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1st International Conference
on African and Arabian Geoparks

El Jadida (Morocco), 21st-28th November 2011

 

     

 

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A view of the Faculty of Sciences of the Chouaib Doukkali University of El Jadida that hosted the scientific sessions of the Conference.

 


 

The main room during the first day of International Conference on African & Arabian Geoparks.

 

 

 


 

The geologist Giuseppe Ottria illustrates the Apuan Alps Park report: "Enhancing geological heritage: the experience of Nature Park of the Apuan Alps (Italy)".

 


 

A meaningful moment during the Conference. The presentation, dressing the Masai traditional costume, of an aspiring geopark in Kenya (Mt. Suswa volcano) where the connection with the sustainable development is imperative.

 


 

At the end of the scientific sessions, the Rountable "Role of women and youth in conservation of natural heritage", presented by Claudia Eckhardt of the European and Global Geoparks Network. The photo shows the discussion moderators, first on the left Ezzoura Errami, President of the African Association of Women in Geoscience and Chair of the Conference.

 


 

The poster session has been displayed in the courtyard of the Department of Geology of the Faculty of Sciences of El Jadida.

 

 

 


 

El Jadida, that hosted the First International Conference on African & Arabian Geoparks, preserves the Portuguese fortification of Mazagan, proclaimed Unesco World Heritage in 2004.

 

   

 

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