世界地质遗迹保护和地质公园建设的现状和展望

在2004年6月在中国北京召开了第一届世界地质公园大会和2004年8月在意大利佛罗伦萨举行第32届国际地质大会，来自五大洲数十个国家的地质学家和地质公园管理者发言，展示了各国地质遗产保护现状，地质公园建设中地质遗产的科学研究，公众教育；保护方法技术；与文化遗产的关系；与城市和区域发展规划的关系；与旅游产业发展的关系，地质公园与国家公园的关系；欧、美及非洲、大洋洲和亚洲各国地质公园发展前景等。他山之石，可以攻玉。对照各国的近况，我国在地质遗产的研究和保护方面要保持世界领先地位，在相关法规建设，地学背景研究，人才培养等方面还有大量工作要做。

Present State and Prospects of World Geological Relics Conservation and Geoparks Construction

The first conference on world geoparks was held in Beijing, China, in June 2004. In August that year, the 32nd International Geological Congress was convened in Florence, Italy. Oral presentations and posters made by hundreds of geologists and geopark administrators from scores of countries of five continents demonstrated the current situation of geoheritage conservation, geoscientific researches on geoheritages, public education, methods and technology of protection, the relations of geoheritages with cultural heritages, with development and planning of cities and regions, and with the development of tourism, the relations between geoparks and national parks, the prospects of geoparks in Europe, America, Africa, Australia and Asia etc. In view of the current situation in foreign countries, we have much to do in relevant legislation construction, researches on geological backgrounds, training of personnel etc. to maintain a leading place in the research and protection of geoheritages.