Enhancing the Role of Geoconservation in Protected Area Management and Nature Conservation

John E. Gordon1, Roger Crofts2, Enrique Dı́az-Martı́nez3, Kyung Sik Woo4
1School of Geography and Sustainable Development, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Scotland, KY16 9AL, UK
2IUCN-WCPA Emeritus, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
3Geological Survey of Spain (IGME), Madrid, Spain
4Department of Geology, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, South Korea

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