opening ceremony
opening ceremony
exihibition
From December 11 to 16, the 9th UNESCO Global Geopark Conference opened in Jeju Island Global Geopark. Because of the Covid-19 outbreak, the conference was held on line and was attended by over 400 people including management persons and professionals from UNESCO Global Geoparks and relevant government officials around the world.
Under the leadership of Director Yang Jianping of Qinling Zhongnanshan UNESCO Global Geopark Management Office, all staff of the management office attended the opening ceremony, report meeting and closing ceremony of the conference. The conference was opened with the Jeju traditional dance, and then Koo Man Seop, acting governor of Jeju Special Self-governing Province, Shamila Nair-Bedouelle, UNESCO Assistant Director-general for Natural Sciences, Nikolas Zouros, Chairman of the Global Geoparks Network and Han Jeongae, Rok Environment Minister delivered speeches respectively. After the opening ceremony, three keynote reports were delivered, which were from Kristof Vandenberghe, Director of UNESCO’s Geoscience and Disaster Reduction Branch and Secretary of the International Geoscience and Geoparks Programme (IGGP), Professor Nickolas Zouros, President of the Global Geoparks Network, and Dr Jeon Yongmun, Geologist from the Jeju Global Geopark Management Team.
Although not being able to carry out on-site exchanges, Qinling Zhongnanshan Global Geopark also participated in the exhibition publicity and academic exchange activities with full enthusiasm. One was to submit to the conference the paper Innovative Development of Qinling Zhongnanshan UNESCO Global Geopark by Zhang Dongwei and Wang Shichao, and the paper Sustainable Development on Night Economy, Case of Qinling Zhongnanshan UNESCO Global Geopark by Li Yue. The other one is to show the efforts and achievements of the Qinling Zhongnanshan Global Geopark with the publicity board and videos in detail.
The conference was a precious opportunity to broaden the knowledge and horizon and acquire knowledge. All staff of Qinling Zhongnanshan UNESCO Global Geopark seized the opportunity to actively participate in the conference activities with full enthusiasm to learn.
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