1st International Conference on African & Arabian Geoparks

20-28 November 2011 - 1st International Conference on African & Arabian Geoparks was held in El-Jadida, Morocco. During this conference Arabian Geoparks Network was launched aims to help the Arabian country in their effort to bring together various parties with an interest in fostering geoparks in the region. Previously, in 2009 during a meeting of the African Association of Women in Geoscience, African Geoparks Network was established. The creation of this new network gives testimony to the successful collaboration of these regional and global networks.