GGDD19:
October 8 – 12, Croatia
Tourism to support nature and biodiversity
Nature and Biodiversity will be the main topics of this theme with a focus on marine life protection. For example, Menorca will show how they protected their territory by becoming a Biosphere Reserve, Bohinj will present their International Wild Flower Festival, raising awareness for environmental issues and Guam will present their initiatives to prevent damage to coral reefs also by raising awareness between stakeholders.
PANEL 3A: TOURISM & NATURE (1)
Day 2 (10 Oct) 15:00 – 16:30
Mali Lošinj
Panel Chair: Tuncay Kuleli
Nature and Biodiversity will be the main topics of this panel with a focus on marine life protection. For example, Menorca will show how they protected their territory by becoming a Biosphere Reserve and Guam will present their initiatives to prevent damage to coral reefs by raising awareness between stakeholders.

Irene Estaún
Director of the Menorca Biosphere Reserve Agency
Spain

Karin Nilsson
Destination Åsnen
Sweden
Protecting nature and wildlife with conscious tourism development

Mallory Morgan
National Coral Reef Management Fellow, Guam Bureau of Statistics and Plans
Guam
Tourism for Tasi (Ocean): Leveraging Stakeholders for the Benefit of Nature and Business

Petra Stijelja
Priroda Public Institution
Croatia
Coexistence of tourism development and biodiversity preservation – Beli Visitor Centre
PANEL 3B: TOURISM & NATURE (2)
Day 3 (11 Oct) 11:00 – 12:30
Mali Lošinj
Panel Chair: Beatriz Barreal
Nature and Biodiversity will be the main topics of this panel with a focus on marine life protection. For example, Bohinj will present their International Wild Flower Festival, raising awareness for environmental issues.

João Cardoso de Melo
Ecological Infrastructure Management Director, Cascais Ambiente.
Portugal
Quinta do Pisão – Nature Park: A landscape-scale conservation project that links wildlife and people

Viorela Chiper
Asociatia Tinutul Zimbrului
Romania
Bison Land – the place where the legends and the bisons are living in the wild
Klemen Langus
Tourism Bohinj Board
Slovenia
The Wild Flower Festival, a small festival with global impact

Peter Mackelworth
Blue World Institute
Croatia
Ensuring environmental resilience in the face of tourism development

Carlos Bernardes
Mayor of Torres Vedras
Portugal
The case of Castro do Zambujal – A 5,000 Year Old Destination
Ana Rita Pico
Tourism Coordinator, Câmara Municipal de Lagos
Portugal
Conservation and promotion of natural heritage from Ponta da Piedade