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Participant List: Ecotourism Emerging Industry Forum
November 1-18, 2005

PLANETA FORUM

The following are the organizers, moderators and participants in the Ecotourism Emerging Industry Forum (November 1-18, 2005) which reviewed priorities for funding and investment decisions for sustainable tourism in developing countries.

PHOTO GALLERY: Ecotourism Emerging

Countries represented in the forum: Argentina, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Cameroon, Canada, Chile, Domican Republic, Ecuador, England, Estonia, France, Germany, Ghana, Honduras, India, Laos, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mexico, Mongolia, Nepal, New Zealand, Nigeria, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Rwanda, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Scotland, South Africa, Switzerland, Uganda, United States, Venezuela and Wales.

REGIONAL BREAKDOWN BY ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS

Australia -- Steve Noakes

Bolivia -- Jeanine Corvetto

Canada -- Rod Bilz, George Duffy, Mike Robbins, Rick MacLeod Farley, Carol Patterson, Theresa Southam, Ian Pineau, Micheal Couvrette, Carolyn Wild

Ecuador -- Jascivan Carvalho, Michelle Kirby and Andres Hammerman, Durang

Estonia -- Aivar Ruukel

Germany -- Nicole Haeusler

Honduras -- Toby Bloom, Toot Oostveen

Laos -- Maaike de Lange, Tara Gujadhur, Paul Rogers, Bill Tuffin

Mexico -- Verena Gerber, Emilio Kifuri, Rodolfo Olmedo, Ron Mader, Antonio Suárez

Mongolia -- Jan Wigsten

Nepal -- Raj Gyawali

Philippines -- Oliver Hillel

Rwanda -- Dominique Verdugo

Saudi Arabia -- Keith Sproule

Sweden -- Jan Wigsten, Peter Lugnegard

United States -- Richard Edwards, Jeremy Garrett, Richard Edwards, Brian Beall, Emilio Kifuri, Michelle Kirby and Andres Hammerman, Megan Epler Wood, Keith Sproule, Kurt Kutay, Brian Morgan, Mary Finn, Ron Mader, Jaime Sweeting, Neel Inamdar, Mike Colby, Roberta Hilbruner

MODERATORS

Developing Infrastructure for Sustainable Tourism -- Oliver Hillel

Finance for SMEs -- Jeanine Corvetto

Private sector/Public sector collaboration -- Steve Noakes

Communities and SMEs -- Nicole Haeusler

Marketing and Market Development -- Richard Edwards

Triple Bottom Line Business Structures and Strategies -- Toby Bloom

Interpretive Program Development -- Jeremy Garrett

ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS

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SMEs

Jascivan Carvalho, Tropic, Ecuador
Jeanine Corvetto, Andean & Rainforest Expeditions, Bolivia
George Duffy, Worldwide Ecolodges, Canada
Richard Edwards, Wildland Adventures, United States
Verena Gerber, Hotel Eco-Paraiso, Mexico
Emilio Kifuri, Canyon Travel, United States and Mexico
Michelle Kirby and Andres Hammerman, Black Sheep Inn, Ecuador
Kurt Kutay, Wildland Adventures, United States
Javier Lopez, Cascada Expediciones, Chile
Brian Morgan, Adventure Life, United States
Rodolfo Olmedo, Eccosports, Mexico
Aivar Ruukel, Sooma.com, Estonia
Jan Wigsten, Nomadic Journeys, Sweden and Mongolia

Consultancies

Brian Beall, Citizens Development Corps, United States
Rod Bilz, FRI Ecological Services, Canada
Megan Epler Wood, EplerWood International, United States
Mary Finn, Mefinn.com, United States
Jeremy Garrett, NaTour Communications, United States
Nicole Haeusler, GATE, Germany
Oliver Hillel, Philippines
Rick MacLeod Farley, MacLeod Farley and Associates, Canada
Ron Mader, Planeta.com, United States and Mexico
Steve Noakes, Pacific Asia Tourism, Australia
Carol Patterson, Kalahari Management, Canada
Mike Robbins, The Tourism Company, Canada
Theresa Southam, Southam Consulting, Canada
Antonio Suárez, Balam Consultores, Mexico
Keith Sproule, K.W. Sproule Consulting, United States and Saudi Arabia
Carolyn Wild, Canada

NGOs

Jaime Sweeting, Conservation International, United States
Neel Inamdar, Conservation International, United States

Government

Peter Lugnegard, Arctic Tourism, Sweden
Micheal Couvrette, Industry, Tourism & Investment, Canada

Academics

Ian Pineau, Algonquin College, Canada
Paul Radchenko, Medicine Hat College, Canada

Development Assistance Agencies

Toby Bloom, MIRA-USAID, Honduras
Maaike de Lange, SNV, Laos
Toot Oostveen, SNV, Honduras
Tara Gujadhur, SNV, Laos
Paul Rogers, SNV, Laos
Durang, SNV, Ecuador
Dominique Verdugo, SNV, Rwanda
Roberta Hilbruner, USAID, United States
Mike Colby, USAID, United States

PLANETA CONFERENCES

Food, Health and Building Communities 2008
Tourism and Climate Change 2008
Ecotourism Challenges Dialogue 2007
Urban Ecotourism Conference September 2004
Environmental Impact of Transportation October 2003
Sustainable Development of Ecotourism April 2002
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