GGN - Geopark Annual Report 2018
1. GEOPARK IDENTITY
Izu Peninsula UNESCO Global Geopark (Japan, 2018, APGN)Year of inscription / Year of the last revalidation: 2018/ -Inauguration of the UNESCO Global Geopark designation, April 18, 2018

2. GEOPARK FIGURES
Number of Geopark staffs: 10 staffs including three geoscientific professionals
Number of Visitors: 25779 (Geopark museum visitors)
Number of Geopark events: 58
Number school classes realize Geopark educational programs: 40 schools
Number of Geopark press release: 102

3. GEOPARK ACTIVITIES
Major achievements in 2018Renewal of the website in total.

Organizing 3rd rogaining game, an orienteering sport of long distancecross-territory navigation.
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UNESCO Global Geopark designation celebration event and the symposium.

Celebration of the International Day of Disaster Reduction (13 October) and special
exhibition at the museum

Organizing a painting contest for elementary and secondary school pupils andstudents.

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Organizing training courses for certified geo-guides.

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Organizing science workshops for kids at the museum regularly.

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Organizing six “GEO Café” events for geopark popularization.

Organizing weekly seminar for stuffs and geo-guides on the museum closing day.

Organizing a cultural workshop for national geoparks of central Japan.

Scientific research initiatives: In order encourage the publication of the international
peer-review article conducting field research in the Izu Peninsula, competitive
grants-in-aid for scientific research provided for three leading scientists.

Contribution towards GGN - Networking and Participation
Participation in the 8th International Conference on UNESCO Global Geoparks atAdamello Brenta UGGp: providing three oral presentations those lessons from Izu
Peninsula UGGp.

Despatching a scientist as a lecturer for regional training course on UNESCO
Global Geoparks - Perspectives for National Commissions for UNESCO in Asia andthe Pacific Region held at Oki Islands UGGp. (25 May – 1 June 2018)

Despatching scientists for providing oral presentation at 6th Science Popularization
Capacity Building Workshop held at the Hong Kong UGGp.

Hosting three geopark management trainees for two weeks long from West Java
Provincal Government and the Ciletuh-Palabuhanratu UGGp, Indonesia.

Receiving the delegates from Department of Mineral Resources of Thailands’Government and Satun UGGp. (5 July 2018)

Hosting geopark school pupils’ educational excursion despatching from Hong Kong
UGGp. (11-15 November 2018)

Despatching a staff, a geologist and certified guides to the Jeju UGGp, R. Korea forinternational guide training (25-28 October 2018)

Despatching a staff for an evaluation mission of an aspiring geopark. (July 2018)

Management and Financial status
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Financial status of the geopark is stable with its operating budget for FY2018 which
totals at JPY 49,101,163

Geoconservation
Surface peel preservations and creating 3D stereo imageries of exposuresappeared on the three construction sites those were going to be destroyed.

Upgrading and building additional interpretation panels at the sites.

Sustainable tourism (Geotourism)
Implementing the on-site regular guided tour which do not require advance booking.
They are; a boat tour for coastal geosite, a gold mine tour, a waterfall tour, and a
volcanic cinder cone tour.

325 geo-tours have been operated by geo-guides, municipalities and geopark
partners with the total participants of 6,500.

New education programs on geoconservation, sustainable development anddisaster risk reduction
Geopark educational programs provided for 40 schools in the territory.

Education working group of the geopark council has been registered as a Japanese
hub for ESD initiatives.

Strategic PartnershipPrinting 16 geopark stories on the package of the local milk which is providing forschool lunch mostly in the territory. Annual production is more than 10 million by apartner agricultural cooperative.

Promotional activities
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Numerous radio-TV and newspapers interviews and articles on the Geopark’s
activities in the national, regional and local media.

Spreading geopark information using social media (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram)

4. Contacts:
Manager: Prof. Dr. Katsuhiko Asahi

k.asahi@izugeopark.org

Scientific Responsible (Geologist): Mr. Yusuke Suzuki

y.suzuki@izugeopark.org