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IV International Seminar on Mountain Tourism
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MOUNTAIN TOURISM IN NATURA 2000 AREAS
Conflict or Opportunity?
Natura 2000 is certainly the most ambitious project ever undertaken in the field of nature protection not only in Europe, but world-wide. However, this project was initiated over 15 years ago and, although more than 20,000 sites are now included, it remains to be completed. Similarly, despite a plethora of conferences and seminars on this topic, several aspects of the management and activity of Natura 2000 areas are not recognized properly. In addition, public awareness of Natura 2000 is still at a low level, even in the so-called “old member states” of the EU. Among the aspects worthy of further consideration are: the use of Natura 2000 areas for tourism and recreation and the role of NGOs' and local communities in preparing management plans for them.
Our primary concern lies with Natura 2000 areas located in mountains, as they often combine attractive landscapes and other heritage features with high levels of tourism and recreation. For these reasons the organisers have decided to invite people involved in the various aspects of this complex topic to present and discuss positive and negative examples from different mountain regions, in which ever biogeographical region they may be situated, out of which some general conclusions might be formulated.
For any further informations, please contact:
Christian Baumgartner: christian.baumgartner@nfi.at fax: ++43 1 8129789
Piotr Dabrowski: dabrowski@eko-tourist.krakow.pl fax: ++48 12 4231697