With its close connections to the environment and climate itself, tourism is considered to be a vulnerable and highly climate-sensitive economic sector, similar to agriculture, insurance, energy and transportation. At the same time, tourism is a contributor to Greenhouse Gas (GHG emissions, including emissions from transport, accomodation and activities. In 2005, tourism's contribution to GHG emissions was estimated to be approximately 5% . In response to this challenge this publication is designed to provide a provide pragmatic platform to strengthen the capacity of professionals to understand and respond effectively to the global challenges of climate change in tourism destinations.

The 2007 Report examines domestic resource mobilization for growth and poverty reduction in African countries. It analyses how African countries can increase domestic resources and channel them into productive investments. The Report also examines how African countries can reclaim development “policy space”, and give true meaning to, “ownership” of development strategies that respond to their own priorities within the framework of a “developmental State”.

Dynamic natural events and human activities in the Polar Regions are having a significant combined impact on these fragile environments. In populated regions of the Arctic, social norms, cultural integrity, and economic interactions are also being affected. Partly responsible for these changes and impacts is an increase in tourism, which is now one of the principal human activities in the Polar Regions.

This Practical Guide to Good Practice has grown out of the experiences of UNEP, the Tour Operators, Initiative for Sustainable Development (TOI) and its partners. Also available in French & Arabic http://www.earthprint.com/go.htm?to=DTI0795PA http://www.earthprint.com/go.htm?to=DTI0843PA

This report has been developed to: provide guidance to industry associations, governments and others on how to develop and use voluntary codes; demonstrate what can be achieved by providing real examples from leading voluntary codes; and, identify how voluntary codes can be used as a tool to contribute to sustainable development.

Wildlife watching is fast becoming a multi-million dollar industry with the potential to fight poverty by pumping vital income into local communities and conservation initiatives. The report commissioned by the Convention on Migratory Species of Wild Animals (UNEP/CMS) and produced in collaboration with the tourism group TUI, focuses on 12 case studies to highlight the growing economic importance of wildlife watching while flagging some of the pitfalls that may arise through poor or insensitive management. It includes concrete recommendations on how best to promote environmentally, economically and socially sound wildlife watching, including advice to visitors, drivers and divers.

A set of " Intergrating Sustainability into Business " volume 1 & 2

Can community based ecotourism in northern Tanzania contribute to both conservation and rural development? This paper explores themes relevant not only to development and conservation, but also to natural resource governance and rural livelihoods in East Africa. More and more rural communities in northern Tanzania are signing agreements with private companies to develop ecotourism businesses on their land. These agreements offer important new economic opportunities. But the ability of local people to benefit from them can be compromised. The struggles and conflicts that arise illustrate some of the fundamental governance challenges to community-based natural resource management and ecotourism in Tanzania.

This handbook is a guide for tourism businesses to learn what the opportunities and benefits of renewable energy are, what questions to ask suppliers on system configuration and design, and how to select reliable suppliers. It contains information on a wide range of renewable energy technologies that can be used by tourism businesses, and hopefully it will help increase commitment from industry to protect our environment as one of our most valuable tourism assests.

Pro-poor tourism strategies aim to influence tourism development to unlock opportunities from the poor – whether for economic gain, other livelihood benefits or engagement in decision-making. Such strategies are needed to harness the potential of tourism for pro-poor growth and poverty reduction. This report reviews practical experience of pro-poor tourism strategies in order to identify useful lessons and good practice. It synthesis findings from 6 case studies in South Africa, Namibia, Uganda, Nepal, Ecuador and St Lucia.

This manual is a useful guidebook to rural technologies suitable not only for mountain areas involved in tourism but for other areas of the mountains also. It commences by examining tourism and its impacts and the relevance of alternative technologies in this context. The second chapter deals with energy-related technologies and the implications of their use in mountain areas.

This publication describes how tourism can be better integrated with the coastal environment through an award scheme that has done much to improve environmental awareness in coastal areas. The first part of the publication deals with the development of the Blue Flag scheme and the range of criteria to be fulfilled. The second part discusses the lessons learnt from the European Blue Flag scheme and highlights the problems likely to be encountered and the steps to mount a successful coastal award campaign in non-European regions.

A practical look at how tourism can be an integral part of sustainable stewardship of protected areas. Aimed especially at developing countries that need tourism to cover the costs of nature protection.