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UGS
GEOSI
al
one s
TES 
ome f
ma
or
y 
m 
hel
p 
of 
de
wi
si

h 
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ha
ti
t 
on 
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le

(a
nd UNESCO)  
on the pri
or it
ies 
fo r 
conser- ti
on 
of 
s i
tes
. 
Select
ing 
a gl
obal 
list on 
  the
ini
tiative vat
ion in the globa l 
con text. Wi t
hou t 
a basi
s 
of pr
e-exi
sti
ng des
ignat
ion s would
gl
oba l 
in ven t
or y, 
and a l
li
e d comp arative t
her
efor
e be 
dii cul
f t.
Some gcotogis
ts 
noti
ce that
 geoconser
vati
on as
sessme nts ,
 
d esignation ot  
global si
tes Ti
me 

s, 
of 
cour
      
se, 

he 
fact
or 
whi
ch
is 
a 
vita
l 
ne c
essit
y only 
whe n 
a cher
ished would b e mu ch  harder 
an d op en 
to cri
tici
sm separat
es  geology from ot h
er disci
pl i
nes: i

key s
it
e i
s damaged or l
ost.
 
Ge oconser
va t
ion fo
r not be im, bas e
d on an ob jecti
ve  e
xa mi- putt
ing tog ether 
a global li
st
ing,  

t i
s ne c
es -
is 
a角n cl
arnent
al 
to t
he pros
ecu t
ion 
of 
gco- nat
ion o t t
h e 

4}lobal 
pic tu
re . sar
y to hav e repr
esentation notonl
  y  of 
pro-
logi
cal 
res
e a
rch, 
educati
on and t
rain
ing but cess
e s 
an d features,
 but als
o to 
ex empl if


t has 
been 
the 
Cinder
ell
a i
n nat
ure 
cons
er- GEOSI TES  me thodology-t he challenge thes
e throu gh geolog i
ca l
 ti
me.  
We  sho ul

va ti
on , 
ofte n nati
onal ly an d cert
a i
nly i
nter- The Earth i
s  
4500 milli
on years 
old. 
Ho w do avoid t
her efore, 
the t
empt a
tion of 
selec t
ing
na t
ion all
y.  
Ho wev e
r , 
it i
s k ey t
o conserva - we demon s
trat
e and 
judge wh at 
is 
valuable j
ust 
a  f
ew  su perl
ative 
localit
ies ig
no ring t
h e
ti
on  as a whol e, at
记 ge o(mor pho)l
 
og ic
a l in 
that
 por t
ion 
of his
tory wh i
ch s
ur vi
ves i
n ti
me ma trix,  
but 
this i
s not 
an ea s
y task.
sites and terrains of 
o utstandi ng i
gl
oba l 
sig- the 
rock record-e vidence ol 
pla
te growth, Using t
he  fos si
l 
record as a
n exa mp le,
nii
f cance  mer i( 
conser vation,  
on a par 
wi t
h migrat
ion , 
coll
ision 
and destr
uc t
ion, 
the GEOSI TES  has 
already come  up 
aga inst 
the
othe r 
interna ti
ona ll
y sig niic
f ant 
s i

es .
 s
uc h evolut
ion of li
fe, 
of 
sedime nt
ary 
ba si
ns. o
f puzzle 
p ose d by major exti
nction eve nts
 i

as those p rotected f
o r wi l
dl i
fe or t
heir mount
ain 
chai
ns.
 r
ift
s and 
vol
cani
c t
he Pha neroz oic. 
Nin e
te en 
large-scale 
ev ent

wi ldernes s value. 
Ta kin g a holisti
c 
view, pr
ovi
nces? 
I o 
ma k
e any 
sense 
of 
the com- have 
been 
recor
ded 
(t
hos
e wi
th 
mor
e t
han

le ology u nd erpins 
all Jai
记s ca p
e and biotic pl
ex 
geology 
of 
any c
oun t
ry 
or 
region, 
a 5
0% speci
es 
loss)
, 
each 
wit
h v
aryi
ng
na t
ur e, 
an d biodiversity is frequently d
e ter
- co
ncer
ted e
ffor
t 
is 
needed 
to 
disc
e r
n the 
pat
- d
egre
es of
 cl
ari
ty 
and 
preci
si
on. 
Some work
mi ned , 
or a t 
least 
influenc ed  st
rongly, 
by t
erns,
 t
o def
ine 

