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List of UNESCO Global Geoparks in Europe

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[[Europe]] , is the cradle of the [[Geopark|geoparks]] movement<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>. The European Geoparks Network is a founding member of the Global Geoparks Network and it functions as a regional geopark network of it. As of 2020, there are 75 UNESCO Global Geoparks in 26 European countries and there are several territories in an aspiring or planned phase, or in a national geopark status<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>. Further elements of the [[geodiversity]] of the continent is represented on the [[List of World Heritage Sites in North America|World Heritage list]], under criterion VIII or VII.

== UNESCO Global Geoparks ==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
! scope="col" |UNESCO Global Geopark
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="width:150px;" |Image
! scope="col" |Location
! scope="col" |Area (km2) 
! scope="col" |Year
!References
|-
! scope="row" |[[Haute-Provence]]
|[[File:Dalle_à_ammonites2.JPG|frameless]]
| align="center" |[[Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur]] 
| align="center" |2300
| align="center" |2000
|<ref> United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization|website=www.unesco.org|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref><ref></ref>
|-
|[[Vulkanland Eifel Geopark|Vulkaneifel]]
|[[File:Laacher_See_-_Luftaufnahme.jpg|frameless]]
| align="center" |[[Rhineland-Palatinate]] 
|1220
|2000
|<ref> United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization|website=www.unesco.org|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
|-
|[[Lesvos Geopark|Lesvos Island]]
|[[File:LesbosPetrified_trunks23-24.jpg|frameless]]
| align="center" |[[North Aegean]] 
|1636
|2000
|<ref> United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization|website=www.unesco.org|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref><ref></ref>
|-
|[[Psiloritis Natural Park|Psiloritis]]
|[[File:Psiloritis,_east_ridge.jpg|frameless]]
| align="center" |[[Crete]] 
|1159
|2001
|<ref> United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization|website=www.unesco.org|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref><ref></ref>
|-
|TERRA.vita
|[[File:PortaWestfalica2.jpg|frameless]]
| align="center" |[[Lower Saxony]], [[North Rhine-Westphalia|North Rhine-Westphaila]] 
|1560
|2001
|<ref> United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization|website=www.unesco.org|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref><ref></ref>
|-
|[[Copper Coast Geopark|Copper Coast]]
|[[File:Copper_Coast_Geopark.JPG|frameless]]
| align="center" |[[Munster]] 
|50
|2001
|<ref> United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization|website=www.unesco.org|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref><ref></ref>
|-
|[[Marble Arch Caves Global Geopark|Marble Arch Caves]]
|[[File:Drummoney_Falls_-_geograph.org.uk_-_423288.jpg|frameless]]
| align="center" |[[Ulster]] , 
|180
|2001
|<ref> United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization|website=www.unesco.org|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
|-
|[[Madonie Regional Natural Park|Madonie]]
|[[File:Madonie_montagna.jpg|frameless]]
| align="center" |[[Sicily]] 
|400
|2004
|<ref> United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization|website=www.unesco.org|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
|-
|Rocca di Cerere
|[[File:Rocca_di_cerere2.JPG|frameless]]
| align="center" |[[Sicily]] 
|1298
|2008
|<ref> United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization|website=www.unesco.org|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref><ref> Rocca di Cerere Geopark|website=www.roccadicereregeopark.it|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref>
|-
|Steirische Eisenwurzen
|[[File:Admont_Weng_Lauferbauerbrücke.JPG|frameless]]
| align="center" |[[Styria]] 
|586
|2004
|<ref> United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization|website=www.unesco.org|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref><ref></ref>
|-
|Bergstrasse-Odenwald
|[[File:Palaeoperca_proxima.jpg|frameless]]
| align="center" |[[Hesse]], [[Bavaria]], [[Baden-Württemberg]] 
|3500
|2004
|<ref> United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization|website=www.unesco.org|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref><ref></ref>
|-
|[[North Pennines AONB|North Pennines]]
|[[File:Hadrianswall2007.jpg|frameless]]
| align="center" |[[North East England]] 
|1938
|2004
|<ref> United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization|website=www.unesco.org|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
