Sustainable Mountain Development - FAO Turkey / Boğaziçi University
Boğaziçi University Department of Tourism Management and Applied Tourism Administration and Research Center propose to organize an event in partnership with FAO Türkiye and Mountain Partnership.
It will be an informative event that aims to discuss the role of tourism on Sustainable Mountain Development from a critical perspective, focusing on the future of mountain communities, women empowerment in mountains areas, agricultural and non-wood forestry production &marketing, sustainable financing and management of protected areas, and sustainable mountain ecosystem services.
We plan to organize an event that will further the dialogue in Turkey, and thereby contribute to collaborations for sustainable mountain development. In doing so, we aim to discuss different dimensions of sustainable mountain development, with a special focus on the role tourism can play for the future of mountain communities, women empowerment in mountains, agricultural production and marketing, and conservation, sustainability of mountain ecosystem services, and management of natural resources in the protected areas.
The event programme will consist of:
- Opening speeches
- Keynote presentation that briefly explains the linkage between sustainable development in mountain areas and tourism
- International Mountain Day Thematic Panel: "Women Move Mountains"
- Sustainability Panel: Tourism as a tool for awareness raising on mountain ecosystems and environmental conservation
- Rural Development Panel : Tourism as a tool for creating livelihoods for local communities in mountain areas
- Networking Session
Photo by Richard Soriano Legaspi