he 
cont
ext 
and 

o f
it 
sit
es i
s 
neede
d to 
deci
de whic
h s
it
es 
best
 
repre

ge odivers i
ty .
 The ge ologi cal st
ory, 
time and (compa red a nd gr ad ed) i
n t
o  t
ha t 
co nt
e xt. sent  an event , but  ir
f st i
t has  to be  deci ded
it
s s cal
e,  
are con t
inuing  sou rces of 
wo nde r
- Fo rtun a tely, 
th e same  cla ssihc ation     
s of whi ch event s must  
be demons trat ed.
men t 
to earth scientists 
a nd lay public:
 the rocks  and  landfor ms,  
of mi neral s and fos - Se l
ec t
in g the  'be s
t' mi n era l or        
fo
s si

cons ervatio n of 
sites 
e nc ou r
a ges a
nd fosters sil
s . 
and  d ivision s ofg eologi ca l  
time  appl y sites,  
or one  or  two  sites to demons trat
e a
suc h wo nd er and is
 a ch allenge we face as wor ldwi de.  
so s i
te c ategorisation  is 
fairly sys te m,  
sa y the  Jur assic, 
s oun ds  simp l
e.
ge ologists. From  t
ha t 
a we,  and an 
un der- easy.  
'Ih
  e ide ntii
fca tion, 
s ugg es tion an d However , is i
t,  
if one  cons i
der s the  not i
on  of
stan di
ng  of the impo rtanc e of si
tes 
and ter- selec t
ion  of po te ntial 
sites for the  intern a- ge o-  and p alaeo -biodi vers i
ty'! The 
  J urassic,
rains  
in 
es tablishing the g eological 
record ti
ona l
 listing  i
s the r eal 
task.  
Th e s cale of for  i
ns tanc e,  
las t
e d ov er 75 mi ll
i on  y ears.
come s r
e spe ct 
and an a pp reciati
on of t
he this un der t
a king  imme diate l
y r equi r
es tha t 
a wi th  broadl y di stin cti
ve , 
bu t  
cha ngi n g, 
fau na
need 
for 
cons
ervat
ion. syste ma tic me thod  be emp l oye d,  
i ncludin g an d lor
f a. 
re f
le cting  in par t
, clima tic  and

n 1
995,
 JUGS,
 o      
n 
behal
f 
of 

he 
int
er- integra ted in pu ts f
rom  nati
on al  and  sup rana - top og rap hic c ha ng e, and  lu
f c tua ting  se
a lev -
na ti
onal 
g e
ologic al commu ni ty, 

e t 
up ti
ona l
 gr ou ps  
o f 
co n tr
ibutor s. els.  
Even  such  wel l-known  Jur assi c  sit
es as
GEOSI TES,  a
n a mbi tious glob al
 scheme  to If ge olo gical  
a nd lands c    
a pe  history ha d Te nd agur u, Du rlston  Bay,  
Sol en hof e n,
promo t
e geocons erva t
ion.  
foc uss
ing on the bee n the  same  in  all 
pa rt
s of  
the  wo rl
d,  
and Stonesf iel d or  Coni o Bl uff (all incl uded  i

identiic
f ati
on of glo bally si
g nihcant  

ites. if 
the envi ronment s, mineral s, rocks  and  fos- the  GEOSI TES  inv en tory, 
a nd  su pe r l
ative
Pas t 
att
empt s 
at selecting ge ological 
sit
es sil
s had  been  of uni form  distribut ion, then loca l i
ties!)  
sho w  on ly a fract ion  of  wha t  


for Wor l
d Her i
tag e st
a tus 
ha ve faced t
he the task  Woul d hav e be en simpl er.  
A  l
e sser spec ial 
or  t
yp ic al in that  
peri od.
prob l
em  th
at  

he re is 
n o int
e rnati
onal l
istim, numb e r 
ol 'sites mi gh t 
ha ve su ffice d to Avoi din g th e pitfalls 
of  ad       
 
