Contents

3 Tourism for Nature
Tourism can be disasterous to local communities and nature if not developed with sustainability in mind. Luckily, there are good examples

4 Mountain Tourism Challenge: Sustainability
CEEWEB vice–president’s update about the role tourism plays in the Carpathian and the future Balkan Conventions

8 Debate about zoos
Pro’s and con’s of zoological gardens

12 Campaign against GMOs Goes Local
Local resistance is a good opportunity for GMO–free Croatia

14 Time to Decide, Time to Meet Again
Belly dancing and hard work at the CEEWEB Annual Meeting

16 New members of CEEWEB
Four new member organisations tell about themselves

20 News from CEEWEB Working Groups
The working groups decided about their activities in 2006

24 Early Birds Indicate Change
Climate change impacts on biodiversity may be both negative and positive

26 GEF Redefines Resources for Biodiversity
A new system of allocating resources in the five focal areas was adopted

28 Experience CEEWEB — Try an Internship!

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