Volcandpark

Volcandpark is the first congress on the management of protected volcanic areas, including raising pubic awareness and geotourism. It aims to provide a forum for reflection and debate, combining knowledge of volcanology with land management and disseminating this information to the people who work in these volcanic areas. (National Parks, Natural Parks, Nature Reserves, etc.).

The conference will develop four main themes:

• Management of protected volcanic areas;
• Scientific values of, and research in, protected volcanic areas;
• Communicating heritage values through education and interpretation,
• Geotourism as a factor of economic and community sustainable development in protected volcanic areas.

The meeting will include four main symposia, each addressing one of the main themes, and will combine oral presentations in the morning (invited keynotes) and posters in the afternoon, that will be exhibited and anyone who desires it can present them orally. The meeting is intended to promote discussion forums for each of the respective topics and, in particular, interdisciplinary, cross-boundary discussions. Emphasis will be given to poster presentations and discussion forums, through to short talks.

Programme

• Experience of good practice “Management of volcanolgical landscape and your society”
• Integrated risk management in a protected volcanic park
• Progress in the protection of the volcanic terrains
• Volcanological research in protected areas
• The ecological benefits and adaptations in volcanic zones
• Spiritual and intangible cultural heritage in volcanoes
• Examples of management: education, geotourism, landscape awareness raising and communication in a natural park
• Environmental education and communication in protected areas