Tourism
16 Jan 2012
The Congress theme will be Nature+, a slogan that captures the fundamental importance of nature and its inherent link to every aspect of people's lives. The Congress will explore many of the most pressing environmental and development challenges from this perspective and how strong and resilient nature is intricately linked to solving these issues, including Nature+climate, nature+livelihoods, nature+energy and nature+economics. [ for more information: http://sids-l.iisd.org/events/iucn-world-...
16 Jan 2012
Prince Albert II of Monaco will convene this meeting of experts to focus on ways to promote the sustainable use of oceans. Monaco will invite oceans experts, economists and business representatives from the five regional groups to reflect on the issues of food security, energy, and tourism in order to formulate concrete recommendations as well as implement and ultimately replicate the best learned practices from their local and regional experiences. The meeting will also discuss the...
16 Jan 2012
This third regional workshop in the Workshop Series of the GEO Coastal Zone Community of Practice (CZCP) will focus on the Caribbean and will be organized in partnership with the Caribbean Regional Association (CaRA) for the Caribbean Integrated Coastal Ocean Observing System (CarICOOS), the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS), the Global Terrestrial Observing System (GTOS), the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), and the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (...
16 Jan 2012
The theme of the Symposium, convened by the Commonwealth Local Government Forum (CLGF), is "Building Local Government Alliances: for vibrant and resilient local economies and communities in the Pacific." It aims to highlight the achievements of local government and lessons learnt over the past five years, as well as to look forward to emerging issues and opportunities for local government. [ for more information: http://sids-l.iisd.org/events/second-pacific-local-government-symposium/ ]
16 Jan 2012
As part of the preparations for the Fourth UN Conference on the Least Developed Countries (UNLDC IV, Istanbul, 2011), the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) is organizing an international high-level meeting of experts on sustainable tourism for development in the least developed countries (LDCs). The meeting will aim to ensure that sustainable tourism development for poverty reduction in LDCs is recognized, and that this recognition is translated into meaningful international...
