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日　時

平成27年5月23日（土）　15:00～16:30

場　所

東京地学協会 地学会館二階 講堂（東京都千代田区二番町 12-2）

交　通

東京メトロ麹町駅５出口を出て左へ徒歩１分

“Geodiversity and its role in geoconservation, geoparks and geotourism”

Murray Gray (University of London)
（講演者は「ジオ多様性」の提案者です。）

要　旨

　Fortunately, we live on a highly physically diverse planet that has been exploited by human generations over the millennia and without which our modem society could not exist. Geodiversity has been defined as “the natural range (diversity) of geological (rocks, minerals, f ossils), geomorphological ( landforms, topography, physical processes) , soil and hydrological features. It includes their assemblages, structures, systems and contributions to landscape”. Nature comprises both living and non-living elements and geodiversity is the abiotic equivalent of biodeiversity. This presentation will argue that geodiversity is an important basis for both international and national geoconservation, is a frequent way in which geoparks promote themselves, and is fundamental to geotourism and many outdoor leisure activities.

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