On the geological and palaeontological heritage of the Azores Archipelago and the urgent need to review the geosites of the Azores UNESCO Geopark: a comment on Lima & Meneses (2023), Geoconservation Research, 6: 114-127

Geoconservation Research

مقالات آماده انتشار، پذیرفته شده، انتشار آنلاین از تاریخ 16 دی 1402

نوع مقاله: Letter to editor

شناسه دیجیتال (DOI): 10.57647/j.gcr.2023.0602.28

نویسندگان

Sérgio P. Ávila^{* 1، 2، 3، 4}؛ Ana Hipólito^{1، 2، 3، 4}؛ Patrícia Madeira^{1، 2، 3، 4}؛ Lara Baptista^{1، 2، 3، 5، 6}؛ Samuel Arruda^{1، 2}؛ Gonçalo Castela Ávila^{1، 7}؛ Carlos Góis-Marques^{2، 4، 7، 8}؛ Rui Quartau^{9، 10}

¹MPB – Marine Palaeontology and Biogeography Lab, University of the Azores, Rua da Mãe de Deus, 9501-801 Ponta Delgada, Açores, Portugal

²CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO Laboratório Associado, Pólo dos Açores, Azores, Portugal

³UNESCO Chair – Land Within Sea: Biodiversity & Sustainability in Atlantic Islands

⁴BIOPOLIS Program in Genomics, Biodiversity and Land Planning, CIBIO, Vairão, Portugal

⁵Departamento de Biologia, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, Portugal

⁶University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Institute for Integrative Nature Conservation Research, Gregor-Mendel-Straße 33 1180 Wien, Austria

⁷Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, Portugal

⁸Madeira Botanical Group (GBM), Faculdade de Ciências da Vida, Universidade da Madeira, Campus da Penteada, 9000-390, Funchal, Portugal

⁹Departamento de Geologia, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Campo Grande 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal

¹⁰Divisão de Geologia Marinha, Instituto Hidrográfico, Lisboa, Portugal

چکیده

In a recent review article, Lima & Meneses (2023, Geoconservation Research, 6 (1): 114–127) reported on the Azores Geopark, introducing a new geosite for São Miguel Island. We here express our concerns regarding the data presented in this review article. In our commentary, we focus mainly on the use of older bibliographic sources and inaccurate age estimates for some islands, as well as the absence of important references, which results in a poor revision of the published literature on the geology and paleontology of the Azores Archipelago. Furthermore, and over ten years since the successful application to UNESCO for the implementation of the Azores Geopark, we stress the urgent need to re-evaluate the list of geosites selected by the Azores Geopark team, a task that we suggest could be done involving the collaboration of an expert and multidisciplinary scientific team.
This article can be found on the new website of the journal:  https://oiccpress.com/geoconservation-research/issue/i2-v6-gcr-december-2023/  
 

کلیدواژه‌ها

Azores Geopark؛ Azores Archipelago؛ International relevant geosites؛ Geology؛ Palaeontology؛ Geoconservation