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标题：Recent State Policy and Its Impact on Geopark Establishment and Operation in Slovakia
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作者：Marián Lukáč ; Ľubomír Štrba ; Alexander Černega 等
期刊名称：Land
印刷版ISSN：2073-445X
出版年度：2021
卷号：10
期号：1
页码：1069
DOI：10.3390/land10101069
语种：English
出版社：MDPI, Open Access Journal
摘要：The geological evolution and structure of the territory of Slovakia plays a key role in the current geodiversity of the country. The importance of this key element of the environment is widely and most effectively represented in geoparks. This paper is devoted to the state policy of geopark establishment and operation in Slovakia. Despite the relatively well-established concept of geoparks in the world, its position is not entirely clear in Slovak legislation. So, both bottom-up initiatives and top-down strategies are not quite successful in geopark operations, especially when considering the sustainability of Slovak geoparks. The possible future position of geoparks in Slovakia, in terms of state policies, may be found (as discussed in this paper) in adopting specific legislation which will effectively support the development of these potential (geo)tourist areas, contributing to both sustainable tourism development and nature protection.