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ANNOUNCEMENT

With the call and support of the ecotourism industry players and stakeholders at large in the region, it has been decided that the pre-qualification as Founding Committee Members of the Asia Pacific Ecotourism Society (APES) shall be:

Influential individuals born, raised, and residing in countries located within the Asia Pacific region and currently involved in the affiliated national or regional ecotourism strategies committed to practice including significant initiatives, programs, projects, policies, developments or activities based on the following ecotourism principles:

• Minimize impact. • Build environmental and cultural awareness and respect. • Provide positive experiences for both visitors and hosts. • Provide direct financial benefits for conservation. • Provide financial benefits and empowerment for local people. • Raise sensitivity to host countries' political, environmental, and social climate.

Between them, their accumulated vast knowledge, expertise and practice in the area of ecotourism will support the heavy responsibilities necessary to lead the Society to achieve its primary aims and objectives, amidst the challenges of climate change and its devastating effects on both environments and communities, global economic recession and achieving the United Nation's Millennium Development Goals. Their recognition, influence and respect in the ecotourism industry will auger well to grow APES with a healthy multilateral membership that will benefit from the work of these individuals. The are also charged with the responsibility to uphold the Quebec Declaration on Ecotourism (2002) as well as the Vientiane Declaration on Ecotourism for Developing Countries (2009) both endorsed by the United Nations and the World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO).

With due respect and utmost appreciation to those who have volunteered to be in the Pro-tem Committee of APES in the meeting on July 17, 2009, they are invited to be part of the Founding Committee subject to the pre-qualification as stated above. The pro-tem committee which has not met for the past 3 months due to various personal problems and issues is deemed disbanded. The Founding Committee will present its Management Plan and Roadmap for APES to the provisional members in due course.

