From geoheritage to geoparks : case studies from Africa and beyond / Ezzoura Errami, Margaret Brocx, Vic Semeniuk, editors.

International conference proceedings.

Outgrowth of the First International Conference on Geoparks in Africa and the Middle East, held in 2011 in El Jadida, Morocco. (Foreword)

Includes bibliographical references.

Geoheritage and geoparks in Africa and the Middle-East : challenges and perspectives / Ezzoura Errami, Gabi Schneider, Nasser Ennih, Hasina Nirina Randrianaly, Abderrahmane Bendaoud, Abdelmajid Noubhani, Nick Norman, Mamoon Allan, Lopo Vasconcelos, Luis Costa, Mohammed Al-Wosabi, Abdulkarim Al-Subbary, Percy Mabvuto-Ngwira, Gbenga Okunlola, Salisu Lawal Halliru, Lala Andrianaivo, Sophie Siby, Btrice Ketchemen, Marcelle Gauly, Mohsen Hassine, Fawaz Azki, Tea Juliette, Kmar Lattrache, Monica Omulo, and Peter Bobrowsky -- Geotourism and geoparks : Africa's current prospects for sustainable rural development and poverty alleviation / Percy Mabvuto Ngwira -- Geology : from antiquity to modern day geoheritage and geoconservation, with Britain as a case study / M. Brocx and V. Semeniuk -- Geosites, sites of special scientific interest, and potential geoparks in the Anti-Atlas (Morocco) / E. Errami, M. Brocx, V. Semeniuk, and N. Ennih -- The geoheritage of Kerdous inlier (western Anti-Atlas, Morocco) : pages of earth history in an outstanding landscape / E. Druguet, A. Rahimi, J. Carreras, L.M. Casta, and I. Schez-Sorribes -- Recommended geoheritage trails in southern Morocco : a 3 ga record between the Sahara Desert and the Atlantic Ocean / O. Saddiqi, E. Rjimati, A. Michard, A. Soulaimani, and H. Ouanaimi -- The geoheritage of the Doukkala-Abda region (Morocco) : an opportunity for local socio-economic sustainable development / A. Enniouar, E. Errami, A. Lagnaoui, and O. Bouaala -- Late Cretaceous and Lower Paleogene Moroccan phosphates : geotourism opportunities / Abdelmajid Noubhani -- El Kef, conservatory of the memory of earth and humans in Tunisia : a geodiversity to discover and a heritage to protect / N. Ben Haj Ali, L. Memmi, and M. Ben Haj Ali -- Use of website and GIS databases for enhancement of geosites in Algeria / A. Bendaoud, M.C. Chabou, O. Kolli, O. Bouzidi, S. Djema詬 and H. Kaabeche -- Dinosaur track sites in Algeria : a significant national geological heritage in danger / M.C. Chabou, M.Y. Laghouag, and A. Bendaoud -- Dinosaur footprint sites in Arhab area : an aspiring geopark in Yemen / M. Al-Wosabi and A.A. Al-Aydrus -- Geomorphological features of the Manengouba volcano (Cameroon line) : assets for geotourism and other anthropogenic activities / G.T. Zangmo, A.D. Kagou, D.G. Nkouathio, P. Wandji, and M.D. Gount-- Enhancing the geological heritage of the Apuan Alps Geopark (Italy) / A. Amorfini, A. Bartelletti, and G. Ottria -- Geoparks in China / Z. Zhizhong, Z. Xun, L. Changxing, Y. Xiaohong, and C. Xiaoning -- The karst geomorphologic regionalization in China / W. Chen, Y. Zhang, H. Qin, D. Zhu, and X. Wang -- Using the Geoheritage tool-kit to identify inter-related geological features at various scales for designating geoparks : case studies from Western Australia / M. Brocx and V. Semeniuk -- Microscale geology and micropalaeontology of the Becher Point Cuspate Foreland, Australia : significant geoheritage values at the smallest scale - a model for identifying similar features in geosites and geoparks / V. Semeniuk, C.A. Semeniuk, F. Trend, and M. Brocx.

Abstracts also in Arabic and French.