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Wildlife law and the empowerment of the poor
… and regulating different types of wildlife use 6.2 Eco-tourism 6.3 Ranching and breeding 6.4 Wildlife trade 6.5 … rights 6.5.7 Traditional hunting 6.5.8 Regulating hunting tourism 6.6 Sharing of benefits 6.7 Community-based … and their habitats, to valuable opportunities in eco- tourism or hunting tourism, to the needs and traditions of …
Improving standards in ecotourism
… Improving standards in ecotourism OBSERVING that in 2014 tourism contributed USD 1.2 trillion (nearly 10% of global … economic sectors in the world; RECOGNISING that tourism has been highlighted in United Nations Sustainable … and natural heritage; FURTHER OBSERVING that nature-based tourism is a major tourism sector, making up more than 25% of …
A Global Register of Competences for Protected Area Practitioners
… LEVEL 3 108 COM LEVEL 2 111 COM LEVEL 1 113 CATEGORY TRP. TOURISM, RECREATION AND PUBLIC USE 114 TRP LEVEL 4 115 TRP … and use of natural resources; ● Provide opportunities for tourism and recreation; ● Promote equitable forms of … procedure TEC Technology (competence category) TRP Tourism, recreation and public use (competence category) UK …
Initiating effective transboundary conservation - A practitioner’s guideline based on the experience from the Dinaric Arc
… borders; • identification of actions in the fields of tourism, forestry, agriculture, and protection of valuable … boundary, cooperation replaces the potential for conflict, tourism becomes a force for peace, and problems are converted … identified and presented at the First Global Conference on Tourism–A Vital Force for Peace in Vancouver, Canada in 1988 …
European models of good practice in protected areas
… it has encouraged small-scale indigenous developments for tourism in the villages, through the growth of small hotels, … shifts from exploitation of nat- ural resources to nature tourism, so it becomes in everyone’s interests to increase … parks in Europe, for whom balancing conservation with tourism and generating benefits for local people is the main …
A critique of transboundary natural resource management in Southern Africa
… Nature of Resources and Ecosystems 5 Economic Growth and Tourism 5 The SADC Treaty and Regional Economic Integration 6 … in TBNRM 19 The Shift from Agriculture to Wildlife and Tourism 19 Poor Community Consultation and Participation 20 … for breeding animals and expertise. Economic Growth and Tourism There is also an economic justification for TBNRM in …
IUCN World Heritage Outlook 2014: A conservation assessment of all natural World Heritage sites
… of threats and pressures, with invasive species, impact of tourism, commercial hunting, fishing, dams and logging being … Some threats, for example invasive species and impacts of tourism, can be addressed at the site level and therefore … AND DISTURBANCE 54 War and civil unrest Impact of tourism 46 INVASIVE AND OTHER PROBLEMATIC SPECIES 64 …
Protected landscapes and cultural and spiritual values
… negative in each case studied here. In many cases mass tourism has had a negative impact, although in some cases for … of Khumbu the relationship with less massive types of tourism is reasonably positive. Moreover, cul- tural and … but increasing development pressure cataly- sed by mass tourism in this previously remote region is to- day leading …
Biodiversity: My hotel in action - A guide to sustainable use of biological resources in the Caribbean
… countries, worldwide. CARIBBEAN ALLIANCE FOR SUSTAINABLE TOURISM The Caribbean Alliance for Sustainable Tourism (CAST) was established by members of the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) in 1997 to promote responsible …
Conservation and sustainable development in mountain areas
… parts of the world – e.g. in terms of water resources and tourism – most mountain regions are politically and … and minerals; their roles as centres of biodiversity, tourism, and religious significance; and clear evidence of … of the world, but water, climate change, biodiversity, tourism, economy, cultural heritage and highland-lowland …