PEOPLE

Nahar muhammed - india

Nahar has fifteen years of experience in tourism planning and sustainable tourism development, including ecotourism and protected area management research. He has worked with India’s tourism policy and planning environment. His work on tourism planning projects across 15 of India’s state governments – developing policies, strategies and action plans for developing tourism and overseeing project implementation – demonstrates this. He maintains special interest in protected area and wildlife tourism and as a resource specialist in training programs for Indian Forest Service officers, community groups, tourism industry associations and other stakeholders. Currently he heads the Project Management Unit of Department of Tourism, Govt of Odisha and pursuing PhD in the area of ‘Protected Area Tourism and Community well being’ from Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai. Nahar was PUP’s secretary 2017-18.

Ivonne oviedo - honduras

Ivonne is a professional in forest management (from the National University of Forest Science in Honduras), wildlife resources (from the University of Idaho) and protected natural areas (from the Autonomous University of Madrid), with more than 20 years of experience on project management related to natural heritage. During this time she worked in La Muralla National Park coordinating the Public Use Program as well as in in Celaque National Park as the Assistant Director, where she coordinated public use activities. She also was National Director of Protected areas in her country as well as the Executive Director of the Honduran Network of Private Reserves. In partnership with PUP Consortium, Ivonne worked as an instructor of an Interpretive training program supported by USAID in coordination with the Honduran Institute for Forest Conservation, protected areas and wildlife (ICF).

CARLOS ARMANDO ROSERO - COLOMBIA

Carlos is a professional tourism guide specialized in ecotourism with emphasis on natural area heritage interpretation. He has more than 20 years of experience in tourism activity operations and outdoor education as well as the design and methodological, technical, and interpretive development of tourism and education programs and products. He currently works for the Organization for Environmental Protection and Education (OpEPA) as an instructor and operations coordinator for the Outdoor Education Programs. OpEPA is also PUP's official organizational representative in Colombia. Carlos also has worked as guide and environmental educator trainer with the Corporación Clorofila Urbana since 2008 and OpEPA's community strengthening programs since 2012, and a lead instructor in heritage interpretation training of tourism guides with PUP since 2010. He lives in Bogotá.