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Global ecotourism conference Held At Oslo 2007 Was Well Represented By Nations From All Over The World

First Conference Following Declaration Of International Year Of Ecotourism

Being the first global ecotourism conference since the designation of the year 2002 as the International Year of Ecotourism, this conference had the goal of reviewing and also celebrating the many achievements accomplished by the ecotourism industry and also to assess the future challenges that lay ahead.

This global ecotourism conference had been organized by the International Ecotourism Society (TIES), along with Ecotourism Norway as also the United Nations Environment Program. It had many leading experts that came from different countries, but who shared a common interest in ecotourism and who came together to discuss the critical issues as well as challenges, and also opportunities that ecotourism as an industry throws up and many workshops and also plenary sessions were conducted.

The main topics discussed in these workshops during the global ecotourism conference of 2007 were ecotourism and local sustainable development, communications, ecotourism and nature conservation as well as critical issues and current trends in ecotourism. The global ecotourism conference also discussed education and global branding of ecotourism.

We can expect to read the Oslo Statement on Ecotourism that was an outcome of the global ecotourism conference of 2007 and which is yet to be published which is sure to provide many answers to the main questions and challenges facing ecotourism and also making a commitment to improve the practice of ecotourism. As part of this statement, current issues in ecotourism as well as priorities for action to be taken are mentioned as also all of the matters that were discussed at the conference.

The global ecotourism conference of 2007 at Oslo also had many presentations as well as manuscripts presented by various speakers at the conference that touched on various topics including ecotourism and local sustainable development and also ecotourism and nature conservation.

Also, represented at the global ecotourism conference 2007 were member associations from many different parts of the world that only goes to show how seriously ecotourism is being considered by diverse nations that are concerned about the world’s diverse environments and natural resources.

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