临夏地质公园成功申报联合国教科文组织世界地质公园
Linxia Geopark successfully become a UNESCO Global Geopark
3月27日，联合国教科文组织执行局第219次会议通过决议，正式批准临夏地质公园成为联合国教科文组织世界地质公园。这是甘肃省继敦煌、张掖之后第3个成功获得世界级“金字招牌”的地质公园。
世界地质公园是在联合国教科文组织领导下建立的一种地质公园评价体系，是与世界遗产和世界生物圈齐名的联合国教科文组织的三大品牌之一。它是以其地质科学意义、珍奇秀丽和独特的地质景观为主，融合自然景观与人文景观的自然公园。据悉，在此次联合国教科文组织执行局议上，共批准了18家世界地质公园，其中中国6家地质公园成功晋级。至此，世界地质公园网络成员总数增至213家，分布在全球48个国家，我国世界地质公园数量升至47家。
On March 27th, the 219th session of the UNESCO Executive Board passed a resolution officially endorsed Linxia Geopark as a UNESCO Global Geopark. This is the third UNESCO Global Geopark in Gansu Province, after Dunhuang and Zhangye, to obtain a world-class "golden signboard".
UNESCO Global Geoparks (UGGp) are single, unified geographical areas where sites and landscapes of international geological significance are managed with a holistic concept of protection, education and sustainable development. Their bottom-up approach of combining conservation with sustainable development while involving local communities is becoming increasingly popular. At the meeting of the UNESCO Executive Board, a total of 18 world geoparks were approved, of which 6 in China have successfully advanced. At present, there are 213 UNESCO Global Geoparks in 48 countries.
