Commission on Geoheritage (COG) of the International Geographical Union (IGU) is to promote the development of Geoparks from the Geographical perspectives. The objectives of the COG include:
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 ind
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 ind
Since 2000, geographers and geologists have met repeatedly to discuss the appropriateness of an interdisciplinary perspective on Geoparks, linking geoconservation with endogenous local development. The latter is one of the topics that have seriously engaged geographers in recent decades.
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 proble
