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Linkages Between Trade and Climate Change / Vinculos entre el comercio y el cambio climático
Friday, June 26th, 2009From the World Trade Organization (WTO):
WTO and UNEP launch a report explaining for the first time the connections between trade and climate change
The world cannot continue with “business as usual” and there is a profound need for a successful conclusion to the current negotiations on both climate change and trade opening.
The WTO/UNEP report on “Trade [...]
The Tourism Sustainability Scorecard / La Ficha de Evaluación de Sostenibilidad Turística
Thursday, May 28th, 2009From the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB):
IDB releases sustainability scorecard for private sector tourism projects
Interactive online tool enables assessment of sustainability dimensions of proposed projects
The Inter-American Development Bank today released a new Tourism Sustainability Scorecard, an interactive tool developed to ensure that the IDB’s investments in private sector tourism projects maximize social, economic, cultural and environmental [...]
Improving Water and Sanitation in Puerto Plata
Thursday, April 2nd, 2009From the World Bank:
US$27.5 Million for Water and Sanitation in Tourist Areas
The World Bank’s Board of Directors approved today a US$27.5 million loan to improve the potable water and sanitation supply in the tourist area of Puerto Plata, located in the North of the Dominican Republic.
The Water and Sanitation in Tourist Areas Project will benefit [...]
Climate Change as Employment Opportunity for the Caribbean
Tuesday, March 31st, 2009From the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat:
CLIMATE CHANGE AS A GENERATOR OF EMPLOYMENT IN KEY ECONOMIC SECTORS OF THE CARIBBEAN
As the international community continues to give significant attention to the global phenomenon, Climate Change, Mr. Garfield Barnwell, Director of Sustainable Development at the CARICOM Secretariat posited some insights into how the Caribbean Region could transform this [...]
Energy Efficiency Program for Caribbean Hotels Launched
Tuesday, March 24th, 2009From the Barbados Government Information Service:
CARIBBEAN HOTEL ENERGY EFFICIENCY ACTION PROGRAMME LAUNCHED
Additional income from savings in electricity/fuel bills, a reduction in operational costs; and an increased flow of tourists preferring sustainable energy tourism destinations, are just a few of the benefits expected from the Caribbean Hotel Energy Efficiency Action Programme (CHENACT).
This was announced today by [...]
A Moratorium on Constructing Mega-Resorts?
Monday, March 9th, 2009From Tourism Concern:
TOURISM CONCERN CALLS FOR HALT ON CONSTRUCTION OF MEGA-RESORTS
Campaigning organisation Tourism Concern is calling for a halt to the construction of tourism mega-resorts, claiming that they are destroying communities and are environmentally unsustainable.
The global trend in developing luxury, large-scale resorts is leading to widespread alienation and displacement of people from their land, and [...]
Belize’s Tourism Plan – Sustainable?
Friday, January 30th, 2009The Belize Government has announced a $13.5 million program that they say will “promote and practice responsible tourism” and which they label as a “sustainable tourism plan.”
Perhaps buried in the the plan itself (not yet available online) are the details of what actually qualifies this as sustainable or responsible tourism, since the official release about [...]
Buenos Aires Province Formally Launches Sustainable Hotel Certification System
Tuesday, January 27th, 2009The Provincial Sustainable Development Organ (OPDS) of Buenos Aires Province just launched formally the “sustainable hotels” certification program that it announced last August it would create.
The program will judge lodging in touristic destinations within the Province on their “efficient use” of natural resources, minimization of the use of toxic chemical products, maximization of the use [...]
UNEP/CARICOM: Drastic Climate Change Consequences for Insular Caribbean / PNUMA/CARICOM: drásticas consecuencias por cambio climático en el Caribe Insular
Saturday, December 27th, 2008Although this report (English only) was finished in October, it was formally unveiled at the global climate change talks in Poland in November, but did not get much media play because of all the other actions, initiatives, reports and declarations made in Poznan at the same time. But it deserves much more attention and hopefully [...]
Putting a Value on Belize’s Reefs and Mangroves
Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008In a recent post I applauded efforts to estimate the true economic value of the mangroves along the coast of Mexico’s Baja California. Last month the World Resources Institute (WRI) and World Wildlife Fund (WWF) released a report that estimates the economic value of Belize’s coral reefs and mangroves that I similarly applaud — in [...]
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