Araripe Geopark positively impacts UNESCO evaluators
The evaluators of the UNESCO Global Geoparks Network participated on July 17 to 20 of a raid by Araripe Geopark, to carry out the third institutional evaluation for the revalidation of the Green seal. Since it was created, in 2006, the territory draws the attention of the international organ by the great geological, paleontological, archaeological and cultural richness of the area. This time, it was not different. All the requirements analyzed in the recommendations established, beyond the current situation of space, were highly praised by the evaluators of Vietnam and Spain. The final result of the evaluation will be presented at the World Congress of Geoparks next year in the Republic of Korea.
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The Rector, Francisco do Ó Lima Júnior, and the Vice-rector, Carlos Kleber, of the University of Cariri (URCA), besides the management team of Araripe Geopark and technicians welcomed the evaluators. The meeting time of the last day of work attended the first impressions to be presented by the team members.
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The Spanish geologist Pablo Rivas, one of the evaluators, thanked the reception of the technicians who make the Araripe Geopark and highlighted the great work that can be done in Latin America, in the sense of the project serves as a reference for other territories. For him, Geopark is in a privileged position in the Caribbean and Latin America region, for all the implementations undertaken in the Territory.
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AG's Interpretation and Environmental Education Center is reinaugurated
With the visit of more than 40000 people, our Geopark booth, the Interpretation and Environmental Education Center (IEAC), after the inauguration of the new installation that took place on the first Sunday (07/14) of the 75 ° Expocrato 2019, one of the most popular festivals of the regions north and northeast.
The IEAC is located in the former fire department of Crato, next to the main entrance of the Exposition Park Pedro Felício Cavalcante. This space is a permanent exhibition site of the Araripe Geopark, with diversified programming during the year, such as the traditional holiday colonies, workshops, and other events.
It has become a tradition for the AG to appear in the editions of Expocrato, and this year could not be different, the Araripe Geopark booth included several attractions such as an exhibition on archaeology, the exhibition of the Kariri Giants a Flight by Paleoart. Produced by Paleoartista – Francisco dos Santos, and curatorship-Edvânia Martins.
There were educational workshops for the painting of fossil replicas, painting of the Araripe Manakin and cleaning of skin with clay.
The cultural presentations of the folk groups of the municipalities of the AG counted with the participation of São Francisco Reisado de Juazeiro do Norte, with the master Dodô. Also attended the José Jucá gang, José Judá de Souza e Castro School, champion of the Municipal Festival of Santana, besides the Bela Vista Reisado of master Aldenir of Crato and the leather Sítio Barro Vermelho and Cabeceiras-Gilvan Reisado and its Regional (accordion /Zabumba/triangle), with support from the municipality of Barbalha-Secretariat of Culture and Tourism (Rodrigo Torres and Celene Queiroz).
And the closure included the Vem Viver project from Nova Olinda, with theatrical performances of performing arts and the musical-FEST JOVEM with the theme "The fight between good and evil ".
In addition to the geoproducts exhibited in our shop that was a success among visitors.
Master Noza Popular Culture Center is reopened
The space that houses the most diverse craft works in the wood of various artists from the state of Ceara, the center of Mestre Noza Popular Culture received a renovation by the government of Ceará and the prefecture of Juazeiro do Norte and was reopened last Thursday (07/25). The team members of the handicraft coordination of Ceará (CeArt) and the Regional University of Cariri (URCA) were present in this meeting.
The center was closed for over a year for renovation. Meanwhile, the craftsmen who worked at the Mestre Noza center were at the Centro Multiuso. The renovation has brought achievements for craftsmen such as the preservation of products and a more suitable place to work, besides becoming a more attractive environment for visitors.
Founded in 1983, the Mestre Noza Center for Popular Culture is a tribute to the Pernambuco Inocêncio Medeiros da Costa, known as Mestre Noza. The site was born from the meeting of the production of popular crafts and cultural identity, an initiative of the National Folklore Institute (INEF) of Ceara and promoted by the National Art Foundation (FunArt).
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Photos: Carlos Lourenço
Geoparque Rio Coco Project
The Río Coco Geopark project is part of the territory that comprises five municipalities in the Department of Madriz, northern Nicaragua. It is an untouched territory with incredible potential and, also, its inhabitants have a living intangible cultural heritage and the most relevant geosite is the National Monument Canyon Somoto. We are waiting to be the first territory in Central America to join the UNESCO Global Network of Geoparks.
One of the most important achievements in the development of the project has been the creation of the first Geopark Interpretation Center in the territory, in this space are located in different environments: Tourist information point, an auditorium for meetings and Workshops, Geopark Museum, Geopark offices, and archaeological Museum. We are developing attention to visitors and students, emphasizing the great value of the geopatrimony of the creation of interest in the geological and archaeological elements, which in the past were some of the great strangers to the villagers.
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Access the social media of the Geoparque Rio Coco project and know more about their purposes on:
Facebook: ProyectoGeoparque RioCoco
Instagram: @proyectogeoparquerio
Web site: http://geoparqueriococo.com/
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Conservation Unit is created to protect the Araripe Manakin
To preserve the bird that characterizes the territory of Araripe Geopark, the Araripe Manakin, the Government of the state of Ceará with the City Hall of Crato created the Conservation Unit (CU) Municipal Refuge of Wildlife (MRW) in the Cariri Cearense region.
The objective of the unit is to protect the natural environments where conditions are ensured for the existence or reproduction of species/communities of the local flora and the resident or migratory fauna. This will reduce the environmental impact, avoid the extinction of the Manakin and transform the most attractive environment for researchers and visitors.
The Decree of creation of the conservation unit, which corresponds to an area of 4,480.07 hectares, was signed on July 22nd in Crato. The creation of the unit is more a guarantee of protection space of this endemic species of Cariri, which is currently at risk of extinction.
Equipe do GeoPark Araripe
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Coordenador Executivo
José Patrício Pereira Melo
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Superintendente
Francisco do Ó Lima Junior
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Diretor Executivo
Nivaldo Soares de Almeida
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Secretaria Executiva
Pedrina França Pereira​​
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Comunicação
Michel Macedo Marques
Sarah Menezes Pereira
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Geoturismo e Desenvolvimento Territorial
Jeanne Sidrim
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Geoconservação
Francisco Idalécio de Freitas
Rafael Celestino Soares
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Geoeducação e e Educação Ambiental
Maria Neuma Clemente Galvão
Equipe de Preparação Geonews - 7ª edição/ 2018
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Textos
Natanael dos Santos Almeida​
Maria Emilly de Freitas da Silva
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Revisão
Michel Macedo Marques
Sarah Menezes
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Fotos
Acervo GeoPark Araripe
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Design
Wendell Sousa Felipe da Costa
Natanael dos Santos Almeida​
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Tradução
Maria Emilly de Freitas da Silva - Espanhol
Natanael dos Santos Almeida - Inglês
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