The two associations of ‘raiers’ (timber rafting) of Catalonia (Ribera del Segre and Noguera Pallaresa) inside the UNESCO Global Geopark Conca de Tremp-Montsec will support a European candidacy for their trade to be declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. As explained the president of the Association of Raiers of the Ribera del Segre, Aleix…
The stay of the Tanzanian representative in the territory included the visit of different facilities, sites and trails. One of the pillars of the UNESCO Global Geoparks is networking and the exchange of experiences and good practices between territories. A member of Ngorongoro Lengai UNESCO Global Geopark (UGGp) of Tanzania (Africa) visited Conca de Tremp-Montsec…
The Geoparks stand The presence of the Geoparks stand and activities in FITUR 2019, one of the biggest tourism fairs in the world, was very successful and contributed significantly to our common efforts to raise the profile and visibility of the UNESCO Global Geoparks as quality brand in tourism and sustainable tourism destinations! Naturtejo UNESCO…
Visit of the landslide of Puigcercós and Workshop of Geological Risks, two activities for awareness population of geological risks In the UNESCO Global Geopark Conca de Tremp – Montsec we organized a guided tour to the landslide of Puigcercós the 13th October. About 50 participants of all ages discovered the history of Puigcercós inhabitants who…
A delegation of 4 members from the Conca de Tremp – Montsec Geopark project attended the 14the EGN Conference celebrated in the UNESCO Global Geopark of Azores (Portugal) between the 7th and the 9th September. During the Conference the Geopark did a presentation in the framework of the International Year of…
The second edition of the Geological Boot Camp, organised by EAGE (European Association of Geoscientist and Engineers), l’Institut Cartogràfic i Geològic de Catalunya (ICGC) and Universitat de Barcelona (Barcelona University), took place between 4 and 9 of September. El Geological Boot Camp is an international course in geology. Its aim is to offer the participants a general vision of…