Revalidation as a UNESCO Global Geopark
This important recognition was received by María del Carmen Oviedo Parra, General Manager of the Geopark, and Martha Belem Oliver González, Municipal President of Omitlán de Juárez, Hidalgo, who has been a strong ally in the fulfillment of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). This recognition represents another step toward consolidating the Comarca Minera as a territory that celebrates and protects its geological, natural, and cultural heritage.
The UNESCO Global Geopark Comarca Minera and the Singuilucan Municipality strengthen their partnership.
Meeting with the Singuilucan Municipal President, Yasmín Dávila López, to establish a framework for regional collaboration. During a meeting with Yazmín Dávila López, the Constitutional Municipal President of Singuilucan, the foundations for a collaboration agreement were laid out, along with the proposed activities for the municipality: Solid Waste Management Program, Zero Waste. Water origin, use, and waste to reduce contamination. Recognition and inventory of local cultural heritage for its preservation, care, and protection. Science for Children with workshops and expositions. Promotion of reading. Inclusion in the municipality. Gender equity in the municipality. Tinacales de Singuilucan Georute. Singuilucan and its natural heritage through maguey cultivation. Creation of the Geopark Guardians, custodians of heritage in Singuilucan. Development of the municipality’s risk maps. Schedule of the signing of a collaboration agreement.
The UNESCO Global Geopark Comarca Minera and the Omitlán de Juárez Municipality strengthen their partnership.
During a meeting with Martha Belem Oliver González, the Constitutional Municipal President of Singuilucan, the foundations for a collaboration agreement to implement activities in the municipality were analyzed. Solid Waste Management Program, Zero Waste. Water origin, use, and waste to reduce contamination. Recognition and inventory of local cultural heritage for its preservation, care, and protection. Science for Children with workshops and expositions. Promotion of reading. Inclusion in the municipality. Gender equity in the municipality. Risk analysis and prevention activities at the Omitlán Geosites. Geosite proposal: Historic Center of Omitlán de Juárez Visit to the Institute of Geophysics and the National Seismological Service.
The UNESCO Global Geopark Comarca Minera and the ICATHI strengthen their partnership to achieve shared goals
We are working on a collaboration agreement with ICATHI to instruct the managers of the Huasca de Ocampo geosites, train local Geoguides, and promote the programs Zero Waste, Water Conservation, and Risk Prevention.
Workshop Earth’s sciences and lecture We live in a Geopark
From the UNESCO Global Geopark Comarca Minera, we would like to express our deepest gratitude to the elementary schools, middle schools, telesecundarias, telesecundarias, Telebachillerato Comunitario, and CECyTE Omitlán, as well as their administrators, teachers, and parents, for opening the doors of their educational communities to us. Thank you for allowing us to share with your students the objectives of the Geopark and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, through the support of the Geopark team and the Geopark Guardians of Mineral del Chico and Omitlán de Juárez. We especially appreciate the Geopark Guardians of Omitlán de Juárez for their participation in the visits to the following schools in their municipality: Carlos Sánchez Mejorada Elementary School Melchor Ocampo Elementary School Ignacio López Rayón Elementary School Benito Juárez Elementary School Independencia Elementary School, Venta de Guadalupe CecyTEH Omitlán And the Geopark Guardians of Mineral del Chico for their valuable presence at schools…