From April 26th to 27th, eight representatives, such as the senior engineer—Zhou Zerong from Zhangjiajie municipal Bureau of Land and Resources on behalf of Zhangjiajie Global Geopark attended the Annual Conference on Global Geoparks of China in Zhijin cave, Guizhou. The theme of this conference is called “step into the new era of global geopark ”.
This conference was the first annual conference after the programme of “UNESCO Global Geopark” was formally incorporated into the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. Therefore, Governments and geoparks at all levesl attached great importance to this conference and more than 300 representatives from 21 provinces attracted this conference . At this conference, representatives from exchanged experience with other representatives on global geopark’s sustainable development, geological and geomorphic value, the management system and so on.During the conference, our park signed a formal sister agreement with Guizhou Zhijin Cave UNESCO Global Geopark. According to the agreement, both parties will cooperate on management and capacity building, geosites protection, science popularization, marketing and personnel training, tourism development and networking. In addition, both parties will also negotiate annual work plan together and organize communication activities. Finally, the representatives conducted a field research in Guizhou Zhijin Cave UNESCO Global Geopark.
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