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In the Footsteps of Darwin: Geoheritage, Geotourism and Conservation in the Galapagos Islands

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A desire to safeguard and protect aspects of our culture and environment for the benefit of future generations is probably as ancient as any other aspect of human consciousness. In the simplest form, this is represented by the process of handing down material possessions, both portable objects and defined geographical areas, to offspring, to help secure their future survival, both in terms of natural resources and the tools to exploit them—but also as tokens or symbols of social status and control, through which others might be invoked to carry out such tasks for the bearer’s benefit. This concept of inheritance, or ‘heritage’ is a fundamental aspect of all human cultures.

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  1. School of Natural Resources, Hocking College, Nelsonville, OH, USA

    Daniel Kelley

  2. Geodiversity & Heritage, Sandford, Devon, UK

    Kevin Page

  3. Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Cumbaya, Ecuador

    Diego Quiroga

  4. Biological Expeditions Galapagos, Puerto Baquerizo Moreno, Ecuador

    Raul Salazar

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Kelley, D., Page, K., Quiroga, D., Salazar, R. (2019). The Geology and Geodiversity of the Galapagos Islands. In: In the Footsteps of Darwin: Geoheritage, Geotourism and Conservation in the Galapagos Islands. Geoheritage, Geoparks and Geotourism. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05915-6_2

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