Event Conference
World Environment Day Roundtable | Sustainable tourism
05 Jun 2002
10:30–12:30
Venue: International Environment House I | Room 3
Organization: Geneva Environment Network
Agenda
Welcome by Françoise Belmont, United Nations Environment Programme
Introduction by the moderator, Mark Halle, International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
Presentations by Panel of Experts:
- Eugenio Yunis of the World Tourism Organization on the outcome of May’s World Ecotourism Summit in Quebec
- Frank Vorhies of IUCN on promoting African biodiversity tourism
- Khrisna Ghimire of the UN Research Institute for Social Development on the social impacts of tourism
- Richard Gubler of Kuoni on environmental protection and tourism
- Roger Payne of the International Mountaineering and Climbing Federation on mountains and tourism
Discussion with panelists and participants & wrap-up by moderator