Monitoring of the Visitors Impact at "Ponta da Ferraria e Pico das Camarinhas" Geosite (São Miguel Island, Azores UNESCO Global Geopark, Portugal)

This work is co-funded by the European Union through the European Regional Development Fund based on COMPETE 2020 (Programa Operacional da Competitividade e Internacionalizacao),project ICT(UID/GEO/04683/2013) with reference POCI-01-0145-FEDER-007690 and national funds provided by Fundacao para a Ciencia e Tecnologia. We also thank the Azores Geopark management body and staff for the support to the master thesis attheaimofwhichthismonitoringwascarriedout.Authorsexpresstheir gratitude for the comments made by Dr. Juana Vegas and by an anonymous reviewer, who contributed to improve the final quality of the manuscript.