This work describes the achievements made towards geoconservation within the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) from the 1990s onwards. The key milestones in the recognition of geoconservation within the IUCN are presented. Initially, the IUCN's geoconservation efforts were focused on refining the criteria for World Heritage (WH) designation. Subsequently, the actions focused on spreading the geoconservation framework within the IUCN World Conservation Congresses (WCCs), the establishment of an expert group on geoconservation within the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (IUCN-WCPA) and the publication of guidelines for geoconservation. We describe how the inclusion within the IUCN membership of three organizations—two of them Spanish: The Geological Society of Spain (SGE) and the Society for the Defence of Geological and Mining Heritage (SEDPGYM); and one international, ProGEO—has been a key factor. These organizations have achieved the adoption of resolutions in which geoconservation, its vision, its principles and its definitions have been taken into account in the IUCN WCC (2008–2020 period), and have promoted the geoconservation conceptual framework among nature conservationists. We also analyse the progress made and offer a series of recommendations to improve geoconservation in the future adopting a more integrated approach to nature conservation within the IUCN. This article is part of the Theo Murphy meeting issue ‘Geodiversity for science and society’.

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国际自然保护联盟 (IUCN) 的地质保护

本书描述了 20 世纪 90 年代以来国际自然保护联盟 (IUCN) 在地质保护方面取得的成就。介绍了 IUCN 内承认地质保护的关键里程碑。最初，世界自然保护联盟的地质保护工作重点是完善世界遗产（WH）指定标准。随后，行动重点是在 IUCN 世界保护大会（WCC）内推广地质保护框架、在 IUCN 世界保护区委员会（IUCN-WCPA）内建立地质保护专家组以及出版地质保护指南。我们描述了如何将三个组织（其中两个是西班牙组织）纳入 IUCN 成员资格：西班牙地质学会 (SGE) 和保护地质与采矿遗产协会 (SEDPGYM)；国际组织 ProGEO 一直是一个关键因素。这些组织已通过决议，将地质保护及其愿景、原则和定义纳入IUCN WCC（​​2008-2020年期间），并在自然保护主义者中推广了地质保护概念框架。我们还分析了所取得的进展，并提出了一系列建议，以在未来在 IUCN 内采用更加综合的自然保护方法来改善地质保护。本文是西奥·墨菲会议问题“科学与社会的地理多样性”的一部分。