Hi John, Blake and list,<br><br>I have somewhere on my computer still some traces of my visit to Masai Mara (Kenya) and Nyungwe Forest (Rwanda). Would this be interesting to use? Although I already digitized the last one mentioned.<div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div>Bouke PieterĀ </div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed Jan 14 2015 at 6:50:25 PM Blake Girardot <<a href="mailto:bgirardot@gmail.com">bgirardot@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi John,<br>
<br>
Congrats on kicking off the Projects!<br>
<br>
Do you or anyone on the list have any idea how we can get in contact<br>
with "adventure tourism" or "eco tourism" people (consumers or vendors)?<br>
<br>
Companies that offer eco or adventure tourism rely on these areas<br>
staying protected so they have an incentive to help us with on the<br>
ground with gps traces or gps cooridinates for PoI's.<br>
<br>
Not to mention they would get credit as the source for helping collect<br>
this data in OSM.<br>
<br>
And the same thing for consumers who go on eco/adventure tourism, they<br>
have an incentive help keep these areas protected and would probably<br>
love to help contribute to these projects in some way and have on the<br>
ground experience.<br>
<br>
How can we get our message out to these places and people?<br>
<br>
Websites? Facebook groups? Travel industry trade organizations?<br>
<br>
If people can identify people/places/organizations I am glad to start<br>
spreading the word, but my limited tries so far have not realized any<br>
results.<br>
<br>
Or are you already working with companies or groups?<br>
<br>
cheers,<br>
Blake<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
On 1/14/2015 5:48 PM, John White wrote:<br>
> Hi All<br>
> I am please to announce that work has begun on Mapping Africa's<br>
> Protected Areas. The first two National Parks selected for mapping<br>
> are Serengeti National Park (Task 834<br>
> <<a href="http://tasks.hotosm.org/project/834" target="_blank">http://tasks.hotosm.org/<u></u>project/834</a>>) and Niokolo-Koba National Park<br>
> (Task 721 <<a href="http://tasks.hotosm.org/project/721" target="_blank">http://tasks.hotosm.org/<u></u>project/721</a>>).<br>
><br>
> As many of you are aware, Africa's National Parks, Nature Reserves and<br>
> Game Reserves are an important and sustainable sources of foreign<br>
> currency, jobs and upliftment in many countries on the African<br>
> continent. Your assistance in mapping protected areas will help support<br>
> tourism activity and therefore the surrounding communities.<br>
><br>
> For more information on the list of reserves to be mapped, please visit:<br>
> Our WikiProject<br>
> <<a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_African_National_Parks_and_Reserves" target="_blank">http://wiki.openstreetmap.<u></u>org/wiki/WikiProject_African_<u></u>National_Parks_and_Reserves</a>><br>
> Our Facebook Page <<a href="https://www.facebook.com/mappingprotectedareas" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/<u></u>mappingprotectedareas</a>><br>
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> Regards<br>
> John White<br>
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