Challenges for a geoconservation strategy of the palaeontological heritage in Araripe Geopark (Ceará, NE Brazil)

The protection of fossils has paramount importance to Araripe Geopark managers but unfortunately some of the foreseen measures are not possible to be implemented by the geopark alone because the solution depends on federal, state, and local institutions. Nevertheless, the geopark can do an important work with local communities especially in what concerns formal and non-formal education, which is the main aim of this work