Thomas Hearing, a student who worked on a Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site (WHS) research project, has been named UK Young Scientist of the Year 2010.

UNESCO: UK National Commission for UNESCO :: Jurassic Coast student named UK Young Scientist of the Year 2010

One of the key elements of the new Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site management plan is an education programme that actively engages young people in the conservation and interpretation of the Site.

UNESCO: UK National Commission for UNESCO :: Jurassic Coast student named UK Young Scientist of the Year 2010

At the latest meeting with the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) and the DfT, the two county councils put forward their case for the need for better protection of the area, which is part of the Jurassic Coast - a World Heritage Site.

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The Youth Summit follows similar events in held 2010 and 2012 at Jurassic Coast and Greenwich Maritime World Heritage Sites.

UNESCO: 2015 UNESCO UK World Heritage Youth Summit Conference

Instead of scientists' re-creating the world of dinosaurs as in Jurassic Park, this tale's mad scientist and colleagues invent technology to transport people to other periods of time.

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Recent attractions in England which have been given World Heritage Site status include the "Jurassic Coast", a 150-kilometre stretch of coast in Dorset and Devon known for its prehistoric remains.

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First it was sub zero temperatures, now what is believed to be the world's most northerly grove of a Jurassic tree has weathered one of the wettest Julys.

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He won a MacArthur Foundation "genius" grant, has two honorary degrees, inspired a character in "Jurassic Park" and is curator of paleontology for the largest Tyrannosaurus rex collection in the world.

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