Aras UNESCO Global Geopark Projects

Aras Geopark is located in East Azerbaijan Province of Iran. The Geopark has an area of about 1670 square kilometers and is spread across the whole Julfa County. From a natural geographical view, this mountainous area is the southern end of little Caucasus that encompasses countries include Armenia, Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic and northern Azerbaijan of Iran. This mountain, alongside Alborz and Zagros are forming the middle part of the Alpine-Himalayan Orogeny that stretches from southern Europe to eastern Asia, acting as a natural barrier, causing a great diversity in climate, life, and cultures on each of the two sides of the slopes. Geotourism studies in Aras Geopark has been done in cooperation with geoheritage institute of the Middle East (GEOHIM), under supervision of Alireza Amrikazemi, Geological survey of Iran.

Cooperation with Aras Geopark started in September 2017 with Geoproducts consultation project and it continued till now with working on local community engagement, designing interpretation boards and etc.