MMV 2008 - Montecatini, Italy
October 14-19
Background
The first MMV conference was held in Vienna, Austria, in winter 2002, the second in Rovaniemi, Finland, in spring 2004, the third one in Rapperswil, Switzerland, in autumn 2006. Three preceding conferences had great success, making MMV a regular meeting for scientists and managers. MMV4 will be the first one to be organized in a Mediterranean country. MMV conferences have been motivated by the growing concern that increasing recreational use of protected areas is approaching the limits of ecological and social carrying capacities in many parts of the world; this risk is evident, in particular, in the densely populated Mediterranean, where recreational and protected areas are under pressure by increasing climate change and the increased demand for outdoor recreation.
Keynote Speakers
- Ralf Buckley, Australia: International Centre for Ecotourism Research
- Elisabete Figueiredo, Portugal: University of Aveiro
- Hans Skov-Petersen, Denmark: University of Copenhagen
- Giovanni Sanesi, Italy: University of Bari
International Steering Committee
- Arne Arnberger - University of Natural Resources & Applied Life Sciences, Austria
- David Cole - Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute, USA
- Terry Daniel - University of Arizona, USA
- Don English - United States Department of Agriculture - Forest Service, USA
- Wolfgang Haider - Simon Fraser University, Canada
- Marcel Hunziker - Institute for Forest, Snow & Landscape Research, Switzerland
- Robert E. Manning - School of Natural Resources, University of Vermont, USA
- Andreas Muhar - University of Natural Resources & Applied Life Sciences, Austria
- Ulrike Pröbstl - University of Natural Resources & Applied Life Sciences, Austria
- Dominik Siegrist - University of Applied Sciences Rapperswil, Switzerland
- Tuija Sievänen - Finnish Forest Research Institute, Finland
- Seija Tuulentie - Finnish Forest Research Institute, Finland
Links
- MMV 4 - Conference Proceedings (PDF, 20,2 MB)
- MMV 4 Website