Case Studies from Africa and Beyond The aims of this Special Volume are to provide examples of the valuable geoheritage of countries in Africa and the Middle East, and to document international case studies related to geoheritage, geotourism and geoparks more widely in China, Australia and Europe. The book consists mainly of papers presented at the First International Conference on Geoparks in Africa and the Middle East. The Conference was held in El Jadida (Morocco) from 20 to 28 November 2011 and was organised by the African Association of Women in Geosciences and the African Geoparks Network in collaboration with UNESCO Cairo Office. All manuscripts were reviewed to ensure that they be considered as fully “peer-reviewed scientific papers”. In order to allow wider access all the abstracts are translated into Arabic and French.