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Ecotourism South Africa ConfEx

DATE:

9 to 11 November 2005

VENUE:

Indaba Hotel, Fourways

TOPICS:

Regulations affecting the tourism and environment industry
Loraine Fick
Senior Specialist: Landscape Architect & Directorate: Water Allocation and instream Use
Sub-Directory Environment and Recreation & DWAF
National Treasury's Public Private Partnerships toolkit for tourism
Sue Lund
Senior Project Advisor: PPP Unit
National Treasury
South Africa's natural heritage - ensuring the sustainability of our most important asset
Dr Nick King
Executive Director
Endangered Wildlife Trust (EWT)
The growth of the ecotourism sector through transformation initiatives
Dr Patrick Matlou
Deputy Director-General: Tourism
National Department of Environmental Affairs And Tourism
Ecotourism: a plan for sustainability
Paul Bewsher
Senior Consultant
Ecotourism Africa Trust
Quality and Compliance issues in the Ecotourism Framework
Carol Poole
Special Projects Manager
South African Tourism Services Association (SATSA)
Addressing capacity building, education and skills development in the area of ecotourism
Prf Melville Saayman
Director: Tourism and Leisure
University of North West
CASE STUDY: Discussing capacity building, education and training in private Institutions
Andre Kilian
Executive Director
South African College for Tourism and the South African Wildlife College
CASE STUDY: Encouraging responsible tourism in Africa - a FEDHASA approach
Brett Dungan
National Chairman
Federated Hospitality Association of South Africa (FEDHASA)
The ocean is boss - the impact of marine tourism growth on climate change and terrestrial ecotourism
Peter Myles
Director: Centre for Tourism Studies
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
Ecotourism and game ranching - why it works
Prof Wouter van Hoven
Chairman and Professor: the Centre of Wildlife Management,
Ecolife Consultancy and University of Pretoria
CASE STUDY: Ecotourism - a SANparks perspective
Glenn Phillips
Executive Director: Tourism Development and Marketing
South African National Parks
Challenges facing responsible hunting in South Africa
Dr Johan Kotzé
Deputy Director: Tourism Development, Planning and Ecotourism
National Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism
CASE STUDY: Regaining lost ground for wildlife - a practical example
Stewart Dorrington
President and Member
PHASA and the Advisory Hunting Panel of Experts to Marthinus van Schalkwyk
The continuous evaluation of Tourism
Victoria Clarke
Tourism Specialist,
Development Bank of Southern Africa
PANEL DISCUSSION: Just how sustainable is
WORKSHOP FACILITATOR: BUSANI SELABE
the holistic view to community participation
the enabling policy and legislative frameworks
communities as indispensable partners to biodiversity conservation and sustainable development
getting the community involved and sharing the benefits, profits and losses
the myopic view to community participation
policy and implementation challenges

BENEFITS OF ATTENDING:

protecting South Africa's natural heritage
regulations pertaining to the ecotourism industry
quality service delivery
responsible tourism practices
sustaining the ecotourism industry
game ranching and hunting
the importance of marine tourism
the vital role of public participation and community involvement
responsible marketing of the ecotourism industry
planning and evaluation of tourism practices
to understand the importance of involving communities in ecotourism programmes and projects
to understand what community participation means and what it does not mean
understand possible reasons why the ecotourism industry today may not have achieved the conservation aspect and or sustainable development
challenges to the ecotourism industry in achieving conservation and sustainable development
participating in the collective search for a solution to the challenges facing community participation processes

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

Tourism
Biodiversity
Conservation and Sustainability
Culture and heritage
Animal Protection
Game Ranching
Marine Tourism
Community, Private and Public involvement in Ecotourism
Poverty alleviation
Capacity Building and Education
Marketing of Ecotourism Destinations
Animal Protection Groups and Organisations
National and Provincial Departments of Environmental Affairs & Tourism
National and Provincial Departments of Water Affairs and Forestry
National and Provincial Departments of Agriculture
National and Provincial Departments of Social Development
National Treasury
District and Local Municipalities
NGO's and Governing Bodies
Consultancies
Tertiary Institutions and Research Houses
Investors in the Ecotourism Industry
National and Provincial Parks
Game Reserves
Organisations concerned with Marine Tourism

Registration fee per delegate: R 5,650.00 + VAT = R 6,441.00

Click here to download the registration form

For more information:

Contact Marks Koloane on 011 803 0009 or info@tci-sa.co.za

Or use our automated Feedback Form.


