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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 15-11-18
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[01] Five Greek Geoparks participate in new Unesco programme
[01] Five Greek Geoparks participate in new Unesco programme
A new UNESCO programme entitled "World Geoparks Unesco" in which five
Greek areas participate was approved on Tuesday in Paris
Aegean University professor and director of Sigri(Lesvos)Petrified Forest
museum Nikos Zouros, who represented Greece in the Sciences Committee,
said to ANA-MPA: "Unesco unanimously accepted the creation of the new
programme of the International Organisation for Geoscience and Geoparks."
All regions included so far in the World Geoparks Network, 120 Geoparks
from 33 countries, will participate in the programme. Zouros explains
that "this decision brings Greece to an advantageous position because
it has already five areas that are designated "World Geoparks of
Unesco" namely the island of Lesvos, the area of Psiloritis (Crete),
the national forest of Vikos-Aoos (Epirus region), the national park of
Chelmos-Vouraikos(northern Peloponnese) and the area of Sitia(Crete). The
new programme establishes the recognition of regions that have areas
with special geological heritage and international recognition.
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