The International Polar Tourism Research Network Welcomes the ProAct Team
April 15th 2021
Presenting ProAct
This webinar presented the content and rationale of a recently started project, funded by the Dutch Research Council (NWO) on the international management of tourism in the Antarctic under the terms of the Antarctic Treaty System (ATS). Under the full title, Proactive Management of Antarctic Tourism: Exploring the Role of ATS Principles and Values and Best Practices Beyond the ATS, this project is set up around four themes which are presented in turn by the research team (video below).
Project Team by Theme
Theme 1 - Managing Tourism Growth (begins at 19:00)
Dr. Bas Amelung, Environmental Systems Analysis Group (ESA) at Wageningen University & Research (WUR)
Dr. Machiel Lamers, Environmental Policy Group (EPA) at Wageningen University & Research (WUR)
Michael Cacciapaglia, PhD student at WUR
Theme 2 - Managing Tourism Diversification (begins at 44:00)
Prof. Edward Huijbens, Cultural Geography Group (GEO) at Wageningen University & Research (WUR)
Prof. Kees Bastmeijer, Tilburg Law School, Tilburg University
Yousra Makanse, PhD student at WUR
Theme 3 - Presenting theme 3: Strengthening compliance of tourism (begins at 1:00:00)
Prof. Kees Bastmeijer, Tilburg Law School, Tilburg University
Dr. Erik Molenaar, Netherlands Institute for the Law of the Sea (NILOS) Utrecht University
Elena-Laura Álvarez Ortega, PhD student at Tilburg University
Theme 4 - The Role of Non-Use and Non-User States (begins at 1:14:00)
Dr. Erik Molenaar, Netherlands Institute for the Law of the Sea (NILOS), Utrecht University
Prof. Kees Bastmeijer, Tilburg Law School, Tilburg University
Dr. Solène Guggisberg, postdoc at NILOS, Utrecht University, theme 4