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(Very) Selected Overseas Bibliography of Geoconservation

Periodical:

Earth Heritage : Twice yearly journal published for the geological and landscape conservation community by English Nature, 1994 - present. Up until 1994, the journal was published as "Earth Science Conservation".

Papers and Monographs:

BAICHTAL, J.F., SWANSTON, D.N., & ARCHIE, A.F., 1996: An ecologically - based approach to karst and cave resource management; in: Rea, G.T. (ed), Proceedings of the 1995 National Cave Management Symposium, Indiana Karst Conservancy Inc., Indianapolis, USA, p. 10 - 27.
Presents a system of karst vulnerability zoning related to Tasmanian work (Eberhard 1994)

NATURE CONSERVATION COUNCIL, 1988: Landform and Geological Features -A Case for Preservation; NCC Information Booklet No. 28, Nature Conservation Council, New Zealand.

O' HALLORAN, D., GREEN, C., HARLEY, M., STANLEY, M. & KNILL, J. (eds), 1994: Geological and Landscape Conservation, Geological Society, London.

SPASH, C.L., & SIMPSON, I.A., 1993: Protecting Sites of Special Scientific Interest: intrinsic and utilitarian values; Journal of Environmental Management, Vol. 39, p. 213 - 227.
(Note: relevant to discussion of principles and concepts on this website; identifies shortcomings in valuing SSSI's (including many geological sites in Britain) for purely utilitarian or anthropocentric reasons)

WATSON, J., HAMILTON-SMITH, E., GILLIESON, D., & KIERNAN, K., (eds), 1997: Guidelines for Cave and Karst Protection; IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK, 63pp.

WIEDENBEIN, F.W., 1994: Origin and use of the term 'geotope' in German-spreaking countries; in: O'Halloran, D.; Green, C.; Harley, M. & Knill, J., (eds): Geological and Landscape Conservation; Geological Society, London, p. 117 - 120.

WILSON, C., 1994: Earth Heritage Conservation; Geological Society and Open University, United Kingdom.


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