Tourism and the Environment: a complex relationship
Tourism impacts on the environment
Economic aspects
Tourism in Caribbean economies
Growth of Caribbean tourism: 1993-1997
Sensitive areas: poorly managed for the environment
Global tourism
Tourism damage threatens the industry
Tourism and protection of the environment
Best practices: tourism and conservation
What tourist industry can do
UNEP Tourism and Environment Initiative
UNEP Tourism and Environment Initiative: impacts Not found? Click here
UNEP's Ecotourism Web links
ECOSOC proposes 2002 as International Year of Ecotourism (1998) Not found? Click here
UNEP/WTO Concept Paper on Ecotourism for the International Year of Ecotourism Not found? Click here
UNEP site on International Year of Ecotourism
UNEP Manual for International Year of Ecotourism
UNEP tourism publications
Tourism and the Caribbean: a billion-dollar business
Better waste management and port waste reception in the Caribbean
UNESCO page of coastal and island tourism-related links
includes:
Environmental impact of urban development. A case history: Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico
CARICOMP - Caribbean coral reef, seagrass and mangrove sites
Management approaches: strategies and master plans
Management approaches: the impacts of tourism: islands are particularly vulnerable
GESAMP on success stories
Tourism and sustainable development
UNEP islands Web site: managing tourism impacts Not there? Click here
UNEP Small island environmental management self-training course
UNEP principles of sustainable tourism Not there? Click here
World Tourism Organization: sustainable tourism definition
Background on negative impacts: the Caribbean
World Tourism Global Code of Ethics Not there? Click here
IUCN - Tourism and Protected Areas
The World Commission on Protected Areas publication: Best Practice Guidelines for Public Use Measurement and Reporting at Parks and Protected Areas in its entirety in PDF format (note very large file)
European Charter for sustainable tourism in protected areas Not found? Click here
Conservation International (CI) - Ecotourism Programme
International Ecotourism Society - TIES
TIES Statement on the United Nations International Year of Ecotourism (adopted 6 January 2001)
TIES Marine ecotourism factsheet
International Council of Cruise Lines, ICCL
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