The director of the United Nations Environment Program, Noel Brown, the former president of the Caribbean Hotel Association, Berthia Parle, US emergency expert Kay Goss, Alexandra Cousteau and other international environmental and disaster experts are scheduled to participate in a major environmental conference opening at the Hotel Jaragua Renaissance today.
The International Center for Environmental and Sustainable Development Studies (CIEMADES) in collaboration with Counterpart International, the Caribbean Media Exchange on Sustainable Tourism (CMEx) and the National Geographic Society are hosting from 10-12 August the First International Conference on Environmental and Sustainable Development. Delegates from across the Caribbean, Central and South America, the Pacific, the United States and Europe will explore the theme “Environment: Our Partner in Development” during the three-day event discussing topics from sustainable tourism to renewable energy, and the media’s role in catalyzing action at the level of donors, governments, NGOs, academia, unions, the private sector and civil society.
Lelei LeLaulu, one of the organizers of the 1994 United Nations Global Conference on Small Islands in Barbados is coming for the event.
CMEx strives to educate journalists to increase the coverage of sustainable tourism issues.
CIEMADES is coordinated by the Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (FUNGLDOE), and was set up with the participation of the Dominican Republic, Universidad del Turabo in Puerto Rico and the Universite Quisqueya from Haiti.
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