|-
|[[Luberon]]
|[[File:120613-Roussillon-05.jpg|frameless]]
| align="center" |[[Quebec|Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur]] 
|1953
|2004
|<ref> United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization|website=www.unesco.org|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
|-
|[[North West Highlands Geopark|North-West Highlands]]
|[[File:Caisteal_Liath,_Suilven.jpg|frameless]]
| align="center" |[[Scottish Highlands]] 
|2100
|2004
|<ref> United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization|website=www.unesco.org|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref><ref></ref>
|-
|[[Swabian Jura|Swabian Albs]]
|[[File:Blautopfhoehle_otriven.jpg|frameless]]
| align="center" |[[Baden-Württemberg]] 
|6688
|2004
|<ref> United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization|website=www.unesco.org|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref><ref></ref>
|-
|[[Harz - Brunswick Land - Eastphalia National Geopark|Harz - Braunschweiger Land - Ostfalen]]
|[[File:Brocken_Granit.JPG|frameless]]
| align="center" |[[Lower Saxony]], [[Thuringia]], [[Saxony-Anhalt]] 
|11500
|2004
|<ref> United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization|website=www.unesco.org|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
|-
|[[Hateg Country Dinosaurs Geopark|Hateg Country Dinosaurs]]
|[[File:Struthiosaurus_transsylvanicus_(2).jpg|frameless]]
| align="center" |[[Hunedoara County|Hunedoara]] 
|1024
|2005
|<ref> United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization|website=www.unesco.org|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
|-
|[[Parco naturale regionale del Beigua|Beigua]]
|[[File:Cima_Fontanaccia_da_nord_a_sin_genova.png|frameless]]
| align="center" |[[Liguria]] 
|392
|2005
|<ref> United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization|website=www.unesco.org|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref><ref></ref>
|-
|[[Fforest Fawr Geopark|Fforest Fawr]]
|[[File:Llyn_y_Fan_Fach_(1323880314).jpg|frameless]]
| align="center" |[[Wales]] 
|763
|2006
|<ref> United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization|website=www.unesco.org|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref><ref> UNESCO Global Geopark|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref>
|-
|[[Bohemian Paradise]]
|[[File:Ceskyraj_hrubaskala.JPG|frameless]]
| align="center" |[[Central Bohemian Region|Central Bohemia]], [[Hradec Králové Region|Hrádec Králove]] 
|742
|2005
|<ref> United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization|website=www.unesco.org|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
|-
|[[Cabo de Gata-Níjar Natural Park|Cabo de Gata – Níjar]]
|[[File:Playa-de-monsul.jpg|frameless]]
| align="center" |[[Andalusia]] 
|500
|2006
|<ref> United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization|website=www.unesco.org|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref><ref></ref>
|-
|Naturtejo de Meseta Meridional
|[[File:VV_Rodão_Setembro_2010-7a.jpg|frameless]]
| align="center" |[[Centro Region, Portugal|Centro]] 
|4624.4
|2006
|<ref> United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization|website=www.unesco.org|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref><ref></ref>
|-
|Sierras Subbéticas
|[[File:Auge_des_Mauren01.jpg|frameless]]
| align="center" |[[Andalusia]] 
|320
|2006
|<ref> United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization|website=www.unesco.org|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref><ref></ref>
|-
|[[Sobrarbe|Sobrarbe-Pirineos]]
|[[File:Serra_Ferrera.jpg|frameless]]
| align="center" |[[Aragon]] 
|2202
|2006
|<ref> United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization|website=www.unesco.org|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref><ref></ref>
|-
|Gea Norvegica
|[[File:Larvikite_quarry_Larvik.jpg|frameless]]
| align="center" |[[Telemark]], [[Vestfold]] 
|3000
|2006
|<ref> United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization|website=www.unesco.org|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
|-
|[[Papuk]]
|[[File:Papuk_mt.jpg|frameless]]
| align="center" |[[Požega-Slavonia County|Požega-Slavonia]] 
|524
|2007
|<ref> United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization|website=www.unesco.org|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref><ref> Otkrivena tajna Slavonije|website=Park prirode Papuk|language=hr|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref>
|-
|[[English Riviera Geopark|English Riviera]]
|[[File:Torquay2.jpg|frameless]]
| align="center" |[[Devon]] 
|104
|2007