h oc  and
of key eart
h scienc e si
te s.
 J
UGS  initi
at
e d demon strate glob al  
pa t
terns . 
Howe ve r, 
this sub je ctive appr oa che s, 
we  ar e looki n g 
to us e
GEOSI TES  (now-  also under  t
he auspices  
of is 
fa r 
from  be ing  t
he  case. 
We  ha v e 
ther e- met ho ds whi ch  hav e scientiic 
f rigou r, 
pro-
UNESCO)  
in 
pa rt 
to add ress this
 problem, fore to sel ect  
a limi ted, 
bu t r
e pr esen tative, duc i
n g a b alan ce d and  fair 
c ov er age
and to r
ea l
ise 
ge ologis ts'
 ambi tio
ns  
to have set of sites, to prod uc e a 
ba lan ce d  cove rage bet ween  t
he  count ri
es.
a represent
ative selection of  
inter
na ti
ona l
ly betwe e n c oun tries a nd region s. 'Ih
  at 
gr oup
signiic
f ant si
tes 
a nd terrains included i
n of sites has  to rep r
e sent  
all
,  
or  at least ma ny, A  me tho d  ba se d on  syste ma tic sur v e
y  and
wo rld a
nd regiona l l
istings, 
a nd s
ite c
lesi
gn a- of the truly  sign iic
f a nt 
pr oces ses  and  event s, comp ar ativ e a sses sme nt
ti
ons. ti
me  per i
o ds . 
fea tures  
and topi c s. Ge olog y Ha ving  t
a ken  th e ir
f st 
step o f rec o gn ising

    
he 
GEOSITES pro
jec
t, 
und
er 
the and  l
an ds ca pe s do n ot 
res pect  
n ation al bor - the  scale of  the ge ol og i
c al 
re sour c e a nd the
gu
idance 
ot 

he 
Globa
l Geos
it
es 
Wo r
king ders : 
ther efor e cov er age 
of  sit
e s a nd terrams p ot ent i
al  
n umb er of intere s
ts  
av a ila ble, we
Gr
oup 

GGWG)
, 
ai
rn
s t
o 
pr
oduc
e a
n e
vol
v- has to c on form  to re giona l
 pa tterns . ha ve  an indi ca tion  of t
he  poten tia l fo r 
selec -

ng.
 
compr
ehe
nsi
ve 

nve
nto
ry 

to 
be 
hel
d i
n Any  a d hoc  met hod,  
wo ul d b e    
 
un satis- ti
on  and the  number s of sit
es  i
nvol ved.
a 
dat
abas
e, 
at 
JUGS 
Trondhei
m) 
of 

he 
mos
t fact
ory,
 f
or 
si
tes 
woul
d be 
then 
viewed 
in based 
on 
vari
ous 
nat
ural
 cl
assi
icat
f ions 
of
va
lua
ble 
Geos
it
es.
 
Suc
h a 
pro
jec
t h
as 
pot
en- i
sol
ati
on.
 and 

he r
esu
ltwou
  l
d b
e a 
fai
rl
y geol
ogica l 
themes  a
nd ti
me.

ial 
val
ue 
in 
educat
ion 
and 

esear
ch:
 it 
cer
- r
andom p
roduct
, 
le
avi
ng t
oo 
much t
o We  wi s
h to i
dentif
y a
nd    
do
  cume nt,
 not
tai
nly 
ha s p
otenti
al 
for  
pr
omo t
ing a 
greate
r chance.
 The 
same 
coul
d be 
sai
d about 
sel
ec- to
ken examp les, 
but 
those 
fea
tures, 
si
tes 
and
knowledg e 
ot geol
ogy  a
mon gst 
a 
wide r 
pub- ti
on 
based 
on pa
rti
cula
r ki
nds of 
si
tes
, 
con- ar
eas wr
hic h show broader 
patt
erns. 
which
li
c, 
and for 
use i
n br
oa der 
ini
ti
ativ
es  
in 
geo- cent
rat
ing 
on, 
sa
y. s
pecta
cular mi
neral
 si
tes
, al
low compa risons 
and cor
rel
a t
ions 
and giv

conser
va tio
n, 
inclu
din g 
schemes t
o dein
f e or 
si
tes 
rel
ate
d t
o Man, 
or 
certai
n g
eologi
cal an 
in-depth un derst
anding 
of 
the Eart
h's
int
ernat
io nal 
sit
e 
designati
ons. 
The projec
t pe
rio
ds.
 
