New publication

The last volume rounding off the III International Symposium ProGEO on the Conservation of the Geological Heritage is now published.

It contains the following papers:

• Legislation and international agreements: the integration of the geological heritage in nature conservation policies (P.R. Dingwall)
• Planning and management for geoconservation (G.P. Gonggrijp)
• Inventory and cataloguing of Spain's geological heritage, An historic review and proposals for the future (Garcia-Cortes, A. Et al.)
• Geosites - An IUGS initiative: Science supported by conservation (Wimbledon et al.)
• Geological heritage, an essential part of the integral management of world heritage in protected sites (Carreras, J. & Druguet, E.)
• No conservation without education (Theodossiou -Drandaki, I.)
• European "geo-tourism" - Geological interpretation and geoconservation promotion for tourists (Hose, T.A.)
• Geological heritage and geo-tourism (Martini, G.)
• Italian national actions for nature preservation and geological sites (D´Andrea, M. & Zarlenga, F.)
• Experiences of geoconservations in la Rioja (Spain) (Perez-Lorente) F.)
• Protecting the palaeontological heritage in Spain: Public awareness and legislation, and the role of the Spanish Palaentological Society (Melendez, G. & Soria-Llop, C.).

together with concluding remarks and the text for the symposium declaration.

The volume is edited by Barettino, D., Wimbledon, W.A.P. And Gallego, E., and published by Instituto Technologico GeoMinero de Espana. ISBN: 84-7840-417-1