Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) ndiwokonzeka kulengeza kusankhidwa kwa mtsogoleri woganiza, mpainiya, mphunzitsi komanso mtsogoleri wamakampani azokopa alendo, Megan Epler Wood ngati Mlangizi Wapadera pa chitukuko chokhazikika cha zokopa alendo kumadera, mabizinesi, ndi mabungwe aboma.
"Ndife olemekezeka kukhala ndi Megan ngati mlangizi wapadera wa PATA. Atsogoleri opita kudera lonse la Asia Pacific ali ndi chidwi chofuna kupititsa patsogolo kulimba mtima kwawo komanso kukhazikika kwawo pomwe akuchita nawo zabwino zachikhalidwe, zachikhalidwe komanso zachuma zomwe zimaperekedwa kudzera paulendo, "anatero mkulu wa PATA Liz Ortiguera. "Chidziwitso ndi ukatswiri wa Megan udzakhala wofunikira kwambiri pakupititsa patsogolo chitukuko chokhazikika komanso chokhazikika ku Asia Pacific. Tikuyembekeza kuyanjana naye kuti tithandizire maukonde athu komanso makampani paulendowu. "
Megan Epler Wood wadzipereka pantchito yake ya zaka zoposa 30 popanga malangizo a akatswiri, zida, mfundo, ndi maphunziro okhudza chitukuko chokhazikika cha zokopa alendo. Mu 1990, adayamba kudziwika bwino pazambiri zokopa alendo pokhazikitsa bungwe loyamba lokhazikika la zokopa alendo lomwe si la boma (NGO) padziko lonse lapansi, The International Ecotourism Society.
Atakhazikitsa bungwe lake la NGO, adayamba kutsogolera gulu lake la upangiri wapadziko lonse, EplerWood International, ku 2003. Kumeneko wagwira ntchito ndi gulu lake m'mapulojekiti oposa khumi ndi awiri m'mayiko oposa 35 omwe amalimbikitsa chitukuko chokhazikika, pamodzi ndi mabungwe otchuka padziko lonse monga United States. Agency for International Development (USAID), gulu la World Bank, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ), ndi Inter-American Development Bank. Iye wakambirana ndi maboma a mayiko ku Latin America, Asia, ndi Africa pa ndondomeko za chitukuko chokhazikika cha zokopa alendo, ndipo ali ndi udindo wolimbikitsa chitukuko cha mabizinesi ang'onoang'ono m'madera akumidzi ndi zachilengedwe zomwe zimakopa ndalama zokwana madola mamiliyoni ambiri ku US.
Pothirira ndemanga paudindowu, Ms Epler Wood adati, "Ndili wokondwa kugwira ntchito ndi PATA panthawi yofunikayi pakuwongolera ntchito zokopa alendo. Dera la Asia Pacific lili pamalo ofunikira kuti atsogolere potengera njira zamakono, zotsata deta za komwe akupita komanso kasamalidwe kabizinesi komwe kumachepetsa komanso kupindulitsa alendo komanso anthu amderalo. ”
Panopa Megan ndi Managing Director wa Sustainable Tourism Asset Management Program (STAMP) ku Cornell University's Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise ndi SC Johnson College of Business, udindo womwe wakhala nawo kuyambira 2017. Pamodzi ndi pulogalamu ya STAMP, yomwe imathandizira kafukufuku kuyang'anira zokopa alendo, adasankhidwa kukhala membala wotsogolera wa Cornell On-line Course, Sustainable Tourism Destination Management, mu 2022.
Zina mwa ntchito zaposachedwa kwambiri za Megan zikuphatikizapo kutenga nawo mbali pa yunivesite ya Harvard, yunivesite ya Cornell, komanso kutulutsidwa kwa lipoti lake lodziwika bwino la "Destinations at Risk: The Invisible Burden of Tourism." Kuyambira 2015 mpaka 2018, anali Director wa International Sustainable Tourism Initiative (ISTI) mu dipatimenti ya Environmental Health ku Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Panthawiyi, adatsogolera ofufuza a Harvard mugawo loyamba la kafukufuku pa sukulu ya Harvard yomwe imayang'ana kwambiri zokopa alendo. Gululi lidachita kafukufuku wokhudzana ndi sayansi kuti athandizire maboma ndi mabizinesi ndi cholinga chopeza zotsatira zabwino kuchokera ku chitukuko cha zokopa alendo padziko lonse lapansi.