Lee Choon Loong

Convenor, WEC2009

25 October 2009

REGISTRY OF PROVISIONAL MEMBERS
No	Salutation	First Name	Last Name	Organisation	Country
1	Ms	Candice	Stanley	Heaven on Earth Enterprises Pty Ltd	Australia
2	Mr	Donald	Hancey	Heaven on Earth Enterprises Pty Ltd	Australia
3	Mr	Abu Taleb	Liton	Dhaka Visit	Bangladesh
4	Mr.	Sultan	Mahmood	Ministry of Youth & Sports & Kathak Academy Bangladesh (KAB)	Bangladesh
5	Mr.	Abul Kashem	Sheikh	Ministry of Youth & Sports & Kathak Academy Bangladesh (KAB)	Bangladesh
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7	Mr	Soriya	Yin	SNV	Cambodia
8	Mr	Motti	Essakow	OmWard Bound	Canada
9	MR	Rapheal	Adatsi	Dalphis Travel and Tours Limited	Ghana
10	MS	Dorothy	Sarpong	Dalphis Travel and Tours Limited	Ghana
11	Mr.	Rajendra P	Gurung	Ecotourism & Conservation Society of Sikkim	India
12	Mr.	Narendra Kumar	Subba	Ecotourism & Conservation Society of Sikkim	India
13	Dr.	Ajit	Kumar	Hi-Tours	India
14	Mr.	Kishor	Rithe	Satpuda Foundation	India
15	Mrs.	Sangeera	Rithe	Satpuda Foundation	India
16	Ms	Wita	Simatupang	Indecon	Indonesia
17	Prof.	Francesco	Adamo	Re-Tour , University Consortium	Italy
18	Mr	Masaru	Takayama	Japan Ecolodge Association	Japan
19	Mr	Marc	Albert	Khiri Travel (Laos) Co., Ltd.	Lao PDR
20	Mr	Khamfeua	Sirivongs	Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology	Lao PDR
21	Mr	Anthony	Dusan	Pinecone Consulting	Lao PDR
22	Mr.	Saithong	Phommavong	Faculty of Social Sciences, National University of Laos	Lao PDR
23	Mr	Bernie	Rosenbloom	Communications Consultant	Lao PDR
24	Mr	Ian	Tait	NagaGreen Environmenal Services	Lao PDR
25	Mr	Shahram	Saber	GTMS Pte Ltd	Macau
26	Mr	Choon Loong	Lee	DISCOVERYMICE	Malaysia
27	Ms	Yvonne	Lim	DISCOVERYMICE	Malaysia
28	Ms	Hong Ching	Goh	Universiti Malaya	Malaysia
29	Ms	Usha	Mathew	Eco Tours Sdn Bhd	Malaysia
30	Mr.	Ramzi	Abu Yazid	Tourism Malaysia	Malaysia
31	Mr.	Zulkifli	Mohamed	Tourism Malaysia	Malaysia
32	Mrs	Alicia	Gomes-Chin	KK Tours & Travel (S) Sdn Bhd	Malaysia
33	Mr	Chin	See Kiong	KK Tours & Travel (S) Sdn Bhd	Malaysia
34	Ms	Rosalie	Corpuz	Symbiosis Consulting	Malaysia
35	Mr	Mohd Azhar	Abd Rahman	Universiti Utara Malaysia	Malaysia
36	Dr.	Vikneswaran	Nair	Taylor's University College Malaysia	Malaysia
37	Mrs	Rasila	Hamzah	Russ Consulting Sdn Bhd	Malaysia
38	Mr	Rahmat	Abu Yazid	Russ Consulting Sdn Bhd	Malaysia
39	Mr	Albert `	Teo	Borneo Eco Tours	Malaysia
40	Mr	Derrick	Teo	Borneo Eco Tours	Malaysia
41	Dr.	Jamili	NAIS	Sabah Parks Board	Malaysia
42	Ms.	Jen Li	Soo	Euro Saga Sdn Bhd	Malaysia
43	Ms	Siow Hui	Lee	KDK Fans (M) Sdn Bhd	Malaysia
44	Mr	Kah Wee	Ong	Ong Chong Realty Sdn Bhd	Malaysia
45	Dr	Kim Chong	Ong	Ong Chong Realty Sdn Bhd	Malaysia
46	Mdm	Yoke Eng	Lim	Euro Saga Sdn Bhd	Malaysia
47	Dr.	Josef	Konrad	POOLASIA.com / Viva Tropcana Sdn Bhd	Malaysia
48	Mr	Samir	Thapa	Silver Mountain School of Hotel Management	Nepal
49	Mr.	Tak	Tamang	Centre for Himalayan Integrated Development and Social Welfare ( CHIDSW ).	Nepal
50	Mr	Egbowon	Abayomi Moses	Bels-Miral Nig Ltd	Nigeria
51	Mrs	Egbowon	Mosunmola Roseline	Bels-Miral Nig Ltd	Nigeria
52	Mr	Olusola	Sokefun	Peak Resources Concepts Limited	Nigeria
53	Mr	Phillips	Olumide Joseph	Bels-Miral Nig Ltd	Nigeria
54	Mr	Balogun	Lucky Kings	Bels-Miral Nig Ltd	Nigeria
55	Mr	Ojo	Patrick Oluwarelumi	Bels-Miral Nig Ltd	Nigeria
56	Mr	Muhammad	Naeem Khan	Muhammad Akram & Sons Trading & Investment	Pakistan
57	Mr	Qasim	Imran	Muhammad Akram & Sons Trading & Investment	Pakistan
58	Ms.	Violeta	Imperial	Nature Awareness and Conervation Club, Inc	Philippines
59	Dr	Donna	Reyes	Environment Science Institute of Miriam College	Philippines
60	Dr.	Peter	Richter	German Technical Cooperation (GTZ)	Philippines
61	Ms.	Mary Jean	Roxas	German Technical Cooperation (GTZ)	Philippines
62	Ms	Mary Jean	Roxas	German Technical Cooperation Agency (GTZ)	Philippines
63	Mrs	Cristina	Matta	BIMP-EAGA Tourism Council	Philippines
64	Mr	Roberto	Cereno	Makiling Center for Mountain Ecosystems, University of the Philippines Los Banos	Philippines
65	Madame	Mirela	Mazilu	University of Craiova	Romania
	Mr	Davidson	Mugisha	Wildlife Tours	Rwanda
66	Ms	Kanchana	Wickramasinghe	Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka
67	Mr	Kokel	Melubo	Tumaini University-Iringa	Tanzania
68	Mr	Robert	Greifenberg	Siam Safari Nature Tours Co., Ltd	Thailand
69	Mr	Jonathan	Chell	Elephant Hills Co., Ltd	Thailand
70	Ms.	Wirinee	Wattana	Prince of Songkla university,Trang Campus	Thailand
71	Mr.	Reid	Ridgway	Ecotourism Training Center	Thailand
72	Ms	Jane	Dearden	Intrepid Travel	Thailand
73	Mrs	Chinda	Tejavanija Chang	Sripatum International College	Thailand
74	Mr	Antonio	Andres-Lopez	Sunex Bestours	USA
75	Mr.	Giang	Nguyenduong	Saigontourist Holding Company	Vietnam


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