Geoconservation is a fairly new concept but one that is becoming more important in many areas
of the world where urbanization is taking place. It has become evident that identifying and
preserving geoantiquities is important for earth science and education, but also promotes the
goals of environmental quality, resource management, and quality community growth. Despite a
strong history of resource protection in the United States, it still lags behind many countries
in development and implementation of geoconservation ideas and policies.
The study of foreign geoconservation efforts will be useful in articulating the concept of
geoconservation and providing methods for identifying and evaluating geoantiquities. Major
international efforts, and their associated successes and failures, provide conceptual and
practical examples for geoconservation application in the U.S.
Concepts and definitions underlying geoconservation must lay the groundwork for
application of policy or simply identifying a community's resources.
A fault near Durban, South Africa, of Gondwana age.
For more information on geoconservation in South Africa, visit this website, which was
created as a result of attendance of the IGU conference in Durban, in August 2002.
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