Geology Reference
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Fig. 3
Summary of criteria for
assessment of level of
signi
cance, modi
ed after Brocx
and Semeniuk (
2007
), with added
examples from Morocco for
International and National
signi
cance (viz., the
Appalachian-type folds, and
carbonate mud mounds, and
Cainozoic volcanic geology).
Examples from Western Australia
are used to illustrate State-wide/
Regional, and Local signicance
the same rationale can and should be applied to areas
manifesting ensembles of inter-related signi
“
. Once protected in conservation parks, both can be
utilised for local socio-economical sustainable development
through ecotourism or geotourism (i.e., as
geopark
”
cant geological
and geomorphological features. The
rst can be considered to
“
biotours
”
or as
be worthy of conservation as a
“
biopark
”
and the second as a
“
geotours
”
) and for Science and Education.