By IGU - COG, 15 August, 2008

From 12th to 15th, August,2008 the Geopark Session and IGU-COG work meeting was held in tunis, Tunisia during the 31st International Geographical Congress and Dr.Wei,Dongying presented the IGU-COG work report and the executive members and participants discussed the future work plan and the problems and solutions. 


Dr. Selma ZAIANE gave the presentation:Potential geopark sites in Tunisia: Opportunities for geotourism development, Dr.Wei,Dongying gave the work report of IGU-CoG: Geoparks: New Mission of Geographers, Mr.Karem DASSY's presentation was Contribution méthodologique à la sélection et à la valorisation des géosites de la région du Jérid. On the Geoparks Session, executive member, Dr.Carole Murphy presented the contitutions and bylaws of IGU-COG and co-chaired the discussion with Mr.Duane Fast.


Prof. Hans van Ginkel, former Secratary General of United Nations and Rector of United Nations University, Prof. José Palacio-Prieto, former President of IGU, Prof. Qin Dahe, vice president of IGU, Prof. Hiroshi Tanabe, former vice president of IGU, Prof.Liu Changming, former vice president of IGU,Prof.Anne Buttimer, past president of IGU, Prof.Lindisizwe M. Magi, former vice president of IGU, and the executive members, Prof.Wang Min, Prof.Carole Murphy and Mr.Duane Fast and other participants from Tunisia, Japan and Brazil and Cuba participanted in the Geoparks Session. 

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