activities) - Number of printed articles on EGN week activities: 1 articles on the “Açoriano Oriental” newspaper, in the page entitled “(Geo)diversidades“ number 126(june18). - Total number of visitors/participants: 552 participants 2.Highlight most successful activities of your Geoparks Week 2016: During the 2017 European Geoparks Week, 23 activities were promoted on all islands of the archipelago, with the cooperation of the Azores Geopark partners, and involving a total of 391 participants. Those activities included school sessions about the “Azorean Volcanoes” and “Azorean Rocks”, interpretative tours and trails in geosites, visits to interpretative centers, exhibitions, hiking trails, public sessions about the Azorean Geodiversity, online contests - such as the “QUIZ – Geoproducts of the Azores Geopark" with several questions about the geoproducts, and a radio program,- that allowed us to reach a broader and more diverse public. European Geoparks Week 2017 Report Name of Geopark: Bakony–Balaton UNESCO Global Geopark, Hungary Dates of EGN week: 26th May–11th June 2017 Contact person: Melinda Pardi ([email protected]) Special motto of geoparks week: — 1. Please give the following information: - number of activities/events during geoparks week 16 - number of press releases announcing geoparks week events 10 - number of printed copies for program flyer/brochure/posters - - number of printed articles on EGN week activities 5 - total number of visitors/participants 680 2. Highlight most successful activities of your Geoparks Week 2017: A special programme, an outdoor geo-pedagogic activity day was organized for elementary school students in Fonyód. During this playful, interactive "geoday" the participants learned about the local geological, geomorphological features as well as about the cultural and biotic heritage. Some members of a civil organisation and the staff of the local museum helped us and contributed their local knowledge to these topics. At the last stop a geo-quiz was filled by the groups to summarize what they experienced and learned. This geoday was an excellent opportunity to create personal contacts with local students, teachers and civil organisations and to start a longer cooperation. This event also helps to build a local identity, linked to the local geological heritage. Celebration of a renewed geological nature trail near Alsóörs village: the Red Stone Nature Trail was renewed in 2015–2016 by young and enthusiastic volunteers of Pangea Association, one of our Geopark Partners. The municipality and the experts of the Geopark’s management organisation actively helped their work. Thanks to this successful cooperation, the local community received the ’Geosite of the Year in Bakony–Balaton Geopark’ award in 2016. The renovated trail is located in a disused stone quarry. Besides describing a typical rock type of the Geopark, the cca. 260 million years old Permian red sandstone, the new information panels present the history of quarrying, the rich cultural heritage and the biotic assets of the surrounding woodlands. And, as a bonus, there is a new board with selected photos of UNESCO Global Geoparks where clastic sediments and rocks form unique landscapes! European Geoparks Week 2017 Report Name of Geopark: Basque Coast Geopark Dates of EGN week: 19th of May to 4th of June 2017 Contact person: Leire Barriuso Special motto of geoparks week: — 1. Please give the following information: - number of activities/events during geoparks week 11 - number of press releases announcing geoparks week events 15 - number of printed copies for program flyer/brochure/posters 9.000 - number of printed articles on EGN week activities 20 - total number of visitors/participants + 1.000 2. Highlight most successful activities of your Geoparks Week 2017: European Geoparks week 2017 has been a successful initiative. Year by year the participation of local people is bigger and the impact on the media is increasing at the same time. Two activities should be highlighted from the whole program: - Scientists and artists gathered in an innovative artistic-scientific initiative called Geo-Talks. The event had brief scientific talks from the hand of six specialists and included the participation of theater actors, musicians, singers and a cartoonist who managed to envelop the act with an innovative format of dissemination of science. For the first time the event was hold out of the Geopark, in San Sebastián, the capital city. - Sea cliffs cleaning by volunteers. More than 100 people cleaned around 2km of sea cliffs and withdraw several tones of plastic and general waste. All the bags were withdrawn by an helicopter due to the complicated access of the place. All the activity was recorded by TV cameras for a popular TV program European Geoparks Week 2017 Report Name of Geopark: Beigua UNESCO Global Geopark Dates of EGN week: 6th May – 11th June Contact person: dr. Maurizio Burlando ([email protected]) Special motto of geoparks week: — 1. Please give the following information: - number of activities/events during geoparks week 15 - number of press releases announcing geoparks week events 14 - number of printed copies for program flyer/brochure/posters 15.000 - number of printed articles on EGN week activities 7 - total number of visitors/participants 2.300 2. Highlight most successful activities of your Geoparks Week 2017: Geo & Education – Final event of the educational programmes developed during the year (2016/2017) with the support of the Educational Centre of Beigua Geopark. More than 250 students of the Valle Stura School District joined this meeting hosted at the Municipal Theatre in Rossiglione (GE) on May 24th. Geo & Outdoor – “Gran Trail Rensen 2017“ A trail running event organized with the partnership of local municipality and local runners and sport associations in the mountains around Arenzano on May 28th. More than 400 runners coming from seven countries had their performance along three
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