KEY INVITED PRESENTATIONS (2001-2009)

International Seminar on Ecotourism and Protected Areas, Maputo, 5-7 November 2008 United Nations World Tourism Organization This seminar was held in Maputo, Mozambique, in November 2008. It focused on the contribution of ecotourism to community development, poverty reduction and financing of protected areas. The event was intended to provide opportunities for countries in the region to present experiences and examples, as well as analyzing the case of Mozambique and the Great Limpopo National Park, in order to reflect and discuss on the opportunities and challenges of ecotourism, related policy issues and management techniques. The seminar aimed at providing a practical experience for policy makers, managers, operators and development organizations involved in ecotourism, through dynamic exchanges and concrete examples. Links: United Nations World Tourism Organization Official Proceedings - Download here (682 KB, pdf file) Session 1: Creating an enabling environment for nature conservation and ecotourism development Download here (4,535 KB, pdf file) Session 2: Reducing poverty and providing community benefits through supply chains Download here (3,055 KB, pdf file) Session 3: Supporting nature conservation through tourism Download here (5,013 KB, pdf file) Case studies on nature-based tourism and poverty alleviation, Johannesburg, 19-21 May 2008 African Safari Lodges Foundation / Ford Foundation South African case studies developed for information dissemination of best practice workshops between South Africa, India and Brazil. Case studies developed address the policy context, planning and development, tourism products and activities, impacts (environmental, social and economic) and current issues and replicability. Three of the case studies developed focus on Phinda Private Game Reserve and Rocktail Beach Lodge in South Africa, and the Torra Conservancy in Namibia. Links: African Safari Lodges Foundation & other presentations : http://www.asl-foundation.org/news.php?id=241&catid= Phinda Private Game Reserve, South Africa Download here (7,047 KB, pdf file) Rocktail Beach Lodge, South Africa Download here (5,018 KB, pdf file) Torra Conservancy, Namibia. Download here (4,537 KB, pdf file) University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 14 May 2008 “Responsible Tourism in Southern Africa” Download here (5,924 KB, pdf file) 2nd International Conference on Responsible Tourism in Destinations, Kerala, India, 21-24 March 2008 “Practical Initiatives in Responsible Tourism in Destinations: Development of an online directory for community-based tourism enterprises in Southern Africa” Download here (5,095 KB, pdf file) International Centre for Responsible Tourism, Balmoral Hotel, Durban, 6 June 2007 “Responsible tourism in practice” IUCN Southern Africa Sustainable Use Specialist Group, Grootbos Nature Reserve, South Africa, 1-4 May 2007 “Wildlife economics research in Southern Africa” Institut National de Tourisme et d’Hotellerie (INTH), Antananarivo, Madagascar, 16-21 March 2007 “Sustainable tourism in South Africa” and “How should tourism be developed in South Africa and Madagascar ?” IUCN Southern African Sustainable Use Specialist Group (SASUSG) AGM, Blyde River Canyon, South Africa, 12-15 June 2006 "Update of information on Community-based Tourism Enterprises in Southern Africa and Marketing support " 4th Kruger National Park Science Networking Meeting, South Africa, 13-17 March 2006 "Tourism in the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Conservation Area: Achievements, observations and future work” 6th AHEAD-GLTFCA Working Group Meeting, Kruger National Park, South Africa, 9-10 March 2006 "Transboundary Protected Areas Research Initiative” African Safari Lodges Workshop on Certification, Johannesburg, South Africa, 28 February 2006 " Tourism Certification in Africa” Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park Joint Management Board, Kruger National Park, 17-19 October 2005 "Tourism in the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Conservation Area" Regional Technical and Scientific Working Group and Project Steering Committee Meetings of the Coastal Tourism PDF-B Project, Mahé, Seychelles and Calabar, Nigeria Sub-regional Workshops in Mombassa, Kenya and Banjul, The Gambia. May-December 2005 " Ecotourism, biodiversity conservation and reef management in East and West Africa" CSIR-Environmentek, Stellenbosch, South Africa, 26 July 2005 "Nature-based tourism in southern Africa" Transboundary Protected Areas Research Initiative (TPARI)/IUCN workshop on Tourism in the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Conservation Area,14-16 April 2005 " Wits Rural Facility, South Africa, Tourism in the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Conservation Area“ Research workshop on ecosystems and tourism, Beijer Institute, Chobe, Botswana, 6-8 January 2005 " Local economic impacts from nature-based tourism“ World Tourism Organisation Tourism Policy Forum, Tourism's Potential as a sustainable development strategy, George Washington University, Washington D.C., USA, 18-20 October 2004 " Communities and Tourism: Reality in South Africa" ATLAS Africa Conference, Pretoria, South Africa 29 September -1 October 2004 “ Holistic sustainability assessments of nature-based tourism in South Africa” IUCN Southern Africa Sustainable Use Specialist Group, Addo Elephant National Park, South Africa, 5-7 May 2004 " Stories from Southern Africa” and “Gaps in conservation economics research" Vth World Parks Congress, Durban, South Africa, 8-17 September 2003 "Do local benefits from nature-based tourism generate support for protected areas?" International Conference on Tourism Development in Environmentally Sensitive Areas, Cairo, Egypt, 26-29 May 2003 " Environmental sustainability of nature-based tourism enterprises in protected areas: 4 Case studies from South Africa" Ecotourism and nature parks in East and Southern Africa, Afrika Studie Centrum, Leiden, The Netherlands, 12 November 2002 " Vilanculos Coastal Wildlife Sanctuary: Power, poverty and tourism" Responsible Tourism in Destinations, Cape Town, South Africa, 22 August 2002 " Application of the South African environmental guidelines to two nature-based tourism enterprises" International Association for the Study of Common Property, 9 th Biennial Conference, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, 17-21 June 2002 "Vilanculos Coastal Wildlife Sanctuary: Power, poverty and tourism" Conference on the National Responsible Tourism Guidelines for South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa, 12 March 2002 " Application of the Responsible Tourism Guidelines to the nature-based tourism operation of Coral Divers, Sodwana Bay, South Africa" Tourism as a Catalyst for community-based development in Africa, Centre for AfrikaTourism, University of Pretoria, South Africa, 1-3 October 2001 " Comparative Community Benefits from two Lodge-Benefit systems" Integrating Biodiversity into the Tourism Sector, Mexico City, Mexico, 29-31 March 2001 "Integration of biodiversity conservation into tourism planning in South Africa" Planning, Development and Management of Ecotourism in Africa, World Tourism Organisation, Maputo, Mozambique, 5-6 March 2001 "Comparative Community Benefits from two Lodge-Benefit systems" Please contact me if you would like to receive more detailed information on the presentations.