International NGO-Workshop in New Delhi
Announcement and Call for Inputs on "Tourism towards 2002"
International NGO Workshop preparing for The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) COP 6 / The International Year of Ecotourism 2002 /
The World Summit on Sustainable Development ("Rio + 10")
Date: 16th - 18th August, 2001 / Venue: Hotel Vikram, New Delhi, India
Organisers: EQUATIONS (Bangalore/India) /
Ecological Tourism in Europe, ETE (Bonn/Germany)
Workshop Background:
Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) COP 4 (Bratislava, 1998) and COP 5 (Nairobi, 2000)
International NGO Workshop on Tourism and Biological Diversity in Berlin, March 2000 /
International Expert Workshop, Dominican Republic, June 2001, on International Guidelines for Tourism and Biological Diversity / UN Declaration of the "International Year of Ecotourism" (IYE) 2002 / Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) / Action Programme on Tourism and Sustainable
Development (CSD-7, New York, April 1999)
Workshop Objectives:
Reflection on and discussion of international processes and decisions on tourism, biological diversity and sustainable development among representatives of NGOs, indigenous peoples and international organisations from the South and the North.
Formulation of statements on the proposed International Guidelines for Tourism and Biological Diversity in the CBD framework and on the International Year of Ecotourism 2002
Discussion of possibilities for NGO networking on tourism towards 2002 to influence international processes (e.g. International NGO Clearinghouse, CSD Tourism Caucus and e-group).
Call for Inputs:
Your are welcome to get involved in the discussion prior to the workshop at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CBD_guidelines
Workshop Invitations and Programme: Invitations and a detailed programme of the workshop
will be circulated shortly.
Workshop Organisers:
EQUATIONS, 198, IInd Cross, Church Road, New Thippasandra, Bangalore 560 075, India
Tel./Fax +91-80-5 29 29 05; 5 28 23 13; E-mail: equations1@vsnl.com / Contact person: K.T. Suresh
Ecological Tourism in Europe (ETE), Am Michaelshof 810; D-53177 Bonn, Germany
Tel. +49-228-35 90 08; Fax +49-228-35 90 96; E-mail: oete-bonn@t-online.de / Contact person: Michael Meyer
The workshop is supported by the German Federal Ministry of Environment, Nature Conservation and Reactor Safety & United Nations Environment Program.
July 2001
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