The MMV conference (21/08 – 24/08) provides a forum for presentations and other exchanges of ideas and experiences related to the monitoring and management of visitors in recreation and protected areas. The emphasis is on policies, problems, practices and innovative solutions, and will therefore be of equal relevance to managers and researchers.

The MMV conference covers a broad range of topics, including: Developments in visitor monitoring – Social patterns in outdoor recreation participation – Children and nature: experiences, learning and health – Outdoor recreation in urban proximate nature – Spatial planning, resolving conflicts and safeguarding access – Integrating outdoor recreation and nature conservation – Education, outdoor learning and communicating nature – Nature experiences and environmental awareness – Environmental values and attitudes in outdoor recreation – Commercialization of nature – The economics of outdoor recreation – Managing tourism impacts on destination communities – Methodological and theoretical developments in outdoor recreation research

CONFERENCE CO-CHAIRS

Professor Peter Fredman, Mid-Sweden University.
Professor Marie Stenseke, University of Gothenburg

More information about session proposals and the programme can be found on the conference website: http://www.mmv2012.se/index.html