|<ref> United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization|website=www.unesco.org|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref><ref></ref>
|-
|Adamello-Brenta
|[[File:Tuckett-Hütte_009.jpg|frameless]]
| align="center" |[[Trentino]] 
|1188
|2008
|<ref> United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization|website=www.unesco.org|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
|-
|[[GeoMôn]]
|[[File:A_retracted_anemone_on_an_Old_Red_Sandstone_block_-_geograph.org.uk_-_756889.jpg|frameless]]
| align="center" |[[Wales]] 
|1800
|2009
|<ref> United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization|website=www.unesco.org|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref><ref> UNESCO Global Geopark|website=www.geomon.co.uk|language=en|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref>
|-
|[[Arouca Geopark|Arouca]]
|[[File:Alminhas_do_Calvário.jpg|frameless]]
| align="center" |[[Norte Region, Portugal|Norte]] 
|327
|2009
|<ref> United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization|website=www.unesco.org|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
|-
|[[Shetland]]
|[[File:Wester_Wick_Inlet_with_Westerwick_village_in_distance._-_geograph.org.uk_-_102532.jpg|frameless]]
| align="center" |[[Scotland]] 
|1468
|2009
|<ref> United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization|website=www.unesco.org|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref><ref> Shetland Amenity Trust|website=www.shetlandamenity.org|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref>
|-
|Chelmos – Vouraikos
|[[File:Diakopto–Kalavryta,_Οδοντωτός_σιδηρόδρομος_Διακοπτού_–_Καλαβρύτων_-_panoramio.jpg|frameless]]
| align="center" |[[Achaea]] 
|647
|2009
|<ref> United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization|website=www.unesco.org|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
|-
|[[Novohrad – Nógrád Geopark|Novohrad – Nograd]]
|[[File:Somoskő1.jpg|frameless]]
| align="center" |[[Nógrád]], [[Banská Bystrica Region|Banská Bystrica]] , 
|1587
|2010
|<ref> United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization|website=www.unesco.org|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref><ref></ref>
|-
|[[Magma Geopark|Magma]]
|[[File:Evening_light_(6088422262).jpg|frameless]]
| align="center" |[[Vestlandet]], [[Sørlandet]] 
|3000
|2006
|<ref> United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization|website=www.unesco.org|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
|-
|[[Basque Coast Geopark|Basque Coast]]
|[[File:Deba_eta_Zumaia_arteko_marearteko_zabalgunea_eta_Algorri_hondartza,_Gipuzkoa,_Euskal_Herria.jpg|frameless]]
| align="center" |[[Basque Country (autonomous community)|Basque Country]] 
|89
|2010
|<ref> United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization|website=www.unesco.org|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
|-
|Cilento e Vallo di Diano
|[[File:Cilento-Coast.JPG|frameless]]
| align="center" |[[Campania]] 
|1841
|2010
|<ref> United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization|website=www.unesco.org|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref><ref></ref>
|-
|[[Rokua National Park|Rokua]]
|[[File:Ärjä.jpg|frameless]]
| align="center" |[[Oulu Province|Oulu]] 
|1326
|2010
|<ref> United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization|website=www.unesco.org|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
|-
|Tuscan Mining Park
|[[File:Colline_Metallifere_view_from_Campiglia_Marittima_2012-08-27.jpg|frameless]]
| align="center" |[[Tuscany]] 
|1087
|2010
|<ref> United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization|website=www.unesco.org|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref><ref></ref>
|-
|[[Vikos-Aoos Geopark|Vikos – Aoos]]
|[[File:Mountains_to_the_North.jpg|frameless]]
| align="center" |[[Western Macedonia]], [[Epirus (region)|Epirus]] 
|1200
|2010
|<ref> United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization|website=www.unesco.org|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref><ref></ref>
|-
|Muskau Arch
|[[File:Gablenz_Kromlau_Faltenbogen_Pan.jpg|frameless]]
| align="center" |[[Brandenburg]], [[Saxony]], [[Lubusz Voivodeship|Lubusz]] , 
|578.8
|2011
|<ref> United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization|website=www.unesco.org|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
|-
|[[Sierra Norte de Sevilla]]
|[[File:Sierra_norte_de_sevilla-25_(14345722147).jpg|frameless]]
| align="center" |[[Andalusia]] 
|1774.84
|2011
|<ref> United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization|website=www.unesco.org|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref><ref></ref>
|-
|[[Burren and Cliffs of Moher Geopark|Burren and Cliffs of Moher]]
