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REGISTRATION
NOW OPEN! TRAVELERS
PHILANTHROPY CONFERENCE Arusha ,
Tanzania , December 3-5, 2008 Online
registration is now open for the 2008 TRAVELERS'
PHILANTHROPYSM conference to be held in Arusha ,
Tanzania , on December 3-5, 2008. Visit
www.travelersphilanthropy.org to access the
special conference registration site. There, you'll
find information about the program and speakers,
hotel and meeting venue, flight information, pre-
and post- conference safaris, list of co-sponsors,
and latest updates. Under the banner
of "Making Travelers' Philanthropysm Work for
Development, Business, and Conservation," this
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, a vibrant tourism town near the base of Mt.
Kilimanjaro and Mt. Meru that serves
as at gateway to Tanzania 's world renowned game
parks. In addition, leading tour operators
in East Africa are providing a variety of
specially designed safaris that will include game
viewing and visits to community projects. Details
of these discounted pre- and post- conference trips
&endash; which are open for conference attendees
and their friends and families &endash; are posted
on the website.
The conference
is attracting a growing list of co-sponsors
including leading tourism operators (Intrepid
Travel, CCAfrica, and Micato Safaris) and NGOs
(WWF, Jane Goodall Institute, Counterpart
International, Ecotourism kenya). Other
Sponsors are being arranged. 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. Contact: Whitney Cooper,
CESD Washington , DC Tel:
202-347-9203 x414 Email:
wcooper@ecotourismcesd. REGISTRATION NOW
OPEN! TRAVELERS'
PHILANTHROPYsm CONFERENCE Scheduled for
Arusha , Tanzania , December 3-5, 2008 Online
registration is now open for the 2008 TRAVELERS'
PHILANTHROPYSM conference to be held in Arusha ,
Tanzania , on December 3-5, 2008. Visit
www.travelersphilanthropy.org to access the
special conference registration site. There, you'll
find information about the program and speakers,
hotel and meeting venue, flight information, pre-
and post- conference safaris, list of co-sponsors,
and latest updates. Under the banner
of "Making Travelers' Philanthropysm Work for
Development, Business, and Conservation," this
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, a vibrant tourism town near the base of Mt.
Kilimanjaro and Mt. Meru that serves
as at gateway to Tanzania 's world renowned game
parks. In addition, leading tour operators
in East Africa are providing a variety of
specially designed safaris that will include game
viewing and visits to community projects. Details
of these discounted pre- and post- conference trips
&endash; which are open for conference attendees
and their friends and families &endash; are posted
on the website.
The conference
is attracting a growing list of co-sponsors
including leading tourism operators (Intrepid
Travel, CCAfrica, and Micato Safaris) and NGOs
(WWF, Jane Goodall Institute, Counterpart
International, Ecotourism kenya). Other
Sponsors are being arranged. 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. Contact: Whitney Cooper,
CESD Washington , DC Tel:
202-347-9203 x414 Email:
wcooper@ecotourismcesd. |
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