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Nature-based enterprises help rural poor adapt to eco-threats
Expanding nature-based enterprises can increase income for the world’s rural poor. This approach, as outlined in the latest World Resources Report 2008, can also develop the rural poor’s resilience to social and environmental threats such as climate change.
Browse the world’s National Parks and Protected Areas on-line
New online database lets travelers view, measure and zoom-in on information about national parks and protected areas in their web browser, combining important data like species and geography, all into one portal.
Ted Turner offers sustainable tourism criteria at World Conservation Congress
Voluntary standards that focus on the most critical aspects of sustainable tourism in order to help travel suppliers around the world meet increasing consumer demand for products and services that will have positive effects on communities and the environment.
Tourism will and must ‘Grow Smartly’ in face of climate change
Tourism growth must be pursued with great emphasis on ethics and local community involvement as well as reducing carbon emissions, as concluded by World Tourism Day (WTD) 2008 Think Tank.
‘Your Planet Needs You’ - Mexico hosts World Environment Day
Mexico, which accounts for around 1.5% of global greenhouse gas emissions, is demonstrating its commitment to climate change on several fronts. At the crossroads of the Green Economy and one increasingly in the center of regional and global affairs, Mexico will host the international 2009 World Environment Day celebrations.
ECOT delivers statement: ‘World Tourism Day 2008: A South Perspective’
Caesar D’Mello, Director, Ecumenical Coalition On Tourism (ECOT), has issued a statement regarding the theme of the United Nations World Tourism Organization’s (UNWTO) ‘ World Tourism Day 2008: Tourism responding to the challenge of climate change’.
JuvenesseSpa in Chicago supports PeaceJourney.com Youth Adventures
The grand opening events are now set for JuvenesseSpa, the exclusive Skincare Spa and Lifestyle Studio, opening September 21, 2008 in Chicago’s downtown River North art, culture and beauty district. September 21st, the United Nations International Day of Peace is significant to JuvenesseSpa because of the spa’s direct support of PeaceJourney.com Youth Adventures, the socially responsible program founded by Jeannette Kravitz, CEO of JuvenesseSpa and Skin Care.
UNWTO launches new carbon-neutral travel site in time for World Tourism Day 2008
www.ClimateSolutions.travel, a web site aiming to be the central gateway for information on solutions available to help the tourism sector respond to climate change, is scheduled to be launched on World Tourism Day - Septemer 27, 2008 in Lima, Peru.
Shangri-La Appoints new Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability Manager
Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts, Asia Pacific’s leading luxury hotel group, has appointed Patricia Gallardo area corporate social responsibility and sustainability manager for its Philippine properties.
Yao Ming Becomes UNEP’s First ‘Environmental Champion’
Top Olympic athlete Yao Ming is the UN Environment Programme’s first-ever Environmental Champion, UNEP announced today.
Santa Fe International Conference on Creative Tourism - September 2008
UNESCO Creative Tourism Conference teaches fundamentals of Creative Tourism as “a global conversation,” featuring the world’s leaders on creative tourism.
Green Energy Will Fuel the Olympic Experience for Millions of Spectators in Beijing
As seven million spectators count down to the opening of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, solar energy, wind farms and recycled water are among the green features that will help power their Olympic experience.
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