Geoconservation

Geoconservation is the practice of recognising, protecting and managing sites and landscapes which have value for their geology or geomorphology.

The principles of geoconservation are to create a means of protection for the sites, and assess their value to the geological community.

Numerous local groups have been established to protect and conserve these sites, all coming under the 'umbrella organisation', GeoConservationUK.

The core areas are the places in the geoheritage site that are the most important for protection, and require the higher amounts of infrastructure.

To maintain the protection and structure of the geoconservation area, site condition monitoring is performed to ensure this.

[3] These two geoparks only represent 1% of the available geosites that are listed as areas of needed conservation in Africa based on the World Heritage Sites under UNESCO.

[3] Many of the available geoheritage sites in Africa do not have the government infrastructure to provide the necessary management and protection of the areas.

The Tudavala and Leba geosites are not under any current protection, but have recently been classified as an important cultural landscape by the government of Angola.