Key points for the Dept. of Conservation, from Sustainable Summits conference held at Aoraki Mount Cook 8-11 August 2016 Spiritual Values of the mountains and community connection The importance of mountains to Iwi and the mountain users, from a spiritual perspective. Local communities may feel alienated from their Parks as visitor numbers rise. Visitor pressures…
Mt Cook National Park
Sustainable Summits 2016 | photo gallery to reflect on
by southernlight •
It’s been a privilege to both attend the conference and to compile a summation here. It started because I’d been asked by one of the Alpine Club organisers Bob McKerrow to augment his gathering of images, and I needed somewhere to distribute about a 100 of same, so my own environmental web site seemed a…
UIAA | NZAC hosts successful Sustainable Summits Conference
by southernlight •
31 Aug, 2016 UIAA ~ International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation has published an overview of the conference on their web site NZAC hosts successful Sustainable Summits Conference 130 attendees took part in the Sustainable Summits Conference, organized by the New Zealand Alpine Club (NZAC) in the Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park from 7-11 August. Hugh Logan,…
