Environment
Documents Finalized to Register Afar Rift Valley as a Global Geopark
Sheger FM · 3 days ago · Read the Full Story on Sheger FM
AI SUMMARY
Documents are being finalized to register the Afar Rift Valley and surrounding geological heritage sites as international geological heritage sites by UNESCO.
- Documents are currently being finalized to register the Afar Rift Valley and surrounding geological heritage sites as international geological heritage sites.
- Plans are underway to register the geological sites in two separate phases, with efforts currently accelerating.
- UNESCO is preparing to evaluate and approve 14 international geological heritage sites in November 2019.
- The Central Ethiopian Rift Valley is among the primary sites selected for registration from Ethiopia during this period.
- UNESCO representatives visited the site for an assessment, and the evaluation process has been completed with a final decision pending.
- The Sof Omar Cave and the Gela'erta geological heritage sites have been identified as the next areas to be worked on for UNESCO registration.
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