Bringing geoheritage underwater: methodological approaches to evaluation and mapping. Rovere, A., Vacchi, M., Parravicini, V., Morri, C., Bianchi, C., N., & Firpo, M. Mapping Geoheritage, 35:65-80, 2010.
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The valorisation of the natural heritage (here intended as the complex of biotic and abiotic elements of nature worthy of conservation) assumed a growing importance in the last years, leading to place biodiversity and geodiversity concepts side by side (Brilha, 2002). This in turn channelled efforts to protect not only biotopes, but also the associated physical landscape or environment through the identification of geo- sites or geomorphosites (Panizza & Piacente, 1993; Panizza, 2001; Reynard, 2004, 2005). In the field of abiotic heritage evaluation, various methods have been pro- posed for the recognition of scientific and additional values of relevant geological and geomorphological sites (Panizza, 2001; Coratza & Giusti, 2005; Pereira et al., 2007; Reynard et al., 2007; Serrano & Ruiz Flaño, 2007; Zouros, 2007). Natural heri- tage studies cover most types of environments, from mountain and subterranean areas to plains and coasts. Nevertheless, while many approaches to valorisation of natural heritage are reported for emerged shorelines (e.g. Carobene & Firpo, 2005; Zouros, 2007), research on coastal submerged areas (Orrù & Ulzega, 1988; Orrù et al., 2005) still lacks common schemes and approaches when compared with studies dealing with marine ecological resources (Bianchi,

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