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2 Geoheritage Values and Visions
Pages 5-8

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... National Committee for Geological Sciences and chair of the workshop planning committee, noted in his workshop comments that geoheritage is a natural extension of our current understanding of Earth System Science. Geoheritage and Earth System Science look at Earth in a holistic manner, integrating across the "spheres" of the Earth, increasingly recognizing the feedback between biota and physical/chemical Earth processes, and increasingly aware of human impacts on, and by, Earth in the Anthropocene.
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... Scientifically and educationally significant geoheritage sites include those with textbook geologic features and landscapes, distinctive rock or mineral types, unique or unusual fossils, or other geologic characteristics that are significant to education and research. Culturally significant geoheritage sites are places where geologic features or landscapes played a role in cultural or historical events.
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... SOURCE: Focus group 1 (Geoheritage Vision, Values, Principles) , America's Geoheritage Workshop II.
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... The focus group that discussed the integration of geodiversity and biodiversity suggested a focus on ecodiversity unites thinking about the biosphere and the geosphere in the Anthropocene Era. 2 The group suggested short-term and long-term actions that include publishing and presenting about geoheritage in biodiversity and interdisciplinary journals and conferences, as well as more cooperation between public agencies charged with managing biological and geologic resources.
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