What is a Geopark?

According to UNESCO Geopark is defined as a protected national area with a number of geological heritages, which contains particularly important rarities and have aesthetic attraction. These Earth heritage sites involves protection, education, and unified concept of sustainable development.

European Geopark Network

The European Geoparks Network (EGN) was established in 2000. It aims are to protect geodiversity, to promote geological heritage to the general public as well as to support sustainable economic development of geopark territories primarily through the development of geological tourism. The network has drawn together territories from across 58 European zones that share these aims and which are now working together in an active and dynamic way to achieve them (september 2013).

European Geopark Network

european geoparks

european geoparks

global geoparks network

The Global Geoparks Network is supported by United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The Global Geoparks Network works in synergy with UNESCO's World Heritage Centre and Man and the Biosphere (MAB) World Network of Biosphere Reserves.

Global Geoparks Network

Novohrad-Nógrád Geopark

Novohrad-Nógrád Geopark is the first geopark in the European Geoparks Network and Global Geoparks Network assisted by UNESCO that has been an international (cross-border) geopark from 27th March 2010, when as 36. member in Luberon (France) joined to the European Geoparks Network. There are sereval sites of earth-scientific importance which also provide a spectacular sight. The organization is charge of the geopark management preserves and presents geological, landscape, natural, ecological, archaeological, historical and cultural heritage and integrates all these to form geo/touristic offers, thereby developing the local economy. It converges 28 slovakian and 63 hungarian settlements.

Novohrad-Nógrád Geopark

The member municipilaties of Geopark (PDF, 481 kB)

List of partners (PDF, 384 kB)

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