TERRA.vita Geopark is located in North-Western Germany in the transitional zone between the northern German lowlands and the north-western hill country, in a distance of about 100 kilometers from the north sea coast and some 35 kilometers east of the Dutch border.With an area of 1.220 square kilometers, the Naturpark is one of the cross-border Parks of the Federal Republic of Germany. 901 square kilometers, are located in Lower Saxony, in the district of Osnabrueck. The rest of the territory, 319 square kilometers, are located in North-Rhine Westfalia in the districts of Minden-Luebbecke, Herford, Gueterslohand the city of Bielefeld. 70% of the Natural Park are covered with forests, the other 30% are mostly used by agriculture.
In August,2008, representatives from Zhangjiajie global geopark attended the third global geopark congress held in Osnabrueck and held an exhibition in Terra Vita geopark during the congress. About 500 representatives of GGN members from all over the world attended the congress and had a deep and heated discussion. Experts also published papers on 10 topics, such as heritage conservation and development of geoparks, the young generation , geoparks, climate change and geoparks and geopark management and so on. What interested experts most was the report on the evolution mechanism of Zhangjiajie quartz sandstone peak forest landscape made by the representative from Zhangjiajie global geopark. In March,2014, HUANG Heqing ,the director of the research center for Zhangjiajie geomorphology visited Terra Vita geopark again and exchanged opinions with the geopark managers on further collaboration of the two geoparks.
Representitives from Zhangjiajie global geopark visited nature park Terra Vita in 2008
In March,2014, HUANG Heqing ,the director of the research center for Zhangjiajie geomorphology visited Terra Vita geopark
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