Geoheritage of Serbia: Representative of its total geodiversity

Abstract

The objects of geoheritage in Serbia represent the overall national geodiversity. Through the short history of the geosite conservation, these sites were given different names, mostly as school examples. The conservation activities expanded since the mid-20th century, but modern methods of the geosite designation and assessment have been applied only from the nineties on the basis of the Pro-GEO principles. In result, an inventory of the geosites of Serbia was made that lists 650 sites, and equalizes the status of geodiversity with that of biodiversity in many social fields.

Objekti geonasleđa u Srbiji predstavljaju njen ukupni geodiverzitet, a u dosadašnjem razvoju ideje geonasleđa oni su se javljali pod različitim imenima. Od polovine 20. veka rad na ovoj oblasti se proširuje, a tek 90-ih godina se ustanovljava savremena metodologija izdvajanja i vrednovanja objekata geonasleđa na principima ProGEO organizacije. Kao rezultat toga nastaje Inventar objekata geonasleđa Srbije koji ima 650 objekata. Tako geodiverzitet, a u okviru njega i geonasleđe, dobija ravnopravan status sa biodiverzitetom.