Geological Heritage Guide in Sobrarbe

On Friday 27 February, will be held at the headquarters of the region Sobrarbe the closing ceremony of the First Course “Geological Heritage Guide Sobrarbe”, which took place between the months of October 2014 and February 2015. it will be chairedby the President of the Sobrarbe, Enrique Campo.

33 diplomas will delivered to students who have successfully completed the courseand facing current and future professional challenges with a specialist profile in thefield of tourism geological.

This free training course of 110 hours, organized by the Sobrarbe Geopark andsponsored by the Department of Agriculture Livestock and Environment of theGovernment of Aragon, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development,Funds Leader, the CEDESOR and Sobrarbe County, has come to an end after holdingvarious theoretical sessions and numerous field trips to throughout Sobrarbe Geopark.

From the hand of Dr. Belmonte Ribas, scientific coordinator of the Geopark, 35students have worked the theoretical framework and general concepts as running andcomposition of the Earth, formation processes of the mountains and landscapemodeling, and more specific ones as Pyrenees and Sobrarbe Geopark geology and Geoconservation concepts, among others.

During the many field trips, participants have learned firsthand twelve of the thirtygeo-walking routes that exist in Sobrarbe. The geo-routes are itineraries that runinterpreted geologically different parts of the Geopark. Very soon they will be available to the public free digital guides on the web www.geoparquepirineos.com. This will allow visitors to discover Sobrarbe from a more geological perspective.

With this training it seeks train the personnel that in the exercise of their professionalactivity uses or wants to use geological heritage of Sobrarbe as social, cultural andeconomic resource; present the geological heritage of Sobrarbe as a factor of integraldevelopment, promoting the emergence of new sources of employment in our countryand the birth of new business projects related to the use thereof; promote in society asense of conservation and appreciation of our heritage, encouraging citizenparticipation and strengthen the promotion, dissemination and encouragement ofgeological heritage of Sobrarbe.