The World Bank, the Global Wildlife Program, and the Amazon Sustainable Landscapes Program hosted a webinar Strengthening Sharing of Benefits from Tourism with Local Communities on 27 July 27 2022.
Speakers and presenters included:
Dr Anna Spenceley from the IUCN Tourism and Protected Areas Specialist Group (TAPAS Group): Sharing benefits from tourism in protected areas with local communities: Options, challenges and recommendations
Vanice Mirembe Daawa from Uganda Wildlife Authority: Uganda’s experiences with benefit sharing from protected areas
Phonesuck Inthavong from Nam Et-Phou Louey National Park, Lao PDR: Wildlife ecotourism and benefit sharing model in Nam Et-Phou Louie National Park, Lao PDR
Mayra Castellanos and William Alexander Rojas Melendez from Cerro Azul community-based tourism project, Colombia: Cerro Azul: Community-based sustainable tourism Sane Jose del Guaviare, Columbia
Adam Thalhath and Shaha Hashim from Six Senses Laamu, Maldives: Six Senses: strengthening of benefits from tourism with local communities
With Genevieve Connors and Vanessa Satur from the World Bank for opening and moderating the session, respectively.
These are the resources and information from the session through the hyperlinks below:
- The event presentation
- You can watch a recording of the event in English or Spanish.
- The questions and answers from the chat, with links to relevant resources on benefit sharing.
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I would like to have more material on benefits of tourism to communities, especially developing of tourism products that brings the benefits.
Thanks Wisdom – if you look at the link for Q&A resources, there are several materials listed that you can access. There are also materials within the presentation that you can use.
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