Mission Impossible? – Sustainable hunting tourism konferenssi pidettiin 17.-18. 11. 2010 Rovaniemellä.
Konferenssissa keskityttiin metsästysmatkailuun liiketoimintana sekä siihen liittyviin mahdollisuuksiin ja haasteisiin. Ensimmäisenä päivänä käsiteltiin erityisesti yritysten kehittämistä: esityksissä kuultiin esimerkkejä metsästysmatkailuyritysten toiminnasta neljästä eri maasta. Toinen konferenssipäivä oli luonteeltaan tutkimuspainotteisempi tarjoten uusimpia tutkimustuloksia metsästysmatkailun kestävyyteen liittyen.
Konferenssin aikana kuultiin yhteensä 17 esitystä 7 eri maasta.
Konferenssiohjelma
Keskiviikko 17.11.2010
Arktikum
Puheenjohtaja: Dr. Sami Kurki, University of Helsinki, Ruralia Institute, Finland
09.00 – 09.15 Konferenssin avaus
Dr. Sami Kurki, Professor, University of Helsinki, Ruralia Institute, Finland
09.15 – 09.30 Tervetulopuhe
Dr. Pentti Lähteenoja, Director General, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Finland
Mr. Kai Wollscheid, former Director General of International Council for Game and Wildlife Concervation (CIC)
10.15 – 11.00 International hunting tourism – what are international agents and customers looking for?
Mr. Rupert Ellis, The Hunting Agency, United Kingdom
Ms. Anne Lind, Director Trade Relations, The Finnish Tourist Board, Finland
11.30 – 12.00 A Finnish hunting tourist – what does he look for?
Mr. Ere Grenfors, Education Manager, Finnish Hunters' Association, Finland
13.00 – 13.30 Survival of the fittest outfitters - meeting the challenges associated with hunting tourism entrepreneurship in northern
Sweden
Dr. Fredrik Dahl, Researcher, Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden
Metsästysmatkailuyrittäjyys Pohjois-Euroopassa
13.30 – 13.55 Case 1: Nord Guide, Sweden
Mr. Tommy Holmberg, CEO, Guide and Sales Director
13.55 – 14.20 Case 2: Hunting estate Ainola, Finland
Mr. John Wedde, Operational Manager
15.00 – 15.25 Case 3: Mjóeyri, Iceland
Mr. Sævar Guðjónsson, Entrepreneur
15.25 – 15.50 Case 4: Strathspey Estate, Scotland
Mr. Frank Law, Sporting Manager
Mr. Håkan Gyllbring, Hunting Tourism Adviser, Rural Business Development Ltd, Sweden
Torstai 18.11.2010
Arktikum
Puheenjohtaja: Dr. Göran Sjöberg, Department of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden
09.30 – 09.45 Opening of the day
09.45 – 11.00 Keynote lecture: Public attitudes to tourism and recreation based hunting: implications for operators and DMOs
Dr. Michael Campbell, Professor, University of Manitoba, Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management, Canada
11.00 – 11.30 Challenges in the management of hunting rights and hunting possibilities in North Finland
Dr. Jukka Bisi, Senior Advisor, Development of Game and Fisheries Metsähallitus, Finland
11.30 –12.00 Hunting tourism as a tool for biodiversity conservation – a European perspective
Dr. Yves Lecocq, Secretary General, Federation of Associations for Hunting & Conservation of the EU (FACE)
13.00 – 13.30 Expert judgments of game development - precision and usefulness in local game management
Dr. Fredrik Dahl, Researcher, Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden
14.00 – 14.30 Challenges to the social reproduction of moose hunting clubs and barriers to commercial hunting
Dr. Ashley Selby, Senior Researcher, The Finnish Forest Research Institute, Finland
14.30 – 15.30 Approaches to the economics of hunting tourism
Mr. Jón Thorvaldur Heiðarsson, Researcher, University of Akureyri
Research Centre, Iceland
Ms. Anne Matilainen, Project Manager, University of Helsinki, Ruralia Institute, Finland
Ms. Karen Mustin, Researcher, Macaulay Institute, Scotland
15.30 – 16.00 Conclusions and closing of the conference
