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2009 Way Beyond Darwin: Evolution of Human Consciousness and the Future of Interpretation November. Jon will present at the National Interpreter's Workshop in Hartford, CT. This talk is adapted from one he gave at the University of Costa Rica but on environmental education, rather than interpretation.
June. Jon is in Africa again with the State Department’s Strategic Speaker Initiative to speak about and meet with Africans on ecotourism development and environmental protection. He visited Swaziland and is in Malawi. See below for first tour in Africa. This is Jon’s third State Department-sponsored speaking tour. The first occurred in 2007 in Ecuador and Bolivia about environmental interpretation.
An Opening Talk in UNESCO Training in Montenegro May, Durmitor National Park. Jon attends a workshop sponsored by UNESCO and UNEP to train World Heritage Sites in Southeastern Europe on tourism planning and management. Jon gives one of the opening talks about barriers to implementing park plans and (second talk) on whether stakeholders should be co-creators or competitors in park planning. 2008 Holistic Interpretive Guide Training Enables the Institution as well as the Guide November. Jon presented at the National Association for Interpretation annual conference on the theory behind holistic training and Fermata’s Interpretive Training Program. Portland, OR Ecotourism: Jumping Hurdles to Environmental Protection and Local Economic Development August, Africa. Jon earned his second Strategic Speaker Initiative Grant with the US State Department, this time to visit Africa for two weeks to discuss ecotourism development. His last grant took him to Ecuador and Bolivia last September on the topic of environmental interpretation (see below). Media coverage can be found at the US Embassy in Cameroon, Liberia, and papers in Cameroon (AfricaNews with video, Eden, The Post, African Travel Guide, All Africa ) as well as Liberia (The Analyst). Barriers to Implementing SINAC Tourism Plans March. Jon presented the argument to a meeting of tourism coordinators from throughout Costa Rica's conservation area system (SINAC) on why implementation barriers must be taken into account when preparing tourism plans. Interpretation Engages Audiences, Forges Relationships
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October. Jon presents a paper at the Congress in Bariloche, Argentina on the barriers to park planning implementation. He represented the World Heritage Centre/UNESCO. He presented the same paper on the session about park planning.
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Lecture Tour in Bolivia and Ecuador
Local Sustainable Tourism Potential Union Island, Saint Vincent & The Grenadines. Representing Fermata in late May, Jon talked about the potential of developing local sustainable tourism as partof the restoration program of Ashton Lagoon. Project supported by the Society for the Conservation and Study of Caribbean Birds, BirdLife International, and the US FWS Neotropical Migrant Program. Talks about Barriers to Plan Implementation
Santiago, Panamá. In February, Jon presented his latest thoughts on how to avoid barriers to plan implementation as part of the general management planning process for Coiba National Park, also a World Heritage Site, hosted by the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. 2006 Teaches about Public Use in Paraguay Itabó Biological Reserve, Paraguay. In December, Jon joined a team from the Latin American School for Protected Areas to give a 12-day course to park guards and protected area personnel from throughout Paraguay. Jon was in charge of 1.5 days of class on public use management in protected areas. Interpretation’s Ultimate Chance to Advance Albuquerque, New Mexico. Jon, representing Fermata, Inc., presented in November at the National Association for Interpretation’s annual National Interpreters Workshop. Presents at Conservation International’s 2nd Global Tourism Monteverde, Costa Rica. In September, Jon presented about barriers to tourism plan implementation at a workshop designed to redefine the objectives of CI’s ecotourism efforts and build a learning network around the world.
Granada, Spain. In February Jon argued before an audience of 70 experts from around the world that the implementation of any park plan depends on changing the fundamental assumptions parks hold about the nature of planning. His presentation is scheduled to appear in a book on the topic and contribute to a declaration arising from the seminar. World Heritage Centre.
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February. Jon presented a talk at the 
September. By pemtition of the US Embassies in Bolivia and Ecuador and in collaboration with 
