The third geopark of Iran was voted by UNESCO
According to the report of Arya Heritage, Alireza Amri Kazemi, evaluator and member of the Supreme Council of UNESCO World Geoparks, announced in an interview with ISNA: Minutes ago (Thursday, December 17, 1401), Tabas Geopark, as the third global geopark of Iran, received the positive vote of the Supreme Council of UNESCO World Geoparks. Received.
In December 1400, the international assessor of the UNESCO World Geoparks and Tabas Geopark consultant announced the submission of the application file for the membership of Tabas Geopark in the UNESCO World Geoparks network after four years of preparing geosite infrastructure and training.
According to Amri Kazemi; The decision to enforce Tabas Geopark will be issued after the approval of the UNESCO executive board in spring.
The studies of Tabas Geopark have started since 2009, this geopark with an area of 22,771 square kilometers has 39 geosites that have significant geological, cultural and natural attractions and is one of the centers of particular interest for geologists in Iran and the world.
Tabas Geopark is located in the northwest of South Khorasan province and on the communication route from south and west to east and northeast of Iran, in an area with a desert climate with hot and dry weather. This geopark includes three central parts, Dihook and Handadgan. The high variety of unique geological phenomena has made this region known as the “geological paradise of Iran” among geologists.
In this geopark, the evolution of the Earth from more than 540 million years ago (Precambrian) to about 100 million years ago (early Cretaceous) can be observed without the smallest time break, while the sequences of the first geological era (Paleozoic, 540 to 250 million years ago) it is unique in Iran and West Asia. (Tabas Geopark website)
Tabas Geopark, in addition to its important position in the geology of Iran, also contains environmental, historical and cultural capacities. Golshan Historical Garden as an important example of Iranian gardens with an age of about 250 years, Imamzadeh Hossein Ibn Musa Al-Kazem, brother of Imam Reza (AS), Tabas Ancient Citadel, Kerit Dam, Shah Abbasi Arch, Kal Jani and Kal Sar Dar, among the most important The properties of this geopark are considered along with its plant and animal species.
Tabas Geopark also includes villages and typical tourist areas such as Khoro, Kurit, Esfahak, Naiband, Peikoh, Pirhajat, Esfandiar, Sorund, Mudar, and Ezmighan.
Before Tabas and also before the approval of Aras Geopark globalization, Qeshm was considered the only geopark in Iran and the Middle East. Qeshm Geopark has been a member of the UNESCO Geoparks Global Network since 2005. In 2011, due to his inability to fulfill the global registration criteria, he got a red card and left this network. In 2016, after removing the disadvantages and reforming the management, it was again accepted into the UNESCO Geoparks network, and now it is known as one of the oldest geoparks in West Asia and the Middle East with 2063 square kilometers. This geopark received the green card of the UNESCO Supreme Council meeting held in Thailand in September 1401 and remained in the list of global geoparks.
Aras Geopark, whose case was opened since 2007, received UNESCO’s approval for world registration in September 1401, which according to Amrikazemi, will be implemented in the spring of 1402. The territory of Ares Geopark (Iran’s second global geopark) with an area of 1670 square kilometers, which has 31 geosites, is located in Jolfa region in East Azerbaijan province.
Geoparks and in other words Geology Parks are a range of geological phenomena and heritage, valuable natural, historical and cultural attractions that should be able to increase the economic development of local communities and attract people’s cooperation and be sustainably maintained and managed. . In order to understand geological periods, UNESCO has designated areas as Geoparks. The idea of establishing the Geopark was implemented in 1999.
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