Talk with Jon Kohl, FES '79 and TRI alumni Fellow, Coordinator of the PUP Global Heritage Consortium.
Managers of natural sites such as national parks, wilderness areas, and historic sites face a global crisis of rapidly disappearing common heritage. Drawing on practical experience in global heritage management and case studies from around the world, Jon will discuss an innovative solution for conserving these valuable protected areas. Based on his recent book (with co-author Dr. Stephen McCool): THE FUTURE HAS OTHER PLANS: Planning Holistically to Conserve Natural and Cultural Heritage, he will introduce a holistic planning approach that integrates the practice of heritage management and conservation with operational realities in order to overcome widespread management plan non-implementation.
Jon Kohl is founder and director of the PUP Global Heritage Consortium (www.pupconsortium.net) whose mission is to transform the global manner in which natural and cultural heritage is both planned, managed, and implemented. He is an FES and TRI graduate and credits his interdisciplinary perspective in part to the teachings of Bill Burch. His TRI thesis project involved applying a team-led participatory rural appraisal in an indigenous farming community found within a nationally protected extinct volcanic crater in Ecuador in order to develop an eco-agrotourism project with the government and a leading conservation NGO.
Presentation from 12-1 PM followed by career conversation. Lunch will be served.
Co-sponsored by TRI, the Society for Conservation Biologists (ConBio) SIG, and the Professional Skills Management team