Recent State Policy and Its Impact on Geopark Establishment and Operation in Slovakia
The geological evolution and structure of the territory of Slovakia plays a key role in the current geodiversity of the country. The importance of this key element of the environment is widely and most effectively represented in geoparks. This paper is devoted to the state policy of geopark establis...
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| author | Marián Lukáč Ľubomír Štrba Alexander Černega Samer Khouri |
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| description | The geological evolution and structure of the territory of Slovakia plays a key role in the current geodiversity of the country. The importance of this key element of the environment is widely and most effectively represented in geoparks. This paper is devoted to the state policy of geopark establishment and operation in Slovakia. Despite the relatively well-established concept of geoparks in the world, its position is not entirely clear in Slovak legislation. So, both bottom-up initiatives and top-down strategies are not quite successful in geopark operations, especially when considering the sustainability of Slovak geoparks. The possible future position of geoparks in Slovakia, in terms of state policies, may be found (as discussed in this paper) in adopting specific legislation which will effectively support the development of these potential (geo)tourist areas, contributing to both sustainable tourism development and nature protection. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9fc3b5eeefdd4d4085ef73e7284586db2023-11-22T18:51:14ZengMDPI AGLand2073-445X2021-10-011010106910.3390/land10101069Recent State Policy and Its Impact on Geopark Establishment and Operation in SlovakiaMarián Lukáč0Ľubomír Štrba1Alexander Černega2Samer Khouri3Institute of Earth Resources, Faculty of Mining, Ecology, Process Control and Geotechnologies, Technical University of Košice, Letná 9, 042 00 Košice, SlovakiaInstitute of Earth Resources, Faculty of Mining, Ecology, Process Control and Geotechnologies, Technical University of Košice, Letná 9, 042 00 Košice, SlovakiaInstitute of Earth Resources, Faculty of Mining, Ecology, Process Control and Geotechnologies, Technical University of Košice, Letná 9, 042 00 Košice, SlovakiaInstitute of Earth Resources, Faculty of Mining, Ecology, Process Control and Geotechnologies, Technical University of Košice, Letná 9, 042 00 Košice, SlovakiaThe geological evolution and structure of the territory of Slovakia plays a key role in the current geodiversity of the country. The importance of this key element of the environment is widely and most effectively represented in geoparks. This paper is devoted to the state policy of geopark establishment and operation in Slovakia. Despite the relatively well-established concept of geoparks in the world, its position is not entirely clear in Slovak legislation. So, both bottom-up initiatives and top-down strategies are not quite successful in geopark operations, especially when considering the sustainability of Slovak geoparks. The possible future position of geoparks in Slovakia, in terms of state policies, may be found (as discussed in this paper) in adopting specific legislation which will effectively support the development of these potential (geo)tourist areas, contributing to both sustainable tourism development and nature protection.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/10/10/1069geoparklegislationSlovakianature protection |
| spellingShingle | Marián Lukáč Ľubomír Štrba Alexander Černega Samer Khouri Recent State Policy and Its Impact on Geopark Establishment and Operation in Slovakia Land geopark legislation Slovakia nature protection |
| title | Recent State Policy and Its Impact on Geopark Establishment and Operation in Slovakia |
| title_full | Recent State Policy and Its Impact on Geopark Establishment and Operation in Slovakia |
| title_fullStr | Recent State Policy and Its Impact on Geopark Establishment and Operation in Slovakia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Recent State Policy and Its Impact on Geopark Establishment and Operation in Slovakia |
| title_short | Recent State Policy and Its Impact on Geopark Establishment and Operation in Slovakia |
| title_sort | recent state policy and its impact on geopark establishment and operation in slovakia |
| topic | geopark legislation Slovakia nature protection |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/10/10/1069 |
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