Ciletuh Palabuan Ratu UNESCO Global Geopark Digital Map for ESD Asep Herry Hernawan, Prihantini, Mochamad Iqbal Ardimansyah, M Ridwan Sutisna
Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia
Abstract
Geopark plays an important role in maintaining the survival of the Earth through increasing awareness and respect for the environment and cultural resources (Fernández Álvarez, 2020). Geopark is able to provide a medium to learn about the values contained in nature and culture. One of the geoparks in Indonesia is the Ciletuh Geopark. After being recognized by UNESCO, officially named Ciletuh Palabuan Ratu UNESCO Global Geopark (UGGp) is a geographic region that has a Geological Site and a valuable Geological heritage in the form of Geodiversity, Biodiversity, and Cultural Diversity. In the educational context, Geopark can be used to foster community understanding and concern for the earth and the surrounding environment. Geopark as a protected natural heritage has the potential to be a very effective tool to support science and nature education (Tormey, 2019). Education is important in supporting transformative change, learning opportunities for life and inclusive learning (Silva & Sá, 2018). In order to maintain the usefulness of the values and information possessed by Ciletuh Palabuan Ratu UGGp, it is necessary to develop a digital map to show the diversity distribution. Using the waterfall model, geographic information system software formed in a web-based digital map, is developed through five stages of development, which are identification of problems, study of literature, data collection, system design, and testing.
Keywords: geopark, digital map, earth and science education
