“Global geographic heritage, geoparks and geotourism: geoconservation and development” is the title of the book of the International Geographical Union IGU, edited by the prestigious Springer publishing house, in which the academics of the PUCV Institute of Geography Andoni Arenas, Rodrigo Figueroa, Jorge Negrete, participated. Pablo Mansilla and Andrés Moreira-Muñoz, along with other professionals.
The work of around 500 pages is part of what is called “Advances in geographic and environmental series”, where experiences in the United States, Iran, Turkey, Spain and Chile are covered.
Chapter 5 presents the work of the researchers Pablo Mansilla, Hermann Manríquez and Andrés Moreira-Muñoz entitled “Virtual heritage: a model for the participatory construction of knowledge towards the conservation of biogeocultural heritage” which offers results of the FONDECYT research projects 11181086 and SOC 180040 BIOGEOART Rings Project.
Original Note: General Directorate of Liaison with the PUCV Environment