During Sept. 10-14, the delegation of Zhangjiajie UNESCO Global Geopark (UGGp) led by the Vice Mayor of Zhangjiajie City, Mr. LUO Zhibin, attended the 8th International Conference on UNESCO Global Geoparks at Madonna di Campiglio of Italy. The conference was hosted by the Adamello Brenta UNESCO Global Geopark of Italy. During the opening ceremony, Mr. Sergio Mattarella, President of Italy, sent a congratulatory message to the conference. Prof. Nickolas Zouros, President of the Association of Global Geoparks Network, and Prof. Patrick Mckeever, Secretary of the International Geoscience and Geoparks Programme of UNESCO offered keynote presentations. There are more than 800 delegates from more than 60 countries attending the conference.
Photo 1. The delegation of Zhangjiajie UGGp attended the opening ceremony and keynote presentations
Photo 2. The delegation of Zhangjiajie UGGp presented an album to the geopark expert Dr. Randel Miller
Photo 3. The delegation of Zhangjiajie UGGp communicated with experts and managers from other geoparks during the conference
Photo 4. Prof. HUANG Heqing of Chinese Academy of Sciences, director of the Joint Research Center on Zhangjiajie Geomorphology, presented the latest research progress on the evolution of Zhangjiajie Geomorphology at the conference
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