Aug.02-08, Issue 11

What's New at Global Geoparks
Aug. 07, 2008 (No.11)

Dear Colleague:

The GGN (Global Geoparks Network) Office sincerely request all participants in geopark work to constantly deliver information about geoheritage and geopark to us, so that more people can pay attention to geoparks through the GGN website (http://www.globalgeopark.org) , and witness the contribution of geopark cause to human being. Please contact:
Mr. Luo Tuanjie,or Ms. Li Hui
Tel.:86-10-66558778 66558777
E-mail:geopark@vip.163.com;luo_tuanjie@hotmail.com;

Wu Zhihui
Office of the Global Geoparks Network

+++ GGN Members ++++++(Aug.02-Aug.07)

	HERITAGE WEEK—Geological Survey of Ireland & Copper Coast Geopark Events 01-08-2008
	1. VISIT CARLOW'S VOLCANO – Geological Survey of Ireland; 2. THE MINING HERITAGE OF THE COPPER COAST– Copper Coast Geopark; 3. STRADBALLY VILLAGE & COVE – Copper Coast Geopark; 4. KILFARRASY STRAND GEOLOGICAL AND WILDLIFE WALK – Copper Coast Geopark ...

	Torbay get Government grant to develop projects in its English Riviera Geopark 01-08-2008
	The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has announced details of its Sea Change initiative aimed at promoting Britain's coastal resorts. The first stage of the £45m programme will see £10m invested in Blackpool, Dover and Torbay...

	Release of GGN Newsletter - Issue 3 2008 30-07-2008
	01-3 International Geoparks Conference of UNESCO; 08-Unesco international conference honours for Langkawi Geopark;09-Australia's first global Geopark is declared;11-Songshan Geopark enters into a twinning agreement with three global geoparks...

	Guests from IOC visit Zhoukoudian Site in Fangshan Geopark 30-07-2008
	4 distinguished guests from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to attend the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games - Games of the XXIX Olympiad visited the Zhoukoudian site in Fangshan Geopark in the morning of August 1...

	Collection and creation by famous Chinese calligraphers and painters in Taining Geopark 28-07-2008
	The calligraphic and painterly views collecting group from Beijing Century Celebrity International Calligraphy and Painting Academy got together in Taining to extol Taining with their works in the period July 26-29...

	Green Tourism Promotion in the North Pennines AONB & European Geopark 28-07-2008
	The AONB Partnership Staff Unit is organising a 'Joining the Green Tourism Business Scheme (GTBS) Seminar' for tourism businesses in the North Pennines AONB & European Geopark - 11 September 2008 at Nenthead Mines Heritage Centre...

	Summer Exploration in Longhushan Geopark 28-07-2008
	First ten undergraduates’ successful entry into a thousand-year-old cave of cliff grave is vitally significant to understanding of how an overhanging coffin is moved into a cave in Longhushan, in an expert’s view...

+++ Non-GGN Members ++++++(Jul.26-Aug.01)

	“Geopark Rab Island, Croatia” aspires to become a member of the Geopark community 28-07-2008
	The Croatian new Geopark Rab Island is in the process of development. The area includes Rab Island of 93,6 KM2 , and two small islands – Grgur and Goli. Geographically, the Island of Rab is located in the Northern Adriatic Sea, as part of the inner belt of Kvarner islands, divided from the mainland by the Velebit Channel ...

	Global launch of OneGeology 29-07-2008
	The groundbreaking OneGeology project will be launched at the 33rd IGC 6 August. OneGeology presents global geological map data on the internet, ensuring that a vast amount of geological data from around the world is easily accessible...

	33rd International Geological Congress, Oslo, Norway, 6–14 August 2008 29-07-2008
	The 33rd International Geological Congress (IGC), is to be held in Oslo in Norway in August 2008. Several of the themes and workshops are covering aspects of relevance to geoconservation ...

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