17th European Geoparks Conference 2024 – Reykjanes UNESCO Global Geopark, Iceland
2-4 October 2024
Officially established in 2014, is a non-profit international association of UNESCO Global Geoparks and Geoparks professionals subject to French legislation. The Global Geoparks Network is the official partner of UNESCO for the operation of the UNESCO Global Geoparks.
The GGN was initially founded in 2004 as an international partnership developed under the umbrella of UNESCO and serves to develop models of best practice and set quality-standards for territories that integrate the protection preservation of Earth heritage sites in a strategy for regional sustainable economic development.
UNESCO Global Geoparks (UGGp) are single, unified geographical areas where sites and landscapes of international geological significance are managed with a holistic concept of protection, education and sustainable development.
Global Geoparks are tools to conserve and enhance the value of areas of geological significance in Earth history,
Global Geoparks encourage awareness of the story of the planet as read in the rocks and landscape.
Communication to society of the Earth heritage as an integral part of the world's natural and cultural heritage, tangible and intangible.
UNESCO Global Geoparks are Earth’s extraordinary places! New UNESCO destination of the XXI century, they are territories with landscapes and sites of an international geological significance
A unique opportunity to mobilize both Geopark directors and Documentary Directors - filmmakers to collaborate in order to create new documentary and promotional videos on Geoparks.
The 2nd GGN International Film Festival was organized in parallel with the 10th International Conference on UNESCO
Candidate film makers interested need first to take contact with an UNESCO Geopark or official Aspiring UNESCO Geopark.