8.9.2020

Virtual keynote for the EUROPARC 2020 Conference ‚How ready are we for the future?‘.

Challenges and opportunities for Protected Areas in the new normal. (English)

14.5.2020

All runs virtually. Also, the keynote and moderation of the final conference of the INTERREG project CEETO (Central European Ecotourism) for innovative, sustainable tourism planning models for the protection and natural heritage of protected areas.

27. 4. 2020

In the current text, Christian Baumgartner tries to draw the lessons from the current crisis and makes a plea for seizing the opportunity towards more sustainability.

Article: Tourism after 2020 - Business as usual or Transformation?
 

March 2020

Insect mortality is an important ecological issue. Christian was invited to be the moderator of the Nature Conservation Forum of the Nature Conservation Academy Styria.

February 2020

Kick-Off workshop for the development of an ecotourism strategy for Georgia in Tbilisi. An exciting group of representatives from various ministries, state agencies, protected areas, the Ecotourism Association of Georgia and the commissioning GIZ.

Ökotourismusstrategie für Georgien / Ecotourism Strategie for Georgia (English)

January 2020

Workshop and meetings in Elbasan / Albania on behalf of Futouris / LCC Lufthansa City Centers. Sustainability is to be integrated into the further education programs of an academy for disadvantaged young people of the local LCC partner.

January 2020

Excursion of the tourism specialisation "Sustainable Tourism & International Development" at the FHGR to Morocco. Exciting days with topics like ecotourism for development, mule trekking with a Berber family, argan oil cooperatives, Robinson Club hotel training for disadvantaged youth, cooking classes and much more.... Many thanks to GIZ for the great support.

Dezember 2019

The first two workshops for Studiosus tour guides on sustainability, innovation and human rights. First Munich, later Berlin.

November 2019

Weltweitwandern organizes together with Christian as trainer and moderator the Weltweitwandern Academy with participants from 16 countries. An intensive and impressive week for partner agencies and key guides on Madeira.

You would have to have time to come here to hike once.

14.11.2019

Presentation 'Sustainable Tourism Development. Experience from rural-alpine regions.' at the annual conference of the German Society for Tourism Research (DGT), Deggendorf / DE.

Nachhaltige Tourismusentwicklung. Erfahrung aus ländlich-alpinen Regionen. (Deutsch)