Geoconservation Research (Geoconserv. Res.) Management of the Palaeozoic Palaeontological Heritage Associated With Metamorphic Bedrocks: Courel Mountains UNESCO Global Geopark (Spain) Volume 4 (2021) Issue 1, June 2021 - Paleontological Heritage and Geoconservation in the UNESCO European Geoparks (I), edited by Dan Grigorescu, Michael Benton, Vachik Hairapetian 2024 01 30 Management of the Palaeozoic Palaeontological Heritage Associated With Metamorphic Bedrocks: Courel Mountains UNESCO Global Geopark (Spain) 10.30486/gcr.2020.1912243.1039 EN Daniel Ballesteros Courel Mountains UGGp. www.courelmountains.es. Spain UMR 6266 IDEES, University of Rouen-Normandie/CNRS. Mont Saint-Aignan CEDEX, France. 0000-0002-2703-7730 Manuel García-Ávila Courel Mountains UGGp. www.courelmountains.es. Spain Department of Marine Geoscience and Land Use Management, and Galician Paleontological Association, University of  Vigo. Campus Universitario Lagoas Marcosende, 36310 Vigo, Spain 0000-0002-4937-9926 José B. Diez Courel Mountains UGGp. www.courelmountains.es. Spain Department of Marine Geoscience and Land Use Management, and Galician Paleontological Association, University of  Vigo. Campus Universitario Lagoas Marcosende, 36310 Vigo, Spain 0000-0001-5739-7270 Ramón Vila Courel Mountains UGGp. www.courelmountains.es. Spain Geological Museum of Quiroga. Rúa do Caurel, 21, 27320 Quiroga, Spain Xosé Carlos Barros Courel Mountains UGGp. www.courelmountains.es. Spain Juan Carlos Gutiérrez-Marco Courel Mountains UGGp. www.courelmountains.es. Spain Institute of Geosciences (CSIC, UCM), Dr. Severo Ochoa 7 - 4ª pl., 28040 Madrid, Spain 0000-0003-4213-6144 Pablo Caldevilla Courel Mountains UGGp. www.courelmountains.es. Spain Higher Technical School of Mine Engineering, University of León. Campus de Vegazana, s/n, 24071 León, Spain 0000-0001-7467-417X Martín Alemparte Courel Mountains UGGp. www.courelmountains.es. Spain Rural Development Group Ribeira Sacra-Courel, Rúa Doctor López Lallana 6, 1ºD, 27340 Bóveda, Spain Journal Article 2024 01 30 The Spanish Courel Mountains UNESCO Global Geopark has strong educational and touristic resources despite limited preservation of Paleozoic invertebrate fossil assemblages within metamorphic rocks. The paleontological sites are managed by means of their inventory and integration in a Geographical Information System, the construction of virtual 3D fossil models, the creation of a fossil collection exhibition, the transport of large boulders with fossils to places such as tourist offices, and hiking trails to see ichnofossils. To enable geoconservation, the Palaeozoic paleontological sites are neither promoted nor frequently visited. Fossils found in the Geopark by paleontologists and fortuitously by local people or hikers are deposited and safeguarded in the Geological Museum and are available for eventual exhibition and paleontological studies.