|[[File:Cliffs-Of-Moher-OBriens-From-South.JPG|frameless]]
| align="center" |[[Clare County (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Clare]] 
|530
|2011
|<ref> United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization|website=www.unesco.org|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref><ref> Ireland|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref>
|-
|[[Katla Geopark|Katla]]
|[[File:Eyjafjallajökull_Aerial_Panorama.jpg|frameless]]
| align="center" |[[South (Icelandic constituency)|South Constituency]] 
|9542
|2011
|<ref> United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization|website=www.unesco.org|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref><ref> Geopark|website=www.katlageopark.com|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref>
|-
|[[Massif des Bauges]]
|[[File:MassifDesBauges_1024.jpg|frameless]]
| align="center" |[[Quebec|Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes]] 
|856
|2011
|<ref> United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization|website=www.unesco.org|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref><ref></ref>
|-
|[[Apuan Alps]]
|[[File:Pizzo_d'Uccello.JPG|frameless]]
| align="center" |[[Quebec|Tuscany]] 
|494
|2011
|<ref> United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization|website=www.unesco.org|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
|-
|Villuercas-Ibores-Jara
|[[File:Navezuelas_desde_la_villuerca.JPG|frameless]]
| align="center" |[[Extremadura]] 
|2544.4
|2011
|<ref> United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization|website=www.unesco.org|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref><ref> Geoparque Villuercas|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref>
|-
|[[Chablais]]
|[[File:Dents_du_midi2.jpg|frameless]]
| align="center" |[[Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes|Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes]] 
|872
|2012
|<ref> United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization|website=www.unesco.org|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref><ref></ref>
|-
|Central Catalunya
|[[File:Montserrat_Mountains,_Catalonia,_Spain_-_Jan_2007.jpg|frameless]]
| align="center" |[[Catalonia]] 
|1300
|2012
|<ref> United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization|website=www.unesco.org|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref><ref></ref>
|-
|[[Bakony-Balaton Geopark|Bakony-Balaton]]
|[[File:Balatonmáriafürdő,_Hungary.jpg|frameless]]
| align="center" |[[Veszprém County|Veszprém]] 
|3244
|2012
|<ref> United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization|website=www.unesco.org|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref><ref> Bakony–Balaton UNESCO Global Geopark|website=www.geopark.hu|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref>
|-
|[[Azores Geopark|Azores]]
|[[File:Açores_(7776355426).jpg|frameless]]
| align="center" |[[Azores]] 
|12884
|2013
|<ref> United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization|website=www.unesco.org|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
|-
|[[Karawanks|Karavanke/Karawanken]]
|[[File:Karavanke1.jpg|frameless]]
| align="center" |[[Styria]], [[Upper Carniola Statistical Region|Upper Carniola]] , 
|1067
|2013
|<ref> United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization|website=www.unesco.org|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref><ref></ref>
|-
|[[Idrija]]
|[[File:Idrija_e_Dintorni_(49280858347).jpg|frameless]]
| align="center" |[[Gorizia Statistical Region|Gorizia]] 
|294
|2013
|<ref> United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization|website=www.unesco.org|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref><ref></ref>
|-
|[[Hondsrug]]
|[[File:Geopark_de_Hondsrug_-_Netherlands_-_Dec_2016.jpg|frameless]]
| align="center" |[[Drenthe]] 
|1000
|2013
|<ref> United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization|website=www.unesco.org|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
|-
|Sesia - Val Grande
|[[File:Val-grande-cicogna-pizzo-proman-from-pizzo-pernice.JPG|frameless]]
| align="center" |[[Piedmont]] 
|2023
|2013
|<ref> United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization|website=www.unesco.org|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
|-
|[[Kula Volcanic Geopark|Kula Volcanic]]
|[[File:Kula_volkano.jpg|frameless]]
| align="center" |[[Aegean Region]] 
|300
|2013
|<ref> United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization|website=www.unesco.org|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref><ref></ref>
|-
|Molina and Alto Tajo
|[[File:Barranco_de_la_Hoz.jpg|frameless]]
| align="center" |[[Castilla–La Mancha|Castile-La Mancha]] 