Ecotourism South Africa ConfEx

DATE:	9 to 11 November 2005

VENUE:	Indaba Hotel, Fourways

TOPICS:

Regulations affecting the tourism and environment industry Loraine Fick Senior Specialist: Landscape Architect & Directorate: Water Allocation and instream Use Sub-Directory Environment and Recreation & DWAF National Treasury's Public Private Partnerships toolkit for tourism Sue Lund Senior Project Advisor: PPP Unit National Treasury South Africa's natural heritage - ensuring the sustainability of our most important asset Dr Nick King Executive Director Endangered Wildlife Trust (EWT) The growth of the ecotourism sector through transformation initiatives Dr Patrick Matlou Deputy Director-General: Tourism National Department of Environmental Affairs And Tourism Ecotourism: a plan for sustainability Paul Bewsher Senior Consultant Ecotourism Africa Trust Quality and Compliance issues in the Ecotourism Framework Carol Poole Special Projects Manager South African Tourism Services Association (SATSA) Addressing capacity building, education and skills development in the area of ecotourism Prf Melville Saayman Director: Tourism and Leisure University of North West CASE STUDY: Discussing capacity building, education and training in private Institutions Andre Kilian Executive Director South African College for Tourism and the South African Wildlife College CASE STUDY: Encouraging responsible tourism in Africa - a FEDHASA approach Brett Dungan National Chairman Federated Hospitality Association of South Africa (FEDHASA) The ocean is boss - the impact of marine tourism growth on climate change and terrestrial ecotourism Peter Myles Director: Centre for Tourism Studies Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University Ecotourism and game ranching - why it works Prof Wouter van Hoven Chairman and Professor: the Centre of Wildlife Management, Ecolife Consultancy and University of Pretoria CASE STUDY: Ecotourism - a SANparks perspective Glenn Phillips Executive Director: Tourism Development and Marketing South African National Parks Challenges facing responsible hunting in South Africa Dr Johan Kotzé Deputy Director: Tourism Development, Planning and Ecotourism National Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism CASE STUDY: Regaining lost ground for wildlife - a practical example Stewart Dorrington President and Member PHASA and the Advisory Hunting Panel of Experts to Marthinus van Schalkwyk The continuous evaluation of Tourism Victoria Clarke Tourism Specialist, Development Bank of Southern Africa PANEL DISCUSSION: Just how sustainable is WORKSHOP FACILITATOR: BUSANI SELABE the holistic view to community participation the enabling policy and legislative frameworks communities as indispensable partners to biodiversity conservation and sustainable development getting the community involved and sharing the benefits, profits and losses the myopic view to community participation policy and implementation challenges
BENEFITS OF ATTENDING:

protecting South Africa's natural heritage regulations pertaining to the ecotourism industry quality service delivery responsible tourism practices sustaining the ecotourism industry game ranching and hunting the importance of marine tourism the vital role of public participation and community involvement responsible marketing of the ecotourism industry planning and evaluation of tourism practices to understand the importance of involving communities in ecotourism programmes and projects to understand what community participation means and what it does not mean understand possible reasons why the ecotourism industry today may not have achieved the conservation aspect and or sustainable development challenges to the ecotourism industry in achieving conservation and sustainable development participating in the collective search for a solution to the challenges facing community participation processes
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

Tourism Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainability Culture and heritage Animal Protection Game Ranching Marine Tourism Community, Private and Public involvement in Ecotourism Poverty alleviation Capacity Building and Education Marketing of Ecotourism Destinations Animal Protection Groups and Organisations National and Provincial Departments of Environmental Affairs & Tourism National and Provincial Departments of Water Affairs and Forestry National and Provincial Departments of Agriculture National and Provincial Departments of Social Development National Treasury District and Local Municipalities NGO's and Governing Bodies Consultancies Tertiary Institutions and Research Houses Investors in the Ecotourism Industry National and Provincial Parks Game Reserves Organisations concerned with Marine Tourism

Registration fee per delegate: R 5,650.00 + VAT = R 6,441.00

Click here to download the registration form

For more information:

Contact Marks Koloane on 011 803 0009 or info@tci-sa.co.za

Or use our automated Feedback Form.