From 15-17,October 2015, the workshop on capacity-building and development of Alxa Desert Global Geopark was held and Zhangjiajie Global Geopark was invited to attend this workshop.
During the workshop, exchanges and discussions had been made on geopark conservation, capacity-building, boundary delimitation, sustainable development, revalidation and so on. Leaders from Ministry of Land and Resources, Chinese Geoparks Network, and Department of Land and Resources of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region spoke highly of Alxa Desert Global Geopark for its good job, and in the mean time gave many valuable advices on boundary delimitation, sustainable development and many other respects. Representatives from sister geoparks also made reports on their own successful experience in management, talents cultivation, science popularization, networking, promotion and so on, which laid a solid foundation for scientific management and development of global geoparks.
On the occasion of the workshop, Zhangjiajie Global Geopark and Alxa Desert Global Geopark officially signed the sister agreement so as to foster their communication and collaboration in geosites conservation, management experience, science popularization, geological research, sustainable development and so on.
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