A general overview of geoconservation in Portugal
Geoconservation in Portugal started with some delay in relation to other European countries. The reason for this is threefold: i) the Nature Conservation legislation has been usually inappropriate for the conservation of the geological heritage; ii) the Nature Conservation Institute generally does n...
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| Formato: | conferenceObject |
| Idioma: | eng |
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2005
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| Texto completo: | http://hdl.handle.net/1822/4820 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Oai: | oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/4820 |
| Resumo: | Geoconservation in Portugal started with some delay in relation to other European countries. The reason for this is threefold: i) the Nature Conservation legislation has been usually inappropriate for the conservation of the geological heritage; ii) the Nature Conservation Institute generally does not take into account geoheritage as part of natural heritage; and iii) only recently, the Portuguese geological community begun to realize the necessity to get involved in geoconservation. |
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