Artica Listens 2020: Part 2 - Nature and Tourism

Written By Charlotte Hetherington

Longyearbyen is an old coal mining community. Mining is now being phased out, while tourism is promoted as a replacement for lost jobs and to maintain the island’s population.

What is the actual impact of tourism on Svalbard's nature? The Arctic is warming about twice as fast as the global average, so why is tourism singled out as a prioritized industry? Can dissemination of the climate crisis make up for the environmental footprint that tourism leave behind? These are some of the questions that the CEO of Visit Svalbard, Ronny Brunvoll, will discuss with Frode Pleym, Manager of Greenpeace - Norway and Torgeir Knag Fylkesnes, deputy leader of the socialist left party.

For more information about the Artica Listens 2020 event visit here.

 

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Artica Listens 2020: Part 2 - Nature and Tourism
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Longyearbyen is an old coal mining community. Mining is now being phased out, while tourism is promoted as a replacement for lost jobs and to maintain the island’s population.

What is the actual impact of tourism on Svalbard's nature?

Charlotte Hetherington
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