Name: EDIMUNDO ALMEIDA DA CRUZ
Publication date: 30/01/2026
Advisor:
Name |
Role |
|---|---|
| ANA CHRISTINA WIGNERON GIMENES | Advisor |
Examining board:
| Name |
Role |
|---|---|
| ADILSON RODRIGUES CAMACHO | Examinador Externo |
| ANA CHRISTINA WIGNERON GIMENES | Presidente |
| ANDRE LUIZ NASCENTES COELHO | Examinador Interno |
| MARCELO MARTINS DE MOURA-FÉ | Examinador Externo |
| PAULO CESAR SCARIM | Examinador Interno |
Summary: Geopark is a territory where places and landscapes of international geological significance are
managed through a holistic concept of protection, education and sustainable development. They
get involved as local communities, which need to be involved in the process of their
establishment. It is a horizontal governance strategy, from the bottom up, where communities
of individuals and legal entities overlapping the territories self-organize, plan and carry out
actions in favor of the sustainable development of their territories, in synergy with the
conservation of attributes geodiversity (geoheritage). Territories certified with the “UNESCO
Geoparks” brand are not Conservation Units or any other category of area protected by a
governmental state initiative, however, among the criteria for submitting the candidacy to
UNESCO, it is inconvenient to have at least one strict conservation unit. sensu in the eligible
perimeter, which refers to this investigation into the potential of UC's in the state of Espírito
Santo to form Geoparks. This work aims to carry out a quantitative assessment of geodiversity
in areas traversed by conservation units in the State of Espírito Santo, with a view to
contributing to actions and strategies for geoconservation of the inventoried geological and
geomorphological sites, establishing protection priorities for their conservation and sustainable
management. The valuation of the geodiversity of the continental areas traversed by
conservation units was carried out based on the criteria of the Geossit methodology. The
ranking of the evaluated sites with the highest score and overall protection priority indicated
two (2) areas with outstanding abiotic attributes, which can be prioritized due to their relevance,
for the implementation of territorial development actions and strategies based on the UNESCO
geoparks methodology.
