An Inventory of Geoheritage Sites in the Draa Valley (Morocco): a Contribution to Promotion of Geotourism and Sustainable Development

Beraaouz, Mohamed; Macadam, John; Bouchaou, Lhoussaine; Ikenne, Moha; Ernst, Richard E.; Tagma, Tarik; Masrour, Moussa

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“…The first law for the protection of the Moroccan geoheritage has just been published (BO 6807, August 2019), which could cause a very important turnover in the present deficient situation of the national geoheritage. In the last 13 years, several inventories of geosites were carried out in different regions of Morocco and with different aims (Malaki 2006;De Waele et al 2009;El Wartiti et al 2009Tahiri et al 2010a;El Hadi et al 2011, 2012, 2015Nahraoui et al 2011;Nahraoui 2016;Enniouar et al 2013Enniouar et al , 2015Errami et al 2013Errami et al , 2015aErrami et al , 2015bDruguet et al 2015;Noubhani 2015;Saddiqi et al 2015;Bouzekraoui et al 2017;Arrad et al 2018;Bouzekraoui et al 2018;Khoukhouchi et al 2018;Aoulad-Sidi-Mhend et al 2019;Beraaouz et al 2019;Berred et al 2019;Oukassou et al 2019). However, many of these works did not follow a systematic inventory method nor a numerical assessment of the geosite value.…”

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Inventory and Quantitative Assessment of Geosites in Rabat-Tiflet Region (North Western Morocco): Preliminary Study to Evaluate the Potential of the Area to Become a Geopark

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The Rabat-Tiflet area (north-western Morocco) has a complex geological setting and a high geodiversity, two reasons that justify the geoheritage inventory done in this work. The inventoried 13 geosites were quantitatively assessed and clearly show that the Tortonian/Messinian Akrech River GSSP Stratotype is the most important geosite in the area due to its high international scientific value. In addition, the majority of the other geosites are characterized by moderate scientific, educational, and touristic values and high degradation risk. Therefore, a geoconservation strategy should be implemented in this area by national and local authorities to protect and conserve this geological heritage. This study may help the development of a new geopark project in Morocco, a country where the geopark concept is still emerging.

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Inventory and Quantitative Assessment of Geosites in Rabat-Tiflet Region (North Western Morocco): Preliminary Study to Evaluate the Potential of the Area to Become a Geopark

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“…Some of these sites possess a spiritual and cultural identity, such as Assekrem in the Hoggar (Bendaoud et al 2015), and "Roche de la demoiselle" and the "Roche du lion" in Tidikelt. They attract tourists and make the local inhabitants proud of their culture and region (Ngwira 2015;Abioui et al 2019;Beraaouz et al 2019;Fernández Álvarez 2020). Geosites listed and described in this document are far from being the only ones.…”

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Aspiring Hoggar and Tidikelt geoparks in Algeria

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Algeria does not count any classified geoparks despite its wealthy geological heritage, particularly in Tamanrasset province (southern Algeria). The economic activities in this province require promotion and diversification apart from the oil and gas industry. While tourism can be a crucial driver of its local development, tourist arrivals and infrastructures, especially in villages, indicate how underdeveloped this sector is. The present paper aims to evaluate, for the first time, both natural and cultural potential, targeting a possible geopark classification proposal in this province to boost its tourism and local development. The present study's results highlighted a concentration of geological and non-geological features (archaeology, architecture, intangible cultural heritage, biodiversity) in two (2) regions of Tamanrasset (Hoggar and Tidikelt). Both areas host the largest number of villages, favoring local inhabitants' involvement in local development and tourism activities.

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“…Finally, cluster 4 (yellow) belonging to the area "Geodiversity" with the keywords "Geotourism", "Geoheritage" and "geodiversity", that relates the various landscapes and geological, geomorphological and archaeological sites that could be used to explain the history of the earthy the regional climate changes. Moreover, that can serve as a model for the sustainable development of Geotourism, preserve geological and archaeological heritage, and contribute to establishing a geopark [69,87,88]. The most representative terms are Geotourism, Geoheritage and Geodiversity with a total of 100 occurrences.…”

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Geodiversity and Mining Towards the Development of Geotourism: A Global Perspective

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Herrera-Narváez³

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Geodiversity and geological heritage are considered to be parallel and closely related concepts of biodiversity and biological heritage. Biodiversity is based and exists on the geodiversity of a territory. In the same way, mining activity and mining heritage are distinguished as contributing to social and economic development. The mining heritage is linked to the geological heritage and has become increasingly important for its social value and relationship with tourist activities. This study aims to analyze these fields' intellectual structure through bibliometrics as a current and innovative methodology that allows a full understanding of their structure and the relationships between these fields of cultural heritage, geodiversity, mining and geotourism. The following methodology considered: i) Search for classified information with scientific rigour in an indexed database, using search descriptors that cover the objective set, ii) analysis of scientific articles through graphical and statistical output schemes, and iii) discussion of the contributions, methodologies used, and trends on the subject. 709 documents of 29 years (1990-2019) from the Scopus database were analyzed. The results show the main themes, countries and influential institutions in cultural heritage, geodiversity, mining and tourism, which address six major research topics ranging from sustainable mining to geodiversity. Extensive information and understanding are provided that other research has partially addressed, allowing current and potential research areas to be identified.

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An Inventory of Geoheritage Sites in the Draa Valley (Morocco): a Contribution to Promotion of Geotourism and Sustainable Development

Cited by 34 publications

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Inventory and Quantitative Assessment of Geosites in Rabat-Tiflet Region (North Western Morocco): Preliminary Study to Evaluate the Potential of the Area to Become a Geopark

Inventory and Quantitative Assessment of Geosites in Rabat-Tiflet Region (North Western Morocco): Preliminary Study to Evaluate the Potential of the Area to Become a Geopark

Aspiring Hoggar and Tidikelt geoparks in Algeria

Geodiversity and Mining Towards the Development of Geotourism: A Global Perspective

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