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			<PublisherName>Geoconservation Research (Geoconserv. Res.)</PublisherName>
			<JournalTitle>On the Geological and Palaeontological Heritage of the Azores Archipelago and the Urgent need to Review the Geosites of the Azores UNESCO Geopark: A Comment on Lima &amp; Meneses (2023), Geoconservation Research, 6: 114-127</JournalTitle>
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			<Volume>Volume 6 (2023)</Volume>
			<Issue>Issue 2, December 2023 (Geoconservation in Latin America and the Caribbean)</Issue>
			<PubDate PubStatus="epublish">
                <Year>2023</Year>
                <Month>12</Month>
                <Day>13</Day>
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		<ArticleTitle>On the Geological and Palaeontological Heritage of the Azores Archipelago and the Urgent need to Review the Geosites of the Azores UNESCO Geopark: A Comment on Lima &amp; Meneses (2023), Geoconservation Research, 6: 114-127</ArticleTitle>
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		<ELocationID EIdType="doi">10.57647/j.gcr.2023.0602.28</ELocationID>
		<Language>EN</Language>
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            			<Author>
                				<FirstName>Sérgio</FirstName>
				<LastName>P. Ávila</LastName>
				<Affiliation>MPB – Marine Palaeontology and Biogeography Lab, University of the Azores, Rua da Mãe de Deus, 9501-801 Ponta Delgada, Açores, Portugal
CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO Laboratório Associado, Pólo dos Açores, Azores, Portugal
UNESCO Chair – Land Within Sea: Biodiversity &amp; Sustainability in Atlantic Islands
BIOPOLIS Program in Genomics, Biodiversity and Land Planning, CIBIO, Vairão, Portugal</Affiliation>
				<Identifier Source="ORCID">0000-0003-4317-3051</Identifier>
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            			<Author>
                				<FirstName>Ana</FirstName>
				<LastName>Hipólito</LastName>
				<Affiliation>MPB – Marine Palaeontology and Biogeography Lab, University of the Azores, Rua da Mãe de Deus, 9501-801 Ponta Delgada, Açores, Portugal
CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO Laboratório Associado, Pólo dos Açores, Azores, Portugal
UNESCO Chair – Land Within Sea: Biodiversity &amp; Sustainability in Atlantic Islands
BIOPOLIS Program in Genomics, Biodiversity and Land Planning, CIBIO, Vairão, Portugal</Affiliation>
				<Identifier Source="ORCID">0000-0003-4213-6574</Identifier>
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            			<Author>
                				<FirstName>Patrícia</FirstName>
				<LastName>Madeira</LastName>
				<Affiliation>MPB – Marine Palaeontology and Biogeography Lab, University of the Azores, Rua da Mãe de Deus, 9501-801 Ponta Delgada, Açores, Portugal
CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO Laboratório Associado, Pólo dos Açores, Azores, Portugal
UNESCO Chair – Land Within Sea: Biodiversity &amp; Sustainability in Atlantic Islands
BIOPOLIS Program in Genomics, Biodiversity and Land Planning, CIBIO, Vairão, Portugal</Affiliation>
				<Identifier Source="ORCID">0000-0003-4356-9769</Identifier>
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            			<Author>
                				<FirstName>Lara</FirstName>
				<LastName>Baptista</LastName>
				<Affiliation>MPB – Marine Palaeontology and Biogeography Lab, University of the Azores, Rua da Mãe de Deus, 9501-801 Ponta Delgada, Açores, Portugal
CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO Laboratório Associado, Pólo dos Açores, Azores, Portugal
UNESCO Chair – Land Within Sea: Biodiversity &amp; Sustainability in Atlantic Islands
Departamento de Biologia, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, Portugal
University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Institute for Integrative Nature Conservation Research, Gregor-Mendel-Straße 33 1180 Wien, Austria</Affiliation>
				<Identifier Source="ORCID">0000-0003-1099-2915</Identifier>
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            			<Author>
                				<FirstName>Samuel</FirstName>
				<LastName>Arruda</LastName>
				<Affiliation>MPB – Marine Palaeontology and Biogeography Lab, University of the Azores, Rua da Mãe de Deus, 9501-801 Ponta Delgada, Açores, Portugal
CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO Laboratório Associado, Pólo dos Açores, Azores, Portugal</Affiliation>
				<Identifier Source="ORCID">0000-0002-8740-3026</Identifier>
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            			<Author>
                				<FirstName>Gonçalo</FirstName>
				<LastName>Castela Ávila</LastName>
				<Affiliation>MPB – Marine Palaeontology and Biogeography Lab, University of the Azores, Rua da Mãe de Deus, 9501-801 Ponta Delgada, Açores, Portugal
Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, Portugal</Affiliation>
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            			<Author>
                				<FirstName>Carlos</FirstName>
				<LastName>Góis-Marques</LastName>
				<Affiliation>CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO Laboratório Associado, Pólo dos Açores, Azores, Portugal
BIOPOLIS Program in Genomics, Biodiversity and Land Planning, CIBIO, Vairão, Portugal
Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, Portugal
Madeira Botanical Group (GBM), Faculdade de Ciências da Vida, Universidade da Madeira, Campus da Penteada, 9000-390, Funchal, Portugal</Affiliation>
				<Identifier Source="ORCID">0000-0002-0255-7641</Identifier>
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            			<Author>
                				<FirstName>Rui</FirstName>
				<LastName>Quartau</LastName>
				<Affiliation>Departamento de Geologia, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Campo Grande 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal
Divisão de Geologia Marinha, Instituto Hidrográfico, Lisboa, Portugal</Affiliation>
				<Identifier Source="ORCID">0000-0003-3148-7520</Identifier>
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			<PubDate PubStatus="received">
				<Year>2023</Year>
				<Month>12</Month>
				<Day>13</Day>
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		<Abstract>In a recent review article, Lima &amp; Meneses (2023, Geoconservation Research, 6 (1): 114–127) reported on the Azores Geopark, introducing a new geosite for São Miguel Island. We here express our concerns regarding the data presented in this review article. In our commentary, we focus mainly on the use of older bibliographic sources and inaccurate age estimates for some islands, as well as the absence of important references, which results in a poor revision of the published literature on the geology and paleontology of the Azores Archipelago. Furthermore, and over ten years since the successful application to UNESCO for the implementation of the Azores Geopark, we stress the urgent need to re-evaluate the list of geosites selected by the Azores Geopark team, a task that we suggest could be done involving the collaboration of an expert and multidisciplinary scientific team.</Abstract>
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