It 
woul
d 
be 
no 

impl
e 
or 
obvi
ous evol
ut i
ona ry st
o r
y. 
In 
a n
y bal
a n
ce d 
compi -
is 
part
icularl
y usef
ul 
for  
cr
oss-bor
d e
r li
nks mat
ter 

o choos
e ive 
f or 

en 

oken 
sit
es 

o la
tio
n of a regional 
or 
g l
obal 
inventor
y, cer

and 
col
labor
ati
on. repr
esent 
a 
ge ol
ogica
l p
e r
iod o
r miner
als t
ain 
kinds 
ot 
sit
e need 
to 
be 

ncl
uded.
 Thes

Only 
geologi    
st
s 
can 
compil
e a glo
bal worldwide! 
Al s
o, 

his 
me t
ho d 
ignores
 t
he s
h ould 
show si
gniic
f a
nt 
st
ages
, 
the 
speci
al
geo
sit
e i
nvent
ory andjust
i勿th
e si
g niica
f nc
e complexi
ty ofthe 
roc
k record,
 an
d itc
 
ould a
nd , 
especi
all
y, 
the 
re
pres
ent
ati
ve. 
There 


of 

ocali
ti
es,
 
a t
as k 
which 
wil
l 
cert
ain l
y t
ake not 
give 
a f
air 
cover
age of 
local
it
ies no possi
bil
it
y t
hatGEOSI
  TES coul
d i
nclu
de
some 
years 
to 
achi
eve.
 I
t r
equi
res 
the 
pro- bet
ween 
count
rics}
 br
oader 
pat
ter
ns 
cannot al
l 
the 
vit
al 
st
ages 
of 

he 
inani
mat
e or 

ossi

mot
ion 
of 
mec
tin
gs 
and 
wor
ksho
ps 

hat be 
thus 
asses
sed,
 and 
some 
count
ries 
woul
d r
ecor
d o
f e
ver
y p
eri
od,
ep
  o
ch 
or 

tag
e. 
or

你 i
sodes
,认4.19,,
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88

re
gion al
though t
he ambiti
on i
s t
o encor
n- Ea rly appl ication of the GEOSI TES focus 
for 
cross-border 
coll
aborati
on. 
I-or 
the

pass 
ma n
y of t
hem. The s
upe r
lat
ive 
na t
ure techniqu e fr
i s
t t
ime. 

his 
give
s I
UGS t
he p
ossib
ili
ty 
of
ofthe 
sit
e will
 ul
ti
ma t
ely 
determine 
selec- In Euro pe ,
 a numb er ot  
na ti
on al groups a
nd havi
ri
- 
l a 
dat
abase 
and 
an 
org
anic 

iai
son
ti
on; 
sele
c t
ion 
being c
arri
ed out 
in 
a com- individu als have alr
e ady sta r
ted to take 
Li
p net
wor
k whi
ch 
it 
can 
use 

o advi
se 
oil
 the
para
tive 
and t
hernat
ic 
wa y, 
compa r
ing si
tes
' t
he  challenge , 
pr ovi
di ng a pilot  
prole
 ct 
for .
scientiic 
f ju
s t
if
icat
ion for 
gl
I ob al 
con se
rv:卜

nter
est
s and 
thei
r i
ner
its 

n a 
cl
etmed 
con-
GEOSI TES  in a gl
o bal setting. ProGE0  (th
e li
on  pri
or i
ti
es.

ext 
or 
pa tt
ern (
Wimbledon et 
al、in 
press} Eur opea n As sociat
ion  for the Con servati
on Ge olo
gis    
ts 
wa n曰, )see a r
epresentat
ive
Zagorc
he v, 
in p
res
s).
 I 
li
e us
e of 
such t
opic, (
们h e Ge ological  
He ri
ta ge)  

s a cti
nI
g as 
an cov erage of 
geo(n)orpho)Io,,i
ca 1
 s
ites 
in t
he
ti
me, 
and regional
 
fra
me wo r
ks  

s vit
al, mmi t 
for IUGS  in 
compi ling a Eu ropean wor ld l
ist.
 GEOSI TES  has the potenti
al 
to
ot
herwise t
he enor
mou s 
diver
sit
y 01'
2eOlOI
('
- inventor y,:i (
n ] 
its 

eg iona l wor king groups l
e ad to a,
justi

fed world inve ntor
y, wit

ic
al 
his
tory would 
be beyond 
a s
sessi
nem: arc assembl i
ng  SUh-EU rope an listi
ng s.
 
