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世界地質公園大會

世界地質公園大會自2004年至今已舉辦三屆。每屆大會都
邀集來自全球五大洲的40多個國家和地區，參加人數約
300～500位代表出席盛會。第一屆世界地質公園大會於
2004年6月27-29日，在中國大陸的北京召開，它是世界地
質公園的首次大會，是地質公園發展史上的重要里程碑，
也是世界地質科學界的一件盛事。
2006年9月17-21日第二屆世界地質公園大會在北愛爾蘭貝
爾法斯特滑鐵盧大廳舉行。
2008年6月22-26日，第三屆聯合國教科文組織世界地質公
園大會在德國奧斯納布呂克市召開。

世界地質公園大會雖然每屆討論與研究的議題有所差異，
但是大會每屆主要任務卻是一致：

七美柱狀玄武岩節理剖面 1.反映全球不斷增加的地質公園提案與慶祝地球遺產。
Cimei Columnar Jointing in
Cross-Section
2.討論確保提案不斷增多和加強全球地質公園網路機制。

3.討論如何利用地球科學家與旅遊業間的關係加強地質公
園的可持繼經濟發展。

4.討論地質公園的經濟效益對於保持社區發展的作用。 七美西北灣有澎湖最壯觀的柱狀玄武岩
The most spectacular columnar basalts in northwest bay, Cimei

The International Conference on Geoparks

The International Conference on Geoparks has Although there were different discussion topics
held three meetings since 2004 till December and issues among these three conferences, yet
2008. The participants of every conference are their primary missions are consistent:
from more than 40 countries or regions of five 1.Reflect the growing number of proposals of
continents of the world, and the number of its geoparks around the world, and celebrate
participants is about 300-500 people. The First world heritage preservation.
International Conference on Geoparks was held
in Beijing, China, from June 27 to 29, 2004. It 2.Discuss the mechanism for assuring the in-
was the first world geopark gathering event and crease of proposals for geoparks, and for
marked an important milestone in the interna- strengthening the bounds between the mem-
tional geopark development history, and was also bers of the Global Geoparks network.
a significant event in the global geological sci- 3.Discuss how to enhance the sustainable eco-
ence fields. nomic development of geopark territories
From September 17 to 21, 2006, the 2nd Interna- through the cooperation between earth scien-
tional Conference on Geoparks was held at the tists and tourism industry.
Waterloo Hall in Belfast, Northern Ireland . 4.Discuss the effects of economic benefits of
From June 22 to 26, 2008, the 3rd UNESCO In- geoparks on the sustainable development of lo-
ternational Conference on Geoparks was held in cal communities.
西嶼大池火山頸地形
Siyu Dachih volcanic neck Osnabrueck, Germany.

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