The valuing of geological heritage is a crucial task in geoconservation, and particularly relevant in geoparks’ activities. In geoparks displaying a permanent tension between geological resources exploration and geoconservation, valuation practices based on community involvement represent an effective way of accomplishing the geoparks’ goals. This work reports the design, implementation, and preliminary qualitative assessment of an innovative project conducted by the Geosciences Institute of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) developed at the Araripe Unesco Global Geopark (Ceará State, NE Brazil): the Casa da Pedra Reference Center. Since its opening in 2016 the Casa da Pedra is engaged with the promotion of links between geological heritage and all other aspects of the Araripe’s natural and cultural heritage, in a mutually beneficial way. This infrastructure was built at Inhumas, Santana do Cariri. It is placed in a strategic location known as Araripe Basin for those who want to develop research and training activities on geosciences, and it fills the previous lack of basic logistic facilities in the region. It offers accommodation for 60 people, mainly university students from Brazil and abroad, but it is open to local communities for other activities, whether of a cultural or religious character.

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促进Araripe联合国教科文组织全球地质公园的地质遗迹：Casa da Pedra参考中心

地质遗产的估价是地质保护中的关键任务，特别是与地质公园的活动有关。在地质公园显示地质资源勘探与地质保护之间存在永久性的紧张关系时，基于社区参与的评估实践是实现地质公园目标的有效途径。这项工作报告了由里约热内卢联邦大学（巴西）的地球科学研究所在Araripe教科文组织全球地质公园（巴西内华达州塞阿拉州）开发的一项创新项目的设计，实施和初步定性评估。佩德拉参考中心。自2016年开业以来，Casa da Pedra致力于促进地质遗产与Araripe自然和文化遗产的所有其他方面之间的联系，以互惠互利的方式。该基础结构是在圣塔纳·杜卡里里（Santana do Cariri）的Inhumas建立的。它被放置在一个战略位置，称为Araripe盆地，以供那些希望开展地球科学研究和培训活动的人使用，它填补了该地区以前缺乏基本物流设施的不足。它可以容纳60人，主要是来自巴西和国外的大学生，但也向当地社区开放其他活动，无论是文化活动还是宗教活动。