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1997 | OriginalPaper | Buchkapitel

Proposal for a Worldwide Regulation Concerning Sustainable Tourism as a Protocol Additional to the Convention on Biological Diversity

verfasst von : German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation

Erschienen in: Biodiversity and Tourism

Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

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The Parties of this Protocol, acknowledging the growing economic significance of tourism;in view of the worldwide dimensions of modern tourism, particularly the steadily increasing numbers in the sector of long-distance tourism;aware that international steps and regulations are called for;cognisant of the fact that an intact nature and the diversity of life are the foundations of many touristic activities;in recognition of the fact that sustainable tourism can contribute to the protection and sustainable use of biological diversity;concerned that uncontrolled tourism endangers nature and biological diversity as foundations of tourism and in some regions has already damaged it;mindful that touristic activities require social and political control, particularly through self-regulatory steps of the tourism industry and through planning instruments, economic incentives, awareness-building programmes and training measures by the political sector to ensure sustainability;resolved to devote particular attention to touristic activities in especially fragile areas, namely in protected areas, mountain regions, coastal areas and other attractive nature areas;considering that in the promotion of sustainable tourism the interests of the local communities including indigenous peoples must be borne particularly in mind andin recognition that traditional cultures deserve to be protected,

Metadaten
Titel
Proposal for a Worldwide Regulation Concerning Sustainable Tourism as a Protocol Additional to the Convention on Biological Diversity
verfasst von
German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation
Copyright-Jahr
1997
Verlag
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-60689-2_19