Intensive course on “Geoparks: Natural heritage protection and management, sustainable tourism and local development” 3 – 14 September 2012 Lesvos Island, GreeceIntensive course on “Geoparks: Natural heritage protection and management, sustainable tourism and local development” 3 – 14 September 2012 Lesvos Island, Greece

The University of the Aegean – Department of Geography and the Natural History Museum – Lesvos Petrified Forest Geopark invite you to participate in the Intensive Course “Geoparks: Natural heritage protection and management, sustainable tourism and local development” on Lesvos Island, Greece, from September 3 to September 14, 2012.

The Intensive Course is co organized in close cooperation with the Global Geoparks Network and the European Geoparks Network. The Course will take place on Lesvos, at the premises of the Lesvos Petrified Forest Geopark.

The course is open to Geopark staff members with a degree in Geosciences, to PhD and Master students working on geopark, geotourism, geosite, geomorphosite and landscape topics, as well as to Geoscientists having a special interest on the topic.

Information on the Intensive Course

Title: “Geoparks: Natural heritage protection and management, sustainable tourism and local development”

Language: English

Organisation: Department of Geography – University of the Aegean, Natural History Museum of the Lesvos Petrified Forest

Co- Organisers: Global Geoparks Network, European Geoparks Network

Date: September 3 – September 14, 2012

Venue: University of the Aegean – Department of Geography, Mytilini

Natural History Museum of the Petrified Forest of Lesvos, Sigri, Lesvos, Greece.

Application deadline: July 30^th, 2012

Scientific direction: Assoc. Prof. Nickolas Zouros, University of the Aegean

Information: lesvospf@otenet.gr, +30 22510 47033

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