|4520
|2014
|<ref> United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization|website=www.unesco.org|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
|-
|[[El Hierro]]
|[[File:Volcanic_Cones_and_Pahoehoe_Lava_at_La_Restinga_El_Hierro.jpg|frameless]]
| align="center" |[[Canary Islands]] 
|595
|2014
|<ref> United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization|website=www.unesco.org|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref><ref></ref>
|-
|[[Ardèche|Monts d'Ardèche]]
|[[File:Pont_d'Arc_HDR.jpg|frameless]]
| align="center" |[[Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes|Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes]] 
|2280
|2014
|<ref> United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization|website=www.unesco.org|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref><ref></ref>
|-
|Erz der Alpen
|[[File:Hochkoenig.jpg|frameless]]
| align="center" |[[Salzburg (state)|Salzburg]] 
|211
|2014
|<ref> United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization|website=www.unesco.org|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref>
|-
|[[Odsherred]]
|[[File:Næsholm_Borgruin.jpg|frameless]]
| align="center" |[[Sjaelland|Sjælland]] 
|355
|2014
|<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
|-
|Terras de Cavaleiros
|[[File:Barragem_do_Azibo.jpg|frameless]]
| align="center" |[[Norte Region, Portugal|Norte]] 
|700
|2014
|<ref> United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization|website=www.unesco.org|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref><ref></ref>
|-
|Lanzarote and Chinijo Islands
|[[File:La_Geria_vines.jpg|frameless]]
| align="center" |[[Quebec|Canary Islands]] 
|2500
|2015
|<ref> United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization|website=www.unesco.org|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
|-
|[[Reykjanes]]
|[[File:Krisuvik.jpg|frameless]]
| align="center" |[[Southern Peninsula (Iceland)|Southern Peninsula]] 
|825
|2015
|<ref> United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization|website=www.unesco.org|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref><ref></ref>
|-
|[[Pollino National Park|Pollino]]
|[[File:Monte_Pollino_(P.N.P.).jpg|frameless]]
| align="center" |[[Basilicata]], [[Calabria]] 
|1925
|2015
|<ref> United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization|website=www.unesco.org|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
|-
|[[Sitia]]
|[[File:Richtis_waterfall_at_Richtis_gorge_in_Crete.jpg|frameless]]
| align="center" |[[Crete]] 
|517
|2015
|<ref> United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization|website=www.unesco.org|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref><ref></ref>
|-
|[[Troodos Mountains|Troodos]]
|[[File:Pillow_Lava_of_Troodos_Ophiolite_in_Cyprus.jpg|frameless]]
| align="center" |[[Limassol District|Limassol]] 
|1147
|2015
|<ref> United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization|website=www.unesco.org|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref><ref> Troodos Geopark|website=www.troodos-geo.org|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref>
|-
|[[Quercy|Causses du Quercy]]
|[[File:Rocamadour1_082005.jpg|frameless]]
| align="center" |[[Occitanie]] 
|1855
|2017
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|-
|Las Loras
|[[File:Orbaneja_del_Castillo._Caída_de_la_cascada_en_el_Ebro.jpg|frameless]]
| align="center" |[[Castile and León]] 
|950.76
|2017
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|-
|[[Beaujolais]]
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| align="center" |[[Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes|Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes]] 
|1550
|2018
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|-
|Famenne-Ardenne
|[[File:Grotten_van_Han_-_grot_1.jpg|frameless]]
| align="center" |[[Wallonia]] 
|915
|2018
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|Conca de Tremp–Montsec
|[[File:Tremp_Basin_East_-_view_from_the_west.jpg|frameless]]
| align="center" |[[Catalonia]] 
|2050
|2018
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|-
|Courel Mountain
|[[File:Campodola_Leixazós_9.jpg|frameless]]
| align="center" |[[Galicia (Spain)|Galicia]] 
|577.85
|2019
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|[[Vis (island)|Vis Archipelago]]
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| align="center" |[[Split-Dalmatia County|Split-Dalmatia]] 
|6661
|2019
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|Trollfjell
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| align="center" |[[Trøndelag]] 
|10082
|2019
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== The European Geoparks Network ==

