GEA-Terra Mãe exhibits around 40 works
With simple and practical projects that are making a difference in the school environment, universities and communities, students from 38 schools from the six municipalities that compose the territory of the Araripe Geopark were present at the 6th GEA-Terra Mãe School Work Exhibition in the morning. From Thursday (11/21). The projects had as their goal Objective 11 of the 2030 Agenda of UNESCO, Sustainable Cities, and Communities.
The Exhibition presented works such as the creation of Children's Libraries; creation of an artificial lung and harms of the cigarette; garden planting; panel paintings; revitalization of squares; reuse of materials for creation of works of art; speeches; workshops with communities; photography of historical buildings; research on plants that help purify the air; implantation of traffic signs; creation of green rooms; implementation of electronic waste collectors, among others.
According to Nivaldo Soares, Executive Director of Araripe Geopark, the event is an effort for children to know the relationship of teaching with the dynamics of the city. “The goal is to work from the initial series on the understanding of the territory that presents extraordinary potential in natural, material, cultural and historical aspects. It is important that we socialize this in the space of our schools”, he said.
Full article available at http://geoparkararipe.urca.br/?p=3469
“Fossil Place is in the Museum” Campaign Launched at URCA's Plácido Cidade Nuvens Museum
The Regional University of Cariri (URCA) through Plácido Cidade Nuvens Paleontology Museum and Araripe Geopark, launched the campaign “Place of Fossil is in the Museum”, in Santana do Cariri, on 21/11. The launch took place at the opening of Paleofesta, in celebration of the city's 134 years of political emancipation.
The campaign was launched with the presence of the University Rector, Lima Junior; Mayor of Santana do Cariri, Pedro Henrique; and Museum Director, Allysson Pontes; as well as museum officials and curators who attended the event.
At the time, student Natanael Alves, donated a thousand shellfish fossils, three different species, two gastropods and one bivalve, to compose the collection of the institution. Also during the program, GeoPark promoted two workshops: Araripe Manakin Painting on the skin and beauty clay.
The Rector, Lima Junior, praised the importance of the partnership with the city government for the realization of the Campaign. “Santana do Cariri is known as the capital of paleontology, and this festival is part of the region's strategies of valorization. This recognition helps us to safeguard our heritage, the fossils, in order to develop integrative actions for history of the Museum, ”he reported.
Read the full article at:
Fundatory Declaration for the creation of the African UNESCO Global Geopark Network
On Friday 22th November 2019, during the 2nd National Symposium of Morocco Geological Heritage held in Rabat (Morocco), the official ceremony for the signing of the Founding Declaration for the creation of the African UNESCO Global Geopark Network between M'Goun UGGp (Morocco) and Ngorongoro-Lengai UGGp (Tanzania) *.
This declaration opens the path to the creation of this new and necessary Regional Global Goparks Network in Africa which will be officially launched during the 1st African UNESCO Global Geoparks International Conference which will be held in Tanzania next May 2020.
The signing ceremony, the real historic event for the development of UNESCO Global Geoparks in Africa, took place under the presence of His Excellency Mr. Aziz RABBAH, Minister of Energy, Mines and Environment of Morocco, the UNESCO representative (Mr Mohammed ALAOUI, UNESCO Rabat ), the UNESCO Global Geopark Council Chair (Dr Guy MARTINI) and the representatives of the Global Geoparks Network and all its regional Global Geopark Networks (Prof Nickolas ZOUROS, GGN President, Dr Kristin RAGNES, EGN Coordinator, Prof Ibrahim KOMOO, APGN Vice- Coordinator, Prof Patricio MELO, GeoLAC Vice-Coordinator).
Mr. Abdejalil EL HASSANI SWAI, President of the Association for the Protection of Geological Heritage in Morocco (APPGM), Mr. Driss ACHBAL, President of M, Goun Geopark Association, Mdm Souad TERRAB (APPGM)
* Declaration signed by Mr. Brahim MOJAHID President of the Council of the Region Béni Mellal-Khénifra, the region of the M'GOUN UNESCO Global Geopark and Mr. Asangye BANGU, Deputy Conservator, NGORONGORO-LENGAI UNESCO Global Geopark Tanzania
Costões and Lagunas Geopark of the State of Rio de Janeiro.
Since 2010 we have discussed the establishment of Costões and Lagunas Geopark of the State of Rio de Janeiro, RJ, in Brazil. The proposal points to the geoconservation of an area with beauty and singular geoscientific content. It was intensively discussed and culminated with the indication of an area that involves the coastal municipalities from Maricá to São Francisco de Itabapoana, with scientific, didactic, tourist, historical, prehistoric and ecological interest.
16 municipalities with an area of 10,909,588 km² are included. It is noteworthy that about 15% of the area corresponds to municipal, state or federal protected areas, as well as a mirror of ponds and lagoons.
The proposed region shows a unique geological evolution, involving 2 billion years of history and rocky outcrops framed in typologies such as speleological, stratigraphic, geomorphological, hydrogeological, history of science, petrological, paleoenvironmental, mineralogical, tectono-structural, including archaeological remains and sites of historical / cultural interest.
33 interpretative panels of the Geological Paths Project, 11 Darwin Paths and 4 elaborated by our project in 2018-19 were implemented. We ran a geology training project for public school teachers, and mascots were also prepared for our environmental education program. In 2019, we created a monthly guided walking activity that we named GeoDia with broad participation of society. On 11/22/19, we held the 1st Workshop of Costões e Lagunas Geopark of RJ.
Equipe do GeoPark Araripe
Coordenador Executivo/Reitor da Universidade Regional do Cariri (URCA)
José Patrício Pereira Melo
Superintendente
Francisco do Ó Lima Junior
Diretor Executivo
Nivaldo Soares de Almeida
Secretaria Executiva
Pedrina França Pereira
Comunicação
Michel Macedo Marques
Sarah Menezes Pereira
Geoturismo e Desenvolvimento Territorial
Jeanne Sidrim
Geoconservação
Francisco Idalécio de Freitas
Rafael Celestino Soares
Geoeducação e e Educação Ambiental
Maria Neuma Clemente Galvão
Equipe de Preparação Geonews - 10ª edição/ 2019
Textos
Sarah Menezes
Maria Emilly de Freitas da Silva
Revisão
Michel Macedo Marques
Sarah Menezes
Fotos
Acervo GeoPark Araripe
Design
Wendell Sousa Felipe da Costa
Tradução
Maria Emilly de Freitas da Silva - Espanhol
Larissa Alves Bender - Inglês
Colaboração
Geoparque Costões e Lagunas (RJ)
Siga-nos
