Baku hosts seminar on “Ecotourism and sustainable development”
Baku, October 3 (AZERTAC). An interactive seminar entitled “Ecotourism and sustainable development” has been held in Azerbaijan`s capital.
Organized by the International Dialogue for Environmental Action (IDEA), the event was attended by 20 youth.
The seminar has been arranged at the IDEA resource centre of the Academy of Public Administration under the President of Azerbaijan.
The seminar aims to teach the youth about the ecotourism, as well as to inform about the role of ecotourism in sustainable development.
Project Coordinator at IDEA Surkhay Novruzlu attended the seminar and briefed the participants on ecotourism, as well as its development and influence to the environment.
International Dialogue for Environmental Action is an international campaign launched by Leyla Aliyeva on July 12, 2011 in Baku. Leyla Aliyeva saw quite clearly, through her youth work, that the environment was a key cause of concern for young people in Azerbaijan as it is in the region and the world. The concern was real, but the path which young people could take to find out more, to network with others, and to mobilise for action was far from clear.
Children in Azerbaijan and throughout the Southern Caucasus grow up proudly learning that they live in a region which boasts nine of the world’s eleven climate zones. It has more than its fair share of environmental wonders. But it also is a country and a region with serious environmental challenges, from endangered species to industrial pollution to basic issues of water supply and safety. The beginnings of a government-led environmental investment programme are beginning to be seen in Azerbaijan, with industrial clean-up, a strong National Parks project, mass tree planting, and the first moves into renewable energy.
IDEA is all about working with young people to put environmental awareness and action at the heart of family, community and national life.
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