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reserves, and through clubs for young geologists.


• promote the conservation of geo- diversity through its work on its reserves.


ment strategy that ignores the physical aspects of that environment, that is, the geomorphological, topographic and geologic processes acting there, and the important geosites present there.


Finally, the studied geologic features in Egypt are all under a high degree of threat. An effective management system is highly recommended for the area, as an integrated part of a well-controlled Geotourism. As part of this manage- ment, an effective and well-designed visitor plan is needed in order to prevent vehicular traffic in the area and thus to preserve its unique geologic features for posterity.


Figure 8: View to one side of the crystal mountain, it supposed that all this mountain was covered by Barite crystal.


VII. Conclusion


I believe that geodiversity has to be conserved for two reasons. First, I believe that geodiversity is inherently valuable and valuable in a large number of ways, and second, it is threatened by a huge variety of human activities. It is a measure of a civilized and sophisticated society that it should want to conserve elements of the planet that are both val- ued and threatened (Gray 2004).


I believe that an “ecosystem services” approach to conservation of geologic landscapes is needed in the same way that the concept of ecosystem services has become a common approach to justification of wildlife conservation. Intrinsic or existence values are those associated with things simply for what they are rather than what they can be used for by humans (utilitarian val- ues). There is a large philosophical and ethical discussion on this topic in the literature, and interested readers are referred to, for example, Attfield (1999) and Beckerman and Pasek (2001).


In general, if we are to preserve geo- diversity, the geological environment should be respected both within and beyond protected areas. Clearly, creat- ing a protected area with the supporting legislation and penalties is one approach to preserving geodiversity, but it does not guarantee protection. Regulations can be infringed upon, and political attitudes may be hostile to conservation. In addi- tion, Egypt lacks the funding necessary for enforcement..


Geo-conservation has to be taken more seriously because it is impossible to have a sensible environmental manage-


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