Martina Pásková is an Assistant Professor at the Recreology and Tourism Department University of Hradec Králové, focusing her research on indigenous and local tourism, ethno-ecotourism using local based approach. From 2002 she works at the Czech Ministry of the Environment as a national expert for geoparks coordination and the chair of the National Geoparks Network of the Czech Republic. She is also member of the Czech Academy of Science Committee on Environment. From 2007, she has been assisting the Rio Coco Geopark project (Nicaragua). From 2011, she serves as an expert for evaluation of the UNESCO Global Geoparks.