Despite efforts by the scientific community to create a single universal quantitative method to
assess geological sites, dozens of methods have been designed and applied around the …

Brazilian biodiversity is undergoing numerous attacks and misguided policies that aim to
reduce protected areas (PAs) with the main argument of expanding agribusiness to improve …

About a fifth of the Italian territory is characterised by the presence of soluble rocks,
consisting mainly of limestone and dolostone but also of marble and evaporite rocks …

Considering the growing debate on issues related to the conservation of the global
geoheritage, and with the understanding that there is an urgent need to make available a …

Over the past decade, various methodologies have been developed to systematize, discuss,
and propose measures for protecting and sustainably managing geological heritage. The …

Interest in geoconservation has been growing since the 1990s and, therefore, several
actions have been taken to integrate geoheritage in scientific research, public policies and …

Caves are one of the most spectacular elements of karst with a high natural value, due to
their singularity and high diversity of natural features. The Picos de Europa National Park …

The present communication characterizes and discusses the genesis of cave speleothems
developed in Furnas Formation (Silurian-Devonian) and Vila Velha sub-unit (Campo …

A região cárstica dos Campos Gerais (RCCG), situada nos estados do Paraná e São Paulo,
é considerada uma nova região cárstica brasileira. A área congrega várias cavernas e …

An assessment protocol of speleological relevance for natural underground cavities in
different Brazilian lithotypes is presented here based on geodiversity elements. The …