Travelers Philanthropy Conference Registration Opens
Under the banner Making Travelers Philanthropy work for Development, Philanthropy Work for Development, Business, and Conservation, the Travelers Philanthropy international conference will focus on the growing trend among responsible tourism businesses to support community and conservation projects in the host countries where they operate.
The 200 to 300 international conference attendees will include representatives from tourism companies, as well as experts from development and conservation organizations, representatives from the UN and other international agencies, academics, government officials, the media, and others interested in how responsible tourism can contribute to poverty alleviation and biodiversity conservation.
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Wangari Maathai, founder of Kenya’s Greenbelt Movement, has been invited to give the keynote address. Via plenary sessions and workshops the conference will cover a range of current issues including:
• The role of tourism businesses in supporting HIV-AIDS education and prevention.
• Raising funds from travelers and travel businesses for conservation of wildlife, and parks and protected areas.
• Travelers Philanthropy initiatives to address climate change.
• Developing business models that incorporate Travelers Philanthropy as a central element.
The conference will be held at the Ngurdoto Mountain Lodge in Arusha, near the base of Mt. Kilimanjaro and Mt. Meru that serves as at gateway to game parks
The 2008 conference is organized by the Center on Ecotourism and Sustainable Development (CESD), a US-based nonprofit which hosted a highly successful Travelers Philanthropy conference at Stanford University in 2004.
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