Below is a list of conferences/workshops where Dr Sue Snyman has presented and participated:
Presentations related to Inclusive and Sustainable Tourism
2017: UNWTO International Conference on Promoting Sustainable Tourism, a tool for inclusive growth and community engagement in Africa, Lusaka, Zambia, 17th November. An official event of the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development, 2017. Keynote presentation for a panel on Wildlife Conservation and Community Engagement.
2016: 3rd Annual Southern Africa Women in Tourism Conference, Johannesburg, South Africa. Panel discussant and presented on Empowering Women through Adult Eco-Clubs in a session on Sustainable Tourism Development Value Chain Linkages: Opportunities for women in both rural and urban.
2016: African Conference on Sustainable Tourism (ACoST), Nairobi, Kenya, November 2016. Invited keynote presenter. Presented on: Trends and innovation in green tourism: measuring the quadruple bottom line.
2016: Harvard Extension School course on Ecotourism and Sustainable Development: Guest lecturer on Measuring Wilderness’ Quadruple Bottom Line, October 2016.
2016: Responsible Tourism Dialogue, Sustainability Week, CSIR International Convention Centre. Invited to present on Inclusive Tourism: making a sustainable difference.
2016: IUCN Panorama webinars on sustainable tourism in protected areas.
Session 1: 31 March 2016 : Video of Webinar 1: click here
- “Responsible Marine and Coastal Tourism Business Cluster Development”
Manuel Bollmann, South Africa - “Community stewardship for conservation in Western Arunachal Landscape,India”
Kamal Medhi, India - “The impact of ecotourism on changing perceptions about a PA”
Dilya Woodward, Kazakhstan
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Session 2: 7th April 2016: Video of Webinar 2: click here
- “Making protected area concessions work for communities”
Sue Snyman, Namibia - “Profiting from eco-tourism in Cambodia”
Ross Sinclair, Cambodia
All presentations are available here
2016: International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD), in partnership with the South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA) policy dialogue entitled Leveraging Services Potential for Inclusive and Sustainable Economic Growth, Johannesburg, South Africa, 4-5 May 2016. Invited participant and plenary discussant for tourism.
2015: 9th ATLAS Africa Conference on Tourism and Inclusive Growth in Developing Economies, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 3rd-5th June. Invited keynote presenter. Presented on Inclusive Tourism: Making a sustainable difference. Also gave another presentation on: Household income determinants for rural households living adjacent to or in conservation areas in southern Africa: Comparison of ecotourism staff and non-staff.
2015: Sustainable Tourism Certification Alliance Africa 4th Annual Conference, Durban, South Africa, 7th May. Bridging the gap between tourism and conservation – southern African challenges and opportunities. Invited participant and moderator for a session on professional knowledge and capacity
2014: IUCN World Parks Congress 2014, Sydney, Australia, 12th -19th November
Represented Wilderness Safaris and the IUCN WCPA Tourism and Protected Areas Specialist (TAPAS) Group. Member of the organising committee for the TAPAS Group: assisted in the compilation of a ‘tourism journey,’ highlighting all tourism-related events at the Congress.
Gave the following presentations:
- The integration of culture and indigenous knowledge into tourism in protected areas
- Making the protected area concession work for communities (UNDP panel) – view a video of the presentation here.
- Supporting transboundary tourism and conservation: the Tour de Tuli – view the presentation here.
- Private sector contributions to conservation in protected areas – view the presentation here.
- IUCN WCPA TAPAS Community Working Group – view the presentation here.
Compiled and presented the following e-Posters:
- Making protected area concessions work for communities
- Using tourism to achieve conservation goals (with Ralf Buckley)
- Financing protected areas through tourism (with Anna Spenceley and Andrew Rylance)
- Different governance systems and the lessons learned (with Jim Barborak and Steve Collins)
- Socio-economic impacts of tourism on local communities living in and around protected areas
2014: Improving Protected Area Governance for Livelihood Security and Biodiversity in Southern Africa, May 21st-22nd 2014, Hilton Hotel Windhoek, Namibia. Invited to attend high level dialogue. The dialogue bought together Heads of Protected Area agencies from the SADC region, key development partners and selected technical experts to have roundtable discussions, informed by case studies and lessons learned from the region and beyond, resulting in priority recommendations for action incorporated into a Statement to the 6th Work Parks Congress.
2012: IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas Tourism and Protected Areas Specialist Group International Workshop on Tourism Concessions in Southern Africa: Tourism concession opportunities in conservation areas and maximizing rural development, Maputo, Mozambique, 19-22 March 2012. Presented on:
- Financing for the private sector in tourism concessions in southern Africa
- Concessions and sustainability in southern Africa: Wilderness Safaris
2011: SANParks Tourism Research Workshop, Skukuza, 2nd-3rd February. Invited to participate in a workshop to develop a tourism research agenda for SANParks.
2011: International Labour Organisation (ILO) training module on Business Sustainability and Community Engagement: 21stSeptember. Participated in an interactive workshop as part of the review of the ILO Sustaining Competitive and Responsible Enterprises (SCORE) programme Module 3
Presentations related to the socio-economic impacts of tourism on local communities and the role of the private sector
2017: Sustainable Human Resource Management (HRM) in Tourism in Africa, University of Johannesburg, 28th September.
Presented on African tourism employees – expenditure patterns and comparisons with other community members.
2015: Conservation Land Trust Workshops, Argentina, 15th – 26th May. Invited to participate in various interactive workshops with stakeholders from government, NGOs, academia and the private sector. Presented on: Socio-economic and environmental impacts of tourism, engaging stakeholders, building capacity, including examples from Africa.