The European Geoparks Network (EGN) functions as the regional organization of the Global Geoparks Network (GGN) and the UNESCO International Geosciences and Geoparks Programme (UNESCO-IGGP). Its main objective is to ensure the cooperation between geoparks for the protection of [[Geoheritage|geological heritage]] and the promotion of [[sustainable development]] of their territories in Europe. In 2020 January, the EGN has 75 institutional members (UNESCO Global Geoparks) from 26 European countries and there are several aspiring geopark projects, applying for a UNESCO label and therefore the permanent EGN membership.

=== History ===
The [[1990s]] is widely considered as the birth of geoheritage as a dedicated domain [[geosciences]], dealing with the preservation and valorisation of the [[Earth|Earth's]] abiotical heritage, the geodiversity. The idea of coordinated work on geology focused territorial frameworks in Europe was discussed during the [[International Geological Congress]] in [[Beijing]], 1997. After preparatory meetings in 1999, four European territories assembled in [[Lesbos|Lesvos]], between 3-5 June, 2000:

* Réserve Géologique de Haute-Provence – France
* Natural History Museum of Lesvos Petrified Forest – Greece (Lesvos)
* Geopark Gerolstein/Vulkaneifel – Germany
* Maestrazgo Cultural Park – Spain

They signed the convention on the establishment of the European Geoparks Label and the Network itself, with the intention to share information and expertise, as well as definition of common tools.

On 20 April 2001, during the 3rd EGN Coordination Meeting, the Convention of Cooperation was signed between UNESCO Division of Earth Sciences and the EGN at [[Cabo de Gata-Níjar Natural Park|Parc Cabo de Gata]] (Spain, defining the basis of the partnership between the two signatories.

In February 2004 the Global Geoparks Network (GGN) was founded in [[Paris]] by the members of EGN and the [[Chinese Geopark Network]]. The international partnership was developed under the umbrella of UNESCO and in October 2004 the Madonie Declaration was issued during the 5th Annual Meeting of EGN. It recognized the EGN as the official branch of the UNESCO – Global Geoparks Network in Europe. The declaration also underlines, that EGN serves as a reference for the creation of similar continental networks of geoparks worldwide.

