Thank you to Brian
Kohlfor hosting this web site. See his great photo gallery.
“Transcending Barriers to Plan
Implementation at World Heritage Sites Depends on New Mindset.”
(2012). Chapter in Tourism Planning at Major World Heritage Archaeological Sites, to be published by UNESCO.
November-December 2011. Teaching the environmental interpretation module for the naturalist guide specialty through the certification of INBio-INA-ACOPROT, Costa Rica.
Public Use Planning in World Heritage Sites of Portuguese Origin
September 2011 to October 2012. Working with two sites Portuguese sites as well as Fort Jesus in Mombasa, Kenya to develop their visitor and tourism management capacity. All cultural heritage sites.
Editing Sustainable Tourism Training Manuals
August to October. Working with The George Washington University and Solimar International to edit several online training manuals about sustainable tourism.
Interpretive Guide Training in Colombia with Parques Nacionales y USAID
October. Jon led a 10-day workshop for interpretive guides from throughout the Colombia National Parks system, financed by USAID and el Fondo de Patrimonio Natural. Here Jon (in blue at left) evaluates the performance of one of the trainees. See an article in Spanish written by USAID about the training.
UNESCO PUP in Vietnam
2010. Jon worked with UNESCO’s World Heritage Center to assist two World Heritage Sites and a biosphere reserve to improve their tourism planning and management. Picture from My Son Sanctuary. See my article (February 2011) about Vietnam in World Heritage Review. All three plans were approved, marking our first plans in a Communist country.
“Way Beyond Darwin: Evolution of Human Consciousness and the Future of Interpretation”
May 2011. Talk at the international interpretation conference in Panama, sponsored by the National Association for Interpretation. I gave a first rendition of the talk at the University of Costa Rica in Spanish on 15 March.
Talk about the Future of Interpretation
8 December. Jon talked about the evolution of the field of interpretation and its criticality to heritage at the First Iberoamerican Conference on Heritage, San Jose, Costa Rica.
Talk on Tourism Planning and Biodiversity Conservation in Bogota, Colombia
October 6. Sponsored by the US Embassy, the Sustainable Tourism Network of Colombia, and the Universidad Externado, Jon gave a talk entitled “Well-Planned Tourism Can be a Force for Biodiversity Conservation” at the Universidad. This was the keynote address for the 8th conference of the network, held in Medellin in September. Click to hear the talk recorded a week later in Costa Rica. Click on invitation. Resumen en español.
