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Vieste

The National Park of Gargano »

Matera

The "Sassi di Matera" »

Salento

The western coastland of Salento peninsula »

Aliano

The Badlands Valley of Aliano »

Gravina di Puglia

Pulicchio di Gravina »

Spinazzola

Murge hills »

Altamura

Pulo di Altamura »

Polignano a Mare

Grotta Sella »

The cliffed rocky coast near Mattinata (Gargano National Park, Foggia Province - Apulia)

The Gargano is an almost entirely mountainous headland, it reaches a maximum altitude of 1055 m (Monte Calvo) and extends into the Adriatic sea for several kilometres. The inner areas are cut by the deep valley of the Carbonara fault, crossing the promontory from West to East; karst processes shaped the calcareous bedrock, creating wide surfaces carved by dolines, the greatest of which is the huge Dolina Pozzatina, near the town of San Nicandro Garganico. The eastern coastline of the promontory shows a number of deeply carved Pleistocene fluvial valleys, nowadays almost inactive.

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The Badlands (south Matera and Potenza Provinces - Basilicata)

Given the clayey Pleistocene bedrock, in a wide area across the Potenza and Matera Provinces developed a typical badland landscape created by the age-old surface run off. The badlands, "calanchi", in Italian, characterize the rough landscape of south-eastern Basilicata. The charm of this scenery has been described by Carlo Levi in its novel "Cristo si è fermato ad Eboli" (Christ Stopped at Eboli), published in 1945. A regional park has been established to protect and preserve the wild beauty of this area.

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SESSION THEMES

Geosites	Recognition, assessment and practical management of geosites Geodiversity assessment methodologies Focus on current geomorphosites research (assessment and mapping) and recent studies in various geomorphological contexts Legal frameworks to support geoconservation strategies at different levels Up-to-date on how the national and regional inventories are going to develop in Europe, mainly in Mediterranean area
Geological Heritage and Land-use planning	Threats and constraints imposed by land-use planning How to integrate geoconservation in land-use planning Geo-archaeology Geoheritage ex-situ Good examples and possibilities in regional and local planning
Geoparks and Geotourism	Conflicts and/or possible convergence between geoconservation and geotourism Geotourism as new potential for local development Policies for sustainable management and geosite use in geoparks Presentation of best practices and lesson learned in Geoparks for local development
Cooperation and Education	Implementation of the most effective outreach methods for successful communication with public, decision- and policy-makers Presentation of best practices in international cooperation Local initiatives in scientific diffusion and education Capacity building for teaching geoscience in life-long learning programs

REGISTRATION FEES

Deadlines	Registration fees
April 30^th, 2012	€ 140 (students, SIGEA and ProGEO members: € 100)
June 30^th, 2012	€ 170 (students, SIGEA and ProGEO members: € 130)
August 31^st, 2012	€ 200 (for all participants)

Registration fees will cover the materials of the Symposium the coffee breaks and other cultural events (details within the final programme in August 2012).

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GENERAL PROGRAMME

The Symposium programme includes plenary lectures, scientific sessions highlighted by invited keynote lectures and selected oral presentations. Pre- and post-Symposium field trips are focused on Apulia and Basilicata geosites.

Date	Morning	Lunch	Afternoon	Night
Sept. 24	Pre-symposium Gargano or Salento field trip; the field trips have the same time schedule, subscribers must choose one between the two options
			Opening of the registration desk
Sept. 25	Registration desk (08:30 – 10:00) Opening ceremony (10:00 – 11:00) Plenary lecture/ Scientific session (11:00 – 13:00)	Lunch break	Plenary lecture/ Scientific session (15:00 – 17:00) Coffee break Plenary lecture/ Scientific session (17:30 – 19:30)	Symp. dinner (21:00)
	poster session
Sept. 26	Plenary lecture/ Scientific session (08:30 – 10:30) Coffee break Plenary lecture/ Scientific session (11:00 – 13:00) Closing ceremony (13:00)	Lunch break	III Meeting WG ProGeo (SW Europe) (room for other working groups to meet) (15:00 – 17:00) SIGEA Workshop on Geological Heritage (in Italian language) (15:00 – 19:30) General Assembly of ProGeo members (17:30 – 19:30)	Visit to the old-town of Bari
	poster session
Sept. 27-28	Post-symposium field trip Southern Appennine (first day), Apulia Foreland (second day)

CONVENERS
Antonello Fiore and Salvatore Valletta (SIGEA, Italy)

SYMPOSIUM LANGUAGE
The official language is English

WEB SITE
The symposium web site is: www.geoheritagesymposium-bari2012.org

SYMPOSIUM SECRETARIAT
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ABSTRACTS
All participants are kindly asked to submit their contribution before june 15^th, 2012.
Detailed information on abstract submission will be given in the second circular