From March 2015 (35th European Geoparks Meeting, [[Paris]], France), EGN continues as the regional geopark network of GGN. In November 2015, the 38th UNESCO General Conference adopted the International Geosciences and Geoparks Programme, officially approving the geopark concept to its framework and merging it with the existing [[International Geoscience Programme]]. The UNESCO Global Geopark label was created and all institutional members of EGN received it automatically.

=== Organization ===
The EGN operates under the auspices of the Statutes of the Global Geoparks Network, supplemented with the Rules of Operation of EGN, based on the Charter of EGN, signed in 2000. Its headquarter is located in the Haute-Provence UNESCO Global Geopark in [[Digne-les-Bains]], France.

The membership of EGN is comprised of the following:

* the institutional members: all the UNESCO Global Geoparks and regional members of GGN in Europe.
* individual members: professionals of GGN in Europe, dealing with geopark management
* honorary members: people who have committed extraordinary service to the geopark concept
* cooperating members: international organizations, institutions or people providing financial or other assistance to the EGN

=== National geoparks committees / forums ===
In several European countries, national geopark networks were founded after the decision of the Coordination Committee of EGN in 2007. They function as the forums to enhance the cooperation of geoparks and the promotion of the geopark concept on a national level and taking over directly selected activities of EGN / GGN in a country.

As of 2020, the following national committees / forums exist.

* Austrian Geoparks Forum
* Czech Geoparks Forum
* French Geoparks Forum
* Finnish Geoparks Forum
* [https://ift.tt/1o5kbNE German Geoparks Forum]
* [https://ift.tt/2AXjh0C Hellenic Geoparks Forum]
* Icelandic Geoparks Forum
* Irish Geoparks Forum
* Italian Geoparks Forum
* Netherlands Geopark Forum
* Norwegian National Committee for Geoheritage and Geoparks
* Portuguese Geoparks Forum
* Slovenian Geopark Forum
* [http://geoparques.eu/ Spanish Geoparks Forum]
* [https://ift.tt/2RMZGXq UK Geoparks Forum]

=== Meetings and activities ===
The executive decisions and operative work of EGN is consecrated to the half-year coordination meetings, taking place every spring and autumn at one of the institutional members. The semestrial coordination meetings of the autumn periods run parallel with the Annual Meetings (2000 – 2012) and European Geoparks Conferences, now organized every two years. These are open to non-institutional and non-individual EGN members as well, functioning as venues of scientific exchange and networking opportunity, related to the geoparks concept.
{| class="wikitable"
|+List of European Geoparks Conferences / Annual Meetings of EGN
!Conference
!Venue
!Date
|-
|1st European Geoparks Annual Meeting
|Molinos – Teruel (Spain)
|October 2000
|-
|2nd European Geoparks Annual Meeting
|Petrified Forest Lesvos Island (Greece)
|October 2001
|-
|3rd European Geoparks Annual Meeting
|Kamptal Geopark (Austria)
|October 2002
|-
|4th European Geoparks Annual Meeting
|Psiloritis Natural Park (Crete, Greece)
|October 2003
|-
|5th European Geoparks Annual Meeting
|Madonie Natural park (Sicily, Italy)
|October 2004
|-
|6th European Geoparks Annual Meeting
|Petrified Forest Lesvos Island (Greece)
|October 2005
|-
|7th European Geoparks Annual Meeting
|Northwest Highlands Geopark (Scotland, United Kingdom)
|September 2007
|-
|8th European Geoparks Conference
|Naturtejo Geopark (Portugal)
|September 2009
|-
|9th European Geoparks Conference
|Lesvos Petrified Forest Geopark (Greece)
|September 2010
|-
|10th European Geoparks Conference
|Gea Norvegica Geopark (Norway)
|September 2011
|-
|11th European Geoparks Conference
|Arouca Geopark (Portugal)
|September 2012
|-
|12th European Geoparks Conference
|Cilento e Vallo di Diano Geopark (Italy)
|September 2013
|-
|13th European Geoparks Conference
|Rokua Geopark (Finland)
|September 2015
|-
|14th European Geoparks Conference
|Azores Geopark (Azores, Portugal)
|September 2017
|-
|15th European Geoparks Conference
|Sierra Norte de Sevilla Geopark (Spain)
|September 2019
|}

