Delivering the Promise of Sydney: from Sydney to Hawai’i

MacKinnon, Kathy; Londoño, Julia Miranda

doi:10.2305/iucn.ch.2016.parks-22-2km.en

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“…The connections with the cultural landscape provide opportunities to promote the values of geoheritage to a wider public constituency. This aligns with the "new paradigm" in nature conservation that emphasizes "people and nature" and recognizes community needs and the value of joint management approaches [215][216][217][218]. It also connects with the UN Sustainable Development Goals, where geotourism can both help to promote the role of the geosciences [92] and contribute directly to the delivery of specific goals (e.g., Goal 8: Promote inclusive and sustainable economic growth, employment and decent work for all).…”

Section: Geotourism: Bridging the Nature-culture Dividementioning

confidence: 84%

Geoheritage, Geotourism and the Cultural Landscape: Enhancing the Visitor Experience and Promoting Geoconservation

2018

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Geotourism spans a range of visitor interests, from the specialist geotourist to the more general visitor. As well as supporting geoconservation outcomes, it provides economic, cultural, relational and social benefits for both visitors and host communities. The interconnections between geoheritage and the cultural components of the landscape have antecedents in concepts of landscape aesthetics in different cultures. These interconnections provide a range of opportunities for enhancing the geotourist experience and promoting geoconservation and geoeducation by means of activities that involve aesthetic and emotional experiences and interpretation through different cultural filters that encourage the rediscovery of a sense of wonder both about the geological stories in the landscape and the human interactions. A cultural ecosystem services framework provides a holistic approach for informing conservation policy, management and planning for geotourism, enabling assessment of multiple benefits and trade-offs for visitors and communities based on the values of the geoheritage assets. Geotourism studies could also benefit from integration of existing theory, conceptual analysis and practice from broader heritage and nature-based tourism and closer collaboration with relevant social sciences. Adhering to sound geoethical practice is an essential part of geotourism, which can also play a role in the promotion of geoethics among the public and professionals.3 of 25 cultural elements of the landscape (e.g., as features celebrated in art, sculpture, music, poetry and literature or that are revered as sacred places), or may provide the essential context in which cultural features (e.g., settlements, castles and archaeological sites) are located. Geology and geomorphology are also a fundamental part of the distinctive character of many rural landscapes and the built environment and contribute to the aesthetic qualities of these landscapes. As described below, there are many connections between geoheritage and cultural heritage that provide a basis for geotourism activities. The value of these connections is now acknowledged within the UNESCO Global Geoparks framework [9]. Likewise, many cultural World Heritage Sites benefit from strong supporting geoheritage interests [38], while many existing natural properties are also cultural landscapes that have potential for re-inscription as mixed properties, recognizing their cultural and spiritual associations as well as their outstanding geoheritage features, as happened in the case of Tongariro National Park (New Zealand) (1992) and Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park (Australia) (1994) [39].The World Heritage Committee of UNESCO defined cultural landscapes as representing the "combined works of nature and of man" and "illustrative of the evolution of human society and settlement over time, under the influence of the physical constraints and/or opportunities presented by their natural environment and of successive social, economic and cultural forces, both external and internal" [40] (p...

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Section: Geotourism: Bridging the Nature-culture Dividementioning

confidence: 84%

Geoheritage, Geotourism and the Cultural Landscape: Enhancing the Visitor Experience and Promoting Geoconservation

2018

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“…Many will need regular, active interventions to address the requirements of particular species or to maintain habitats, but this is not a requirement of the category livelihoods; (3) the role of protected areas and other ecosystem-based approaches in providing natural solutions for global challenges, and particularly solutions for conservation and sustainability that combine traditional wisdom and modern knowledge; and (4) the need to engage a broader spectrum of stakeholders in conservation action, while at the same time benefiting human health and well-being (IUCN 2016a;MacKinnon and Londoño 2016). To meet these challenges, and following 'The Promise of Sydney' (IUCN 2014), the 2017-2020 IUCN Programme approved during the WCC in Hawai'i has three main areas: (1) valuing and conserving nature; (2) promoting and supporting effective and equitable governance of natural resources; and (3) deploying naturebased solutions to address societal challenges including climate change, food security, and economic and social development.…”

Section: Iucn Recognition Of Geodiversity and Geoheritagementioning

confidence: 99%

“…There is also a strong emphasis on building outreach and communication to reconnect people with nature and engage a broader constituency in conservation, for example through the #NatureforAll programme (MacKinnon and Londoño 2016). This is a theme that closely aligns with geoconservation activities (Crofts 2017).…”

Section: Iucn Recognition Of Geodiversity and Geoheritagementioning

confidence: 99%

“…There is now much greater acknowledgement that people are part of nature, leading to a growing focus in conservation policy on sustainable interactions between people and nature and the role of protected areas in contributing to human wellbeing at the same time as protecting nature (Mace 2014;Dudley et al 2016;MacKinnon and Londoño 2016). This reflects recognition that the traditional separation of nature and culture in Western thinking is outdated (Feary et al 2015).…”

Section: Marine Conservationmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Enhancing the Role of Geoconservation in Protected Area Management and Nature Conservation

Gordon

Crofts²,

Díaz-Martínez

et al. 2017

Geoheritage

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Acknowledgement by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) that geodiversity is part of natural diversity and geoheritage is part of natural heritage should help to strengthen the position and delivery of geoconservation through engagement with the wider nature conservation agenda. In particular, we identify six key areas offering opportunities to enhance the standing and mainstreaming of geoconservation: (1) integrating geoconservation principles in protected area management, including the promotion of geoheritage conservation across the full range of IUCN Protected Area Management Categories; (2) supporting biodiversity conservation and adaptation to climate change through the nature-based solutions approach and 'conserving nature's stage'; (3) contributing to natural capital and ecosystem services valuation; (4) contributing to conservation in the marine environment; (5) enhancing the connections between people, place, and nature and contributing to human well-being; and (6) promoting ecosystem stewardship and contributing to the achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Adoption of a more outward-looking approach should help to progress the integration of geoconservation within nature conservation, protected area planning and management, and broader environmental strategies and policies.

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Geoconservation principles and protected area management

Gordon

2019

International Journal of Geoheritage and Parks

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Delivering the Promise of Sydney: from Sydney to Hawai’i

Cited by 5 publications

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Geoheritage, Geotourism and the Cultural Landscape: Enhancing the Visitor Experience and Promoting Geoconservation

Geoheritage, Geotourism and the Cultural Landscape: Enhancing the Visitor Experience and Promoting Geoconservation

Enhancing the Role of Geoconservation in Protected Area Management and Nature Conservation

Geoconservation principles and protected area management

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