To celebrate the 51st Earth Day (April 22) and the 1st APGN Geoparks Week (April 22 to 28), Zhangjiajie UGGp, together with 11 geoparks in China (Danxiashan, Yandang Mt, Mt Huangshan, Mt Lushan, MtTai, Leye-Fengshan, Mt Jiuhua, Xiangxi, and Longyan), showed linkage activities at the same time in each respective geopark, calling for cherishing the Earth human common homeland, and advocating harmonious coexistence with nature. In the morning of April 22, the Administrative Committee of Zhangjiajie UGGp launched this activity, and more than 200 governmental officers, tourists and local citizens took part in the opening activities.
Photo 1. Opening ceremony
This activity received support and careful guidance from UNESCO, Association of GGN (Global Geoparks Network) , and the center of Global and National Geoparks Networks, and aims to show global geoparks to the public, promote the public's perception on geoparks, strengthen the propaganda of linkage and science interaction among sister geoparks, protection and development of global geoparks, to further promote the development of geological relics protection and research-learning-touring.
Photo 2. Question-answering competition
Photo 3. Exhibition of all 12 geoparks
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