Vision
To promote the development of Geoparks from the Geographical perspectives.
Objectives
Commission on Geoheritage and Parks (COG) of the International Geographical Union (IGU) is to promote the development of Geoparks from the Geographical perspectives. The objectives of the IGU-COG include:
- communicating the role of geoheritage as tools of education, recreation and nature conservation;
- further developing the concept of sustainability as applied to geoheritage;
- communicating the importance of understanding a broad range of processes that affect the sustainable development of geoheritage, including the natural environment, political, and socio-economic processes;
- communicating the results of the research by members of the Commission to various academic, industry and policy arenas in order to influence policy in an effective and appropriate manner.
In the last five years, IGU-COG focused on the development of comparative studies on geoheritage, tourism and corresponding social, economic, environmental and political change and concentrated on the communication and transfer of research results in policy relevant terms to policy makers and industry as well as continuing the scientific publishing programme of the Commission. The Commission seeks to continue its activities as outlined in relation to its existing objectives.
