UNESCO’s Executive Board has approved the designation of 8 new UNESCO Global Geoparks bringing the number of sites participating in the Global Geoparks Network to 177 in 46 countries. Two new countries, Luxembourg and Sweden, this year join the Global Network with the designation of their first geoparks.
The newly designated UNESCO Global Geoparks are:
Seridó UNESCO Global Geopark, Brazil
Southern Canyons Pathways UNESCO Global Geopark, Brazil
Salpausselkä UNESCO Global Geopark, Finland
Ries UNESCO Global Geopark, Germany
Kefalonia-Ithaca UNESCO Global Geopark, Greece
Mëllerdall UNESCO Global Geopark, Luxembourg
Buzău Land UNESCO Global Geopark, Romania
Platåbergens UNESCO Global Geopark, Sweden More information: https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/unesco-designates-8-new-global-geoparks
