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- Touristic Attraction
- Environmental Impact Assessment
- Museum Collection
- Geological Heritage
- Sustainable Tourism
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Brilha, J. (2014). Geoconservation, Concept of. In: Tiess, G., Majumder, T., Cameron, P. (eds) Encyclopedia of Mineral and Energy Policy. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-40871-7_2-1
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