Geodiversity Action Plans as a Tool for Developing Sustainable Tourism and Environmental Education

Lucie Kubalíková, Aleš Bajer, Marie Balková, Karel Kirchner and Ivo Machar
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Lucie Kubalíková: Department of Geology and Soil Science, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno, 61300 Brno, Czech Republic
Aleš Bajer: Department of Geology and Soil Science, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno, 61300 Brno, Czech Republic
Marie Balková: Department of Geology and Soil Science, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno, 61300 Brno, Czech Republic
Karel Kirchner: Institute of Geonics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, 60200 Brno, Czech Republic
Ivo Machar: Department of Development and Environmental Studies, Faculty of Science, Palacky University Olomouc, 77146 Olomouc, Czech Republic

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 10, 1-14

Abstract: A complex approach to geodiversity and landscape in order to foster geoconservation and develop geotourism and geoeducation is usually more effective than isolated protection and promotion of geoheritage sites without wider context. A Geodiversity Action Plan (GAP) represents a reasonable tool for how to follow these goals in cooperation with local stakeholders. This specific document is not focused only on an inventory of sites of Earth science interest in an area, but encompasses all geodiversity (geological, geomorphological, soil and hydrological features, processes, systems and relationships). As geoconservation often goes hand in hand with education, sustainable tourism and promotion, the GAP includes practical proposals for management and rational use of the area’s geodiversity and geoheritage. This complex approach is needed as it provides a complement to the site-oriented protection or management and, moreover, it can be perceived as coherent with a geoethical approach. The paper presents a case study from Moravian-Slovak border (a central part of Bílé Karpaty/Biele Karpaty Mountains) where the proposal for GAP (including inventory, assessment and management measures) was elaborated together with local authorities, schools and other stakeholders.

Keywords: geoconservation; geotourism; local development; environmental education; geosites (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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