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VALUING GEODIVERSITY AND ITS IMPORTANCE FOR ABIOTIC NATURE CONSERVATION IN THE HOLY CROSS MOUNTAINS, POLAND Agnieszka Gałuszka & Zdzisław M. Migaszewski

DEFINITION OF GEODIVERSITY (Kozłowski et al., 2004) Geodiversity is “a natural diversification of Earth's surface including geologic, geomorphologic, soil, and surface water features and systems formed by natural (endogenic and/or exogenic) processes, in places with a different anthropogenic imprint” KOZŁOWSKI S., MIGASZEWSKI Z.M., GAŁUSZKA A. 2004: Geodiversity conservation – conserving our geological heritage. Polish Geological Institute Special Papers 13, 13-20.

VALUES OF GEODIVERSITY (Gray, 2004) AESTHETIC ECONOMIC FUNCTIONAL INTRINSIC OR CULTURAL SCIENTIFIC EXISTENCE GRAY M., 2004: Geodiversity: Valuing and Conserving Abiotic Nature, Wiley, Chichester.

I NTRINSIC VALUE OF GEODIVERSITY ”Ślichowice” abiotic nature reserve ”Kadzielnia” abiotic nature reserve

I NTRINSIC VALUE OF GEODIVERSITY St. Rosalie Chapel at Mt. Perzowa

I NTRINSIC VALUE OF GEODIVERSITY St. Barbara – the patron saint of miners and geologists/abandoned mine trench

I NTRINSIC VALUE OF GEODIVERSITY ”Devil’s Stone” nature landmark at Mt. Klonówka

C ULTURAL VALUE OF GEODIVERSITY Neolithic flint mine at Krzemionki

C ULTURAL VALUE OF GEODIVERSITY Paradise cave source of photographs: www.wgorach.com

C ULTURAL VALUE OF GEODIVERSITY www.archiwumwiz.com Ancient iron smelting in Nowa Słupia

A ESTHETIC VALUE OF GEODIVERSITY ”Niekłań’s hell” geologic reserve near Szydłowiec

A ESTHETIC VALUE OF GEODIVERSITY Kielce school of landscape Photographs by Paweł Pierściński

A ESTHETIC VALUE OF GEODIVERSITY Geodiversity – an inspiration for artists

E CONOMIC VALUE OF GEODIVERSITY Rzepka nature reserve in Chęciny

F UNCTIONAL VALUE OF GEODIVERSITY Rockfield at Mt. Holy Cross

F UNCTIONAL VALUE OF GEODIVERSITY Mt. Chełmowa nature reserve

S CIENTIFIC VALUE OF GEODIVERSITY Platform above the rockfield at Mt. Holy Cross

A BIOTIC NATURE CONSERVATION  Methods of geoconservation management (Gray, 2008): policy benevolent ownership secrecy signage excavation/curation physical barriers reburial supervision permitting/licensing legislation education site management GRAY M., 2008: Geodiversity: developing the paradigm. Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association 119, 287-298.

A BIOTIC NATURE CONSERVATION  Abiotic nature conservation in the Holy Cross Mountains: o The first geologic reserve in Poland – “Ślichowice” (1952) o The first geologic landscape park in Poland “Chęciny -Kielce Landscape Park” (1996) o 25 geologic reserves o 120 inanimate nature landmarks o 12 documentary sites

C ONCLUSIONS  The most important for geoconservation in the Holy Cross Mountains region are the following values: cultural , aesthetic (especially in relation to geotourism) and scientific  Geodiversity conservation in the Holy Cross Mountains should be focused on three aspects: (i) geologic heritage conservation , (ii) popularization of geologic knowledge and (iii) promotion of geotourism

IN MEMORY OF LATE PROFESSOR STEFAN KOZŁOWSKI 1928 -2007

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