The international conference "National Parks, Local Communities and Collaboration", held at Palmse Manor to celebrate the 55th anniversary of Lahemaa National Park, brought together representatives of national parks, local communities, researchers, and sustainable tourism initiatives from across the Baltic States and Europe.The highlight of the two...
Just before Christmas, Estonia's Soomaa region will mark four years since the inscription of its tradition of building and using expanded dugout boats in UNESCO's List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding. The past years have shown that this has not been merely a symbolic recognition, but a process that genuinely supports ...
On 14 December 2021, UNESCO's Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage decided to inscribe "Building and use of expanded dugout boats in the Soomaa region" on UNESCO's List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding. Soomaa's dugout boat culture thus became Estonia's fifth inscription ...
May 28, 2019 To: Minister of the Environment, Mr Rene Kokk We support your call to private forest owners in Estonia, to follow the good example of the state (the State Forest Management organization) to follow the ban on logging in Spring and early Summer. We join the environmental organizations public letter and ask you to establish by the regulation of the Minister of the Environment the protection from logging of all Estonian forests during the bird nesting season. In addition the arguments put forward by the environmental organizations, we want to draw attention to the negative impact that logging during the nesting season has on the tourism sector. Estonia is considered to be one of Europe´s most outstanding birdwatching and wildlife tourism destinations. The high season for the birdwatching tourism lasts from March to June. Felling the trees during the most important and delicate period for the birdlife has a devastating effect on not just the birds, but the competitiveness of the tourism economy and Estonia's reputation as a destination for the nature tourism. The referendum has signed by: Aali Ajaviitetalu OÜ Agnes Tambet giid Aktivest OÜ Albion Reisid OÜ Algallika Külalistemaja / Teine Tee OÜ...
Public appeal of tourism companies to the Environmental Commission of the Parliament of Estonia and the Minister of Environment concerning sustainable management of Estonia forests. Current forest policy and forest management practices in Estonia do not take into sufficient consideration the needs of tourism sector. Increasing forest cutting confli...
Friend of mine, Chris Milnes @reallifepr0ject is organising a 30 min chat on European Ecotourism this Wednesday at 15:00 CET. Add #euroeco to follow along! More info: http://ow.ly/wuZIg
I would like to invite you all to participate on the ONLINE conference "Responsible Travel Week 2014" It takes place 10-16 of February on the social web, read more:http://planeta.wikispaces.com/rtweek2014 On Facebook: https://www.2343ec78a04c6ea9d80806345d31fd78-gdprlock/events/337144946403377 On Google+ : https://plus.1d5920f4b44b27a802bd77c4f0536f5a-gdprlock/events/ccl0a3u9lo9pp53m0e2m7mid9lc On Twitter: follow hashtag #rtweek14 See you next week!
There is a lot of talk about sustainable tourism. Sustainability should be the responsibility of all those involved in tourism.But, who will play a lead role in walking the talk, making tourism more sustainable in real life?Governments? International organizations? Destination managers? Tour operators? “Consumers hold all the power when it comes to the sustainability movement”, says Bruce Poon Tip, the founder of G Adventures, world’s largest adventure travel company with 2000 employees and operating in more than 100 countries. What do you think? Read more http://creatingbetterplaces.wordpress.com/2014/01/03/who-will-lead-...
2nd European Ecotourism Conference was held in Romania last week.It had a main focus on ecotourism destinations in European context.Declaration was formed, find it here:http://www.ecotourism.ee/blog/news/So what to you think about 5 pillars of "ecotourism destinations" within European reality? What is relevant?What is not?Do we miss something important in the concept of ecotourism destinations?
Google Hangout on responsible tourism and ecotourism today. "Responsible tourism", "sustainable tourism", "green travel" - What does it all mean, who is doing it, how & why should consumers get involved? Travel Coffee Break (Wed 19 Dec 2012, 1700 GMT / 1200 EST / 0900 PST) see here http://www.travelcoffeebreak.com/2012/12/responsible-tourism-hangout.html
