Geodiversity, Geoconservation, and Geotourism in Central America

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

The paper has been improved and all the comments were reflected in the revised version. With adding Discussion and explaining methodology, it became more understandable for the reader about the overall merit of this paper. 

Author Response

Dear Reviewer #1:

Thank you very much for your review.

All the best,

Adolfo.

Reviewer 2 Report

Dear Authors, I highly appreciate your revisions, and I see your manuscript looking much better. However, I strongly feel that the sebsections 4.2 and 4.3 (Discussion) need extension and strenthening. For instance, I strongly recommend to look at the papers by C. Prosser and write about geoconservation details. A good manual can be dowloaded from here:

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/322204265_Geological_conservation_-_a_guide_to_good_practice

I also think that you need to discuss accessibility of your geosites. The general idea is introduced by Mikhailenko et al., but I think that you do not need to do any calculations - just consider the accessibility qualitatively. See here:

https://www.mdpi.com/2571-9408/4/3/60

Look also here, please:

https://sciendo.com/pdf/10.1515/agta-2018-0005

In References, please, check all. For instance, the journal's name in item 7 is incomplete.

Author Response

1. Dear Authors, I highly appreciate your revisions, and I see your manuscript looking much better.

R/ Thank you very much for your suggestions

2. However, I strongly feel that the subsections 4.2 and 4.3 (Discussion) need extension and strengthening. For instance, I strongly recommend to look at the papers by C. Prosser and write about geoconservation details. A good manual can be downloaded from here:

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/322204265_Geological_conservation_-_a_guide_to_good_practice

R/ We strengthened subsections 4.2 and 4.3. adding the recommended references. We added Prosser et al. reference in item number 75. Moreover, we added other 3 references summing 6 references for the subsections 4.2 and 4.3.

3. I also think that you need to discuss accessibility of your geosites. The general idea is introduced by Mikhailenko et al., but I think that you do not need to do any calculations - just consider the accessibility qualitatively. See here:

https://www.mdpi.com/2571-9408/4/3/60

R/ It was added, reference number 82.

4. Look also here, please:

https://sciendo.com/pdf/10.1515/agta-2018-0005

R/ It was added, reference number 74.

5. In References, please, check all. For instance, the journal's name in item 7 is incomplete.

R/ We checked all references, item 7 is correct using the journal’s name abbreviation.

Reviewer 3 Report

Author Response

Dear Reviewer #3:

Thank you very much for your review.

All the best,

Adolfo.