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Cite this article: Monge-Ganuzas M,
Guillén-Mondéjar F, Díaz-Martínez E, Herrero
N, Brilha J. 2024 Geoconservation at the
International Union for Conservation of Nature
(IUCN). Phil.Trans.R.Soc.A382: 20230053.
https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2023.0053
Received: 28 March 2023
Accepted: 28 June 2023
One contribution of 16 to a Theo Murphy
meeting issue ‘Geodiversity for science and
society’.
Subject Areas:
geology
Keywords:
geoconservation, nature conservation
Author for correspondence:
Manu Monge-Ganuzas
e-mail: manu-monge@euskadi.eus
Geoconservation at the
International Union for
Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
Manu Monge-Ganuzas1,Francisco
Guillén-Mondéjar2, Enrique Díaz-Martínez3, Nadia
Herrero4and José Brilha5
1Geoheritage Commission of the Spanish Geological Society, Society
for the Defence of Geological and Mining Heritage and ProGEO,
Madariaga Dorretxea San Bartolome auzoa 34-34, 48350 Busturia,
Basque Country, Spain
2Geoheritage Commission of the Spanish Geological Society, Society
for the Defence of Geological and Mining Heritage and Geology
Research Group, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Murcia, Campus
de Espinardo, 30100 Murcia, Spain
3Geoheritage Commission of the Spanish Geological Society, Society
for the Defence of Geological and Mining Heritage, ProGEO and
CSIC-IGME, Rios Rosas, 23, 28003 Madrid, Spain
4Geoheritage Commission of the Spanish Geological Society and
Directorate General for the Natural Environment and Biodiversity,
Government of Catalunya, del Foc street, 57, 08038 Barcelona, Spain
5Institute of Earth Sciences and ProGEO, pole of the University of
Minho, Campus of Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal
MM-G, 0000-0001-9766-5698;FG-M,0009-0002-7625-806X;
ED-M, 0000-0003-2280-5320;NH,0009-0008-1204-2925;
JB, 0000-0001-8927-8487
This work describes the achievements made
towards geoconservation within the International
Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
from the 1990s onwards. The key milestones
in the recognition of geoconservation within
the IUCN are presented. Initially, the IUCN’s
geoconservation efforts were focused on refining
the criteria for World Heritage (WH) designation.
Subsequently, the actions focused on spreading
the geoconservation framework within the IUCN
World Conservation Congresses (WCCs), the
establishment of an expert group on geoconservation
within the IUCN World Commission on Protected
Areas (IUCN-WCPA) and the publication of
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