Langebaan geopark

摘要

UNESCO supports the establishment of Global Geoparks, embracing the concepts of conservation, sustainable development, community involvement and education. National Geopark initiatives arecoordinated through a Global Network of National Geoparks and benefit fully from membership through exchange and cooperation. A further significant spinoff from Global Geoparks is their promotion on the international stage, thereby enhancing international awareness and ecotourism. Consequently, Global Geoparks are fast becoming established worldwide with more than 90 having been approved by UNESCO since 2004. Thus far none exist in Africa although Danie Barnardo of Council for Geoscience (CGS) has begun the process to have the Tswaing meteorite impact site in Gauteng Province near Pretoria, declared a Global Geopark.