GEOHERITAGE OF PERNAMBUCO: WEBSITE FOR THE DISSEMINATION OF THE GEODIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF PERNAMBUCO

SITE DE DIVULGAÇÃO DA GEODIVERSIDADE DO ESTADO DE PERNAMBUCO

Abstract

The Pernambuco Geopatrimony website was created as an initiative to disseminate to the scientific community and the general public information focused on the themes of Geodiversity, Geoconservation, Geoeducation and Geotourism. This is an idea that emerged as a result of a Doctoral Thesis, focused on the conservation and inventory of the Geoheritage of Pernambuco with an emphasis on the North Coast, by the Postgraduate Program in Geosciences at the Federal University of Pernambuco. The electronic page's key objective is to provide society with information about Pernambuco's Geoheritage with means of dissemination, focused on the state's biotic and abiotic elements, through published and ongoing work, professionals involved, routes, itineraries and maps. Conceptually, geodiversity is understood as the heterogeneous sum of multiple abiotic natural elements of a given territory. Such elements, when forming the geoheritage of a given region, need to be inventoried, quantified, preserved and conserved for this generation and future generations. Scientific works that use this premise promote the territory and the discussion becomes interdisciplinary (involving science, education, social, cultural, historical and economic aspects). Given this scenario, the website aims to promote these discussions, as yet another tool, involving geosciences, geography and related areas from North to South and East to West of the state, facilitating the implementation of public policies that aim to develop sustainable development in the region, without harming the environment.