== Recognition of Europe's geodiversity under different international frameworks ==

=== World Heritage sites ===
Twenty-eight sites are represented currently on the World Heritage list under [[World Heritage Site#Natural|criterion VIII]]<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>, as an outstanding representative of Earth's history:

* [[Pirin National Park]] ([[Bulgaria]])
* [[Plitvice Lakes National Park]] ([[Croatia]])
* [[Ilulissat Icefjord]] ([[Greenland]], [[Denmark]])
* [[Wadden Sea]] (Denmark, Germany, Netherlands)
* [[Stevns Klint]] (Denmark)
* [[High Coast|High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago]] ([[Finland]], Sweden)
* Gulf of Porto: Calanche of Piana, Gulf of Girolata, Scandola Reserve ([[France]])
* [[Pyrénées – Mont Perdu World Heritage Site|Pyrénées - Mont Perdu]] (France, Spain)
* [[Chaîne des Puys|Chaîne des Puys - Limagne fault tectonic arena]] (France)
* [[Messel pit|Messel Pit Fossil Site]] ([[Germany]])
* [[Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst]] ([[Hungary]], [[Slovakia]])
* [[Vatnajökull National Park|Vatnajökull National Park - Dynamic Nature of Fire and Ice]] ([[Iceland]])
* [[Aeolian Islands|Isole Eolie]] (Aeolian Islands) ([[Italy]])
* [[Monte San Giorgio]] (Italy, Switzerland)
* [[Dolomites|The Dolomites]] (Italy)
* [[Mount Etna]] (Italy)
* [[Durmitor National Park]] ([[Montenegro]])
* West Norwegian Fjords – Geirangerfjord and Nærøyfjord ([[Norway]])
* [[Lake Baikal]] ([[Russia]])
* [[Volcanoes of Kamchatka]] (Russia)
* [[Lena Pillars|Lena Pillars Nature Park]] (Russia)
* [[Škocjan Caves]] ([[Slovenia]])
* [[Teide National Park]] ([[Spain]])
* [[Laponian area|Laponian Area]] ([[Sweden]])
* [[Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch]] ([[Switzerland]])
* [[Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona]] (Switzerland)
* [[Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast]] ([[United Kingdom]])
* [[Dorset and East Devon Coast]] (United Kingdom)

Further sites are inscribed under criterion VII<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> of superlative natural phenomena and aesthetic importance. Some of them, which have a special geoheritage importance are:

* [[Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid Region (Albania)|Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid region]] ([[Albania]], [[North Macedonia]])
* [[Lagoons of New Caledonia: Reef Diversity and Associated Ecosystems]] (France)
* [[Pitons, cirques and remparts of Reunion Island]] (France)
* [[French Austral Lands and Seas]] (France)
* [[Meteora]] ([[Greece]])
* [[Mount Athos]] (Greece)
* [[Danube Delta]] ([[Romania]])
* [[Putorana Plateau]] (Russia)
* [[Göreme National Park|Göreme National Park and the Rock Sites of Cappadocia]] ([[Turkey]])
* [[Hierapolis|Hierapolis-Pamukkale]] (Turkey)
* [[St Kilda, Scotland|St Kilda]] (United Kingdom)
* [[Gough and Inaccessible Islands]] (United Kingdom)

== Notes ==

== References ==
<references />

== External links ==
[https://ift.tt/15sxRYY European Geoparks Network] (accessed 29 January 2020)

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