This unique book is dedicated to helping promote geoheritage geoconservation and geoparks in
Africa and the Middle East. Local regional global and thematic case studies including a
geoheritage toolkit are used to illustrate the scope and depth of geoheritage and highlight
some current geoparks and aspiring candidates in Africa the Middle East China Europe and
Australia. This special issue mainly consists of the proceedings of the First International
Conference on Geoparks in Africa and Middle East (FICGAME) held in El Jadida Morocco in 2011.
The conference hosted by the Faculty of Sciences of Chouaib Doukkali University was organized
by the African Geoparks Network and the African Association of Women in Geosciences
incollaboration with the UNESCO Cairo Office.
