The issue of China world geoparks, featured by multiple functions in terms of geoheritage protection, geosciences popularization, and economic development, have been the focus of government policy-makers, global geologists and visitors for ages. Despite their promising traits, many issues concerning the unique geosciences popularization have not been fully addressed due to the lacking of effective management system and reasonable science education pattern. In this study, we have investigated the geosciences popularization in 27 world geoparks in China to framework their geoscicence popularization types. As a result, four types of world geoparks were outlined including economy-driven (G1), economy-oriented (G2), Economy-protection-popularization balanced (G3), and popularization-protection (G4), providing a significant basis for promoting geopark science popularization construction.
| 科 Family | 属数 Number of genus | 种数 Number of species | 占总种数比例 Percentage of total species (%) | 属 Genus | 种数 Number of species | 占总种数比例 Percentage of total species (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 鹅膏菌科Amanitaceae | 2 | 11 | 5.26 | 鹅膏菌属 Amanita | 10 | 4.78 |
| 小菇科 Mycenaceae | 2 | 12 | 5.74 | 丝盖伞属 Inocybe | 5 | 2.39 |
| 多孔菌科 Polyporaceae | 8 | 14 | 6.70 | 蜡蘑属 Laccaria | 5 | 2.39 |
| 红菇科 Russulaceae | 3 | 23 | 11.00 | 小皮伞属 Marasmius | 6 | 2.87 |
| 小菇属 Mycena | 11 | 5.26 | ||||
| 光柄菇属 Pluteus | 5 | 2.39 | ||||
| 红菇属 Russula | 17 | 8.13 | ||||
| 栓菌属 Trametes | 5 | 2.39 |