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Idrija UNESCO Global Geopark
By
enlisting Idrija Geopark among the UNESCO Global Geoparks, UNESCO has
acknowledged the global significance of Idrija's heritage, this time
geological, for the second time.
At its 38th session on November 17, 2015 in Paris UNESCO
General Conference approved the statute and the directives of the new
International Geoscience and Geoparks Programme (IGGP) and the establishment of
the UNESCO Global Geoparks within the programme. This decision brought all the
existing Global Geoparks Network (GGN) members, Idrija Geopark being one of
them, straight into the new UNESCO programme, whereas Idrija Geopark became a
UNESCO Global Geopark. After 2012 when the 'Heritage of Mercury. Almadén and
Idrija' was enlisted on the UNESCO World Heritage List, the recent decision of
UNESCO acknowledged the heritage of Idrija, this time geological , global
significance for the second time in a row. Due to its value the heritage of
Idrija managed to gain direct protection of UNESCO in two different ways in
less than three years. For the municipality Idrija this is an extraordinary
honour, an opportunity to develop sustainable geo-tourism and at the same time
a grand responsibility to preserve the heritage for our ancestors.
As a global organisation in the fields of culture, education
and science, UNESCO enforces a coordinated approach to preserving cultural
heritage and natural values on the global level. The most important instrument
is the 1972 World Heritage Convention that deals with elements of cultural and
natural heritage in reciprocal connection and dependence and the influence of
man on their existence and use. In striving to preserve the common heritage of
the entire humankind UNESCO encourages countries to sign the World Heritage
Convention and to suggest local sights to be enlisted on the UNESCO World
Heritage List. There are now 830 entries on the list, 644 of them are cultural
heritage sights, among them also the heritage of mercury in Idrija and Almadén.
Due to the peculiarities of separate heritage branches UNESCO
has also introduced other programmes and activities to promote and manage their
recognition, protection and development. The Global Geoparks Network, members
of which are also the two Slovene geoparks – Idrija and Karavanke/Karawanken
geoparks, has worked under the patronage and with the support of UNESCO since
its establishment in 2004. By approving the statute and the directives for the
GGN in 2014, the network fulfilled all the conditions to enforce a new IGGP
programme within UNESCO, which was approved of by the UNESCO General Conference
at their last session. Thus the geoparks have, after many years of endeavours,
been equalled with protected areas programmes such as MAB (Man and Biosphere)
and Ramsar. The new IGGP binds 120 geoparks in 33 countries around the world to
follow the UNESCO directives of natural and cultural heritage protection. First
and foremost, global geoparks together with their partners are great promotors
of exceptional geological phenomena all over the world and are becoming more
and more important in the development of geo-tourism.
By being enlisted in the UNESCO IGGP programme, Idrija
Geopark will gain more recognition and is given the responsibility to retain
the UNESCO Global Geopark title. Idrija and its vicinity represent great potential
for a sustainable geo-tourism development with its exceptional geological and
overall natural and cultural heritage. As an institution Idrija Geopark in
cooperation with its partners will have to use the opportunity granted by
UNESCO to the fullest extent possible.
The main tasks in the future will include strengthening the
brand of UNESCO Global Geopark Idrija, providing new tourist products and
offer, binding closer connections with other members of the global network and
strengthening the recognition of the UNESCO Global Geopark Idrija among the
local, national and international professional and tourist public.
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