As  
an truly vali
dated s
e l
ecti
ons . 
It 
c an 
help t
o put
we 
woul
d '
drown'
 in 
the 
det
ail

examp l
e  of t
he a pproac h, 
Eur o pe. 
a s 
a gc
o- geoc onservati
on  '
oil 

h e ma p'. 
and perhaps

ogi cal entity, 
is being con sider ed 
U nder 
it
s all
ow  the proposal 
of 
c andida te
s f
or  
ti
re
Cont
ribut
ions
nat
ural
 subdi
visi
ons- t
he 
Precambr
ian Wo rl
d He ri
tage 
Lis t
 based oil o
bjectiv

GFOSI TES,  i
n practice, 
reli
es on con t
rihL
[- s
hiel
d, t
he Cal
edonian orogen, 
th
e Vari
scid
c jUd- ei
rients

ti
ons of si
te Suggestions  
fr
om  Cou ntry 
coin- I
UGS 

      
as 
ali

cadv 
cont
act
ed 
all
 nat
ional

ront,
 
the Vari
scan massit
s ,
 
the 
Alpine 
fol

mitte
e s, 
national 
age ncies and 
indi viduals. b
elts 
and s
o on. 
Wi t
hin c
ac t
i 
Im ono-ge
oloI
g- committ
ecs 
to 
acquaint

 hem wit
h the 
sta
rt 
of
The ain-
i 
is t
o channe l S
ug g
Ie   
sti
on s of一s
 
in-
qle i
cal 
fr
ainewo)r
k el
eme nt,
 s
trati
graphi
c. th
e GFOSITES P r
oject
. 
Pil
ot 
st
udies f
or 
the
lo
caliti
es through repiona l 
wor king  gr
oups, i
oncous 
or  
ni
etall
ogenic 
Successi
ons 
or pr
ojec
t S
et 

ip i

l Europe,
 de
visi
n.
- 
a nd t
est
inI

cr
iter
ia 
and 
sel
ect
ion 
met
hods
, have 
been
each 
of  
wh ich will 
en dea v
ou r 
to place a event
s can 
he 
consi
der
ed.
 The 
air
n w川 be 


lo
ca l
ity within 
a mea ni
n gful 
ti
me , rock oi der
nof
lstrat
e t
he key 
feat
ures 

n,  

or r
unni
ng t
here 

o r 
some 
month
s. 
FuthU
Sia
sin
ot
he r 
setti
n- . 
Su c
h re -i
on al 
group s will 
be F
or 
th
e A 

irk 
has b
een 
expr
ess
ed i
n 
man y

n s
tance, 
a 
tect
onic s
ett
inL
, 
such a
s t
he count
ries,
 and 
cont
aci
s have 
been 

nade 


abl
e to cal
l  
on the 
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sional st
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inpu ts 
mu st be invited presented  at 

he IGC  in Beijing), 
an d discus- (i
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Geol ogical  wor l
d her i t
age:     

rom  
all 
wit
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int
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sit
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o ver  
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te invcn
Althoug h r
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c ompa r
ative assess - is
f t
ir
w.  
I lie 
forme r list 
wi l
l 
c ontain sites t
or v to  embI c pr i
or i
ns ation  f
or  cons er
vat ion,    
ment  and  valida t
ion is impo rtant, 
inde e
d demons trati
ng the mo st 
impo rtant 
e leme nts i
f? Pr oc ee dinqs of the 2nd  lntcrnat ion}d Syr n-    
posi LlIn on  th
e Cons e r
vat ion oft hc  Geol ogica    

the 
ke y  t
o the  proces s, 
ultima te
ly all in th
e ev oluti
on ary story of plants, 
related to
Her ita ge:  Merno)irs of the Geol ogi cal  
SLII
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sele
c tion s 
wi ll be ma de by ge o(i
nor pho)- env i
ronme ntal 
and  othe r 
cha nge. 
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ike 〔
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logi
s ts wi t
hi n the 
co unt r
ies: worke r
s  Mus t other  
spec ia
list
 inpu ts, 
wi l
l 
be  used to assi
s t Zagorchev,  I 
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be l
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ropos e t
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 eff
ort
s, 
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as 
an 
ai
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n document
- the Bal kan  pCniIISL
IIa: geol ogi cal  
seni ng, 
Wi t     
judge re prese nt t
he ge oloIgi
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record of i
n- 
si
tes
 and 
a 
gui
de 

n ma
king 
sel
ect
ions
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ervi
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: 
Geol
ogi
ca 
Bal
cani
ca 
26     
thei
r re gion.  
Con si
de ring compl emen ta
ry
Concl
usion
sit
es, an d not  
ju s
t t
h e Mo)st 
Obv iously
superla ti
ve one s, 
GEOSI TES  can accom- GEOSI TES off
ers pr
os pects 
for 
st
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en- W A 
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mbl
edon
moda te  sit
es  
or  t
errains ranging froin i
n - e
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s i
n both 
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tional 
and int
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al Gewit
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ving 
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og ist
s 
regional
ly a Me
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, 
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UK

Sej
}t
embei
- 
1996

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