Sustainability Management of UNESCO Global Geoparks

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://www.scipress.com/SGG.2.44" target="_blank" >https://www.scipress.com/SGG.2.44</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.18052/www.scipress.com/SGG.2.44" target="_blank" >10.18052/www.scipress.com/SGG.2.44</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Sustainability Management of UNESCO Global Geoparks

Original language description

UNESCO global geoparks dynamic initiative draws attention of both experts and public by its innovatively holistic approach to conservation, presentation and interpretation of the Earth heritage interrelating the geodiversity of the region with its biodiversity and cultural diversity. This contribution analyses the processes behind the sustainability management of the UNESCO global geoparks. The process analysis of the certification and revalidation schemes of the UNESCO global geoparks reveals a combined application of the interrelated approaches of the sustainability management, in particular the environmental quality management, knowledge management, strategic management and participative management. The environmental quality management, stimulating UNESCO global geoparks to implement their mission, is ensured through the system of initial certification and regular revalidations. The performance of the UNESCO global geoparks is coordinated on the continental and global levels. This networking facilitates an effective implementation of the knowledge management, which consists in the systematic sharing of knowledge and experience among individual geopark representatives. The participative management is implemented not only through the participation of the individual geoparks representatives in the decision making processes of the Global Geoparks Network and continental networks, but mainly through the participation of local actors in the activities of given UNESCO global geopark. The application of the strategic management ensures the long term balanced contribution of UNESCO global geoparks to the sustainable development and cultural identity of the given region. The analysis has shown a specific way in which the selected concepts of the sustainability management are implemented in the evaluation and revalidation procedures, networking and other pillars of the UNESCO global geoparks development.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_ost - Miscellaneous article in a specialist periodical

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10505 - Geology

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2018

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Sustainable geoscience and geotourism

ISSN

2624-8220

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

2

Issue of the periodical within the volume

November

Country of publishing house

CH - SWITZERLAND

Number of pages

21

Pages from-to

44-64

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

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