Hateg Country Dinosaurs Geopark

The Hateg Country Dinosaurs Geopark is a natural park with special features. It plays an active role in the economic development of its teritory and it enables the inhabitants to reappropriate the values of the territory`s heritage.

For Romania, the Geopark opens a new era in approaching natural and cultural heritage conservation in the context of local development.

For the first time in our country, universities, central and local authorities, antepreneurs, schools and NGOs are participating as parteners in creating and implementing an integrated strategy for sustainable development.

General objectives of the Geopark

As a general frame and also as a model for regional development the Geopark has to plan and develop activities able to involve all the groups and also to assure a real sustainability and socio-economic impact. The Geopark development has three main objectives or areas of future development:

1. Development of the GeoPark structure
2. Development of economic and cultural activities
3. Education and training in formal and informal structures

The expected achievements and impact can be regarded at the local and regional levels.

Local level impact

The Geopark creates a network of natural and cultural significant localities, that are abundant in the Hateg area, to be included in organized tourist routes.

The Geopark will become a place of scientific and ecologic education and training.

All these effects will be firstly felt by the local communities that will be encouraged to create facilities infrastructure for hosting the visitors and development of eco-tourism. The project will contribute to the revival of the folk traditions (costumes, dances) and handicrafts, creation of new small enterprises for processing agricultural products.



	The Geopark was created after a long row of events that ...
	The Geopark was created after a long row of events that ...




	The Geopark Team
	The Geopark Team

Levels of actions for the local communities of the geopark

Regional level

The Geopark develops a close cooperation – in action - between institutions and persons, either from public and private sectors, governmental and nongovernmental organization.

The Geopark develops a close involvement of the universities with their staff specialized in providing distance learning and students who play an essential role in planning and developing the complex activities of the projects. The Geopark applies the principle of social cohesion. It will become a pilot project of regional development in Romania that can be exported to other regions of the country.

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