Educational strategies for the promotion of cultural and natural heritage.

• Greece
• Italy
• Malta
• Portugal
• Romania
• Turkey

The EduNatHer project targeted the development of an educational webGIS platform addressed to young people (undergraduate/graduate students) from different nations interested to learn about earth sciences. IRMCo’s role was to develop a set of interactive e-learning modules on the natural and cultural heritage of the island of Gozo.

IRMCo successfully delivered 5 web-based GIS modules on the natural and cultural heritage of the island of Gozo on the following thematic topics:

• Module 1 Gozo today
• Module 2 Geological setting
• Module 3 Water Resources
• Module 4 Karst Heritage
• Module 5 Vulnerability Mapping 

The design and development of these web-based GIS e-learning modules were presented at two events:

• Italo-Maltese Workshop, Integration of the geomorphological environment and cultural heritage for tourism promotion and hazard prevention, Malta 24-27 April 2007: Development of a web-based GIS promoting the natural and cultural heritage of the karst island Gozo
• MCST Research EXPO, 3-7 November 2008: Educational Strategies for the Promotion of Natural Heritage

IRMCo also contributed with 3 articles to the compilation of a book entitled Natural Heritage from East to West, Case Studies from 6 EU countries, published by Springer Verlag in 2010:

• The natural heritage of the Island of Gozo, Malta
• Our Ancestral Country Allies – The Rubble Walls
• The geomorphological cave features of Għar il-Friefet