2014: Insaka Research Symposium, Cape Town Hollow Hotel, Cape Town, 14-16th April
Presented on: Benefit- sharing: An analysis of two different community-private sector partnerships in South Africa.
2014: Ngamiland Environmental Education Stakeholder Workshop, Maun, Botswana, 13th February. Theme: ‘Partnership for environmental education sustainability-an action towards greening the future generation. Presented on: Children in the Wilderness: sustainable conservation through leadership development.
2014: Botswana Wildlife Research Symposium, Botswana Wildlife Training Institute, Maun, Botswana, 4-6 February. Presented on: The impact of private sector ecotourism on local socio-economic development in Botswana.
2013: Environment for Development (EfD) Annual conference, Monkey Valley, Cape Town, 24th to the 27th September. Presented on: Analysis of rural household incomes in communities living in or adjacent to protected areas in six southern African countries.
2013: The International Ecotourism Society’s Ecotourism and Sustainable Tourism Conference, 24th-27th September, Nairobi, Kenya. Presented on: The role of ecotourism employment in poverty reduction and local socio-economic development in six southern African countries.
2013: Botswana National CBNRM Forum Meeting: 28th June, Gaberone, Botswana.
Attendee representing Wilderness Safaris and independently reviewed and edited CBNRM Status Report for 2011-2012.
2013: ATLAS Africa Conference: African Tourism in Global Society: Central or Peripheral: Presenter. 3rd to 5th June 2013, Kigali Institute of Science and Technology, Rwanda.
Presented on: The impact of ecotourism employment on rural household income and social welfare in six southern African countries.
2012: Regional Park Pricing Workshop: Presenter, 19th-23rd September, Hazyview, South Africa. Interactive workshop on park pricing and financing protected areas. Delegates from Kenya Wildlife Services, TANAPA, Uganda Wildlife Authority, Ethiopian Wildlife Conservation Authority, SANParks, and academics from the US, SA, Ethiopia, Kenya, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Presented on: Financing Protected Areas in southern Africa.
2012: Summit on Sustainability in Africa, Gaberone, Botswana, 24th-25th May: Delegate
2011: AHEAD-GLTFCA Annual Meeting, Mopani Camp, Kruger National Park, 2nd-4th March. Presented on: High-end ecotourism as a sustainable land use in rural Africa, with a particular focus on the Makuleke contractual region of the Kruger National Park and Pafuri Camp
2011: Healthy Women, Healthy Economies: Companies Investing in Women, Communities and the Future, Radison Blu, Sandton, 8th March. Participative forum meeting of the Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
2010: International Conference on Global Sustainable Tourism, Mbombela, 15-18th November. Presented on:
- High-end ecotourism as a sustainable land use option in rural Africa:
- The role of employment in poverty reduction and social welfare;
- High-end ecotourism’s role in local socio-economic development: case studies from Zimbabwe and Malawi
2010: South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) Ecosystems Services and Poverty Alleviation (ESPA) Workshop, Mopane Camp, Kruger National Park, 16th-20th August 2010
Participated as invited economist and community researcher to draft a proposal for ESPA funding, as well as continued consultation for the period of the proposal drafting.
2009: International CBNRM workshop: Transforming community-based natural resource management education in southern Africa, Pretoria, July, 19-24. Delegate.
2008: African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) conference on Natural Resource Management and Climate Change in sub-Saharan Africa in Nairobi, September
Presented on: Policy options to provide incentives to landowners to restore land for Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and to promote sustainable development, with particular reference to the Subtropical Thicket restoration project, Eastern Cape, South Africa
2008: Environment for Development (EfD) Programme, Environmental Economics Unit, Goteborg University, Sweden. Wildlife conference in Cape Town, South Africa, April 2007. Presented on: The Role of the Greater Addo Elephant National Park in the regional economy, relating specifically to the surrounding community. Annual EfD conference in Cape Town, South Africa, Nov 2007. Co-organiser of conference and presented on: The Impact of the Greater Addo Elephant National Park on the Regional Economy
2008: South African National Parks (SANParks), South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) and University of Cape Town (UCT) collaboration workshop: Use of economic incentives in bioregions, Kirstenbosch Gardens, South Africa, 22-23 October: Delegate.
Presentations related to Transfrontier Conservation and Cross-Border Tourism
2016: 1st Annual Southern Africa Sustainable Tourism Development Forum Conference, Johannesburg, South Africa. Facilitated a session on Transfrontier Conservation Area Development in Southern Africa and presented on ‘How to measure the impact of Community-Based Tourism on the community’
2016: Southern Africa Business Forum Group Launch meeting, Johannesburg, 13th April. Invited as lead discussant in the movement of skills and services working group. Presented on Transboundary tourism products, the Tour de Tuli: successes and challenges.
2016: UNWTO Awards Forum and Ceremony, Madrid, Spain, 16th & 18th January. Presented on Children in the Wilderness (CITW) at the UNWTO Awards Forum and represented CITW at the Awards Ceremony: second runner up for Innovation in NGOs.
2014: Technical Workshop on concessioning and investment in Transfrontier Conservation Areas (TFCAs), Garden Court OR Tambo Hotel, 2-3rd September 2014
Invited to participate in reviewing the Tourism Concession Guidelines for TFCAs in SADC as well as to participate in a panel discussion on Transboundary event products, promotion and challenges. Presented on: Supporting transboundary tourism and conservation: the Tour de Tuli.
2011: Rio Conventions Pavillion at the UNFCCC COP 17 Protected Areas Day, Rio Conventions Pavilion, South African Climate Change Response Expo, Durban, 8th December. Presented on: The role of the private sector in terms of capacity building and marketing of Transfrontier Conservation Areas (TFCAs) through the Children in the Wilderness Tour de Tuli mountain bike race.