OMSLAG 5.indd - IUCN
OMSLAG 5.indd - IUCN
OMSLAG 5.indd - IUCN
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• Supporting and promoting new financing mechanisms for sustainable<br />
development.<br />
<strong>IUCN</strong> NL and Tourism<br />
The tourism sector is growing rapidly all over the world. In many cases<br />
tourism development poses a threat to biodiversity, but under certain<br />
conditions tourism can be a means for conservation of biodiversity.<br />
Since 2002 <strong>IUCN</strong> NL has been actively involved on the topic with a<br />
Biodiversity & Tourism program (funded by the Dutch government). The<br />
aim is to stimulate a more sustainable form of tourism that can make a<br />
contribution to nature conservation.<br />
<strong>IUCN</strong> NL operates a Biodiversity & Tourism Micro Fund, with which<br />
it can support small scale tourism initiatives that should contribute to<br />
conservation. Experiences that are gathered through these projects are<br />
shared with stakeholders in the tourism industry. When relevant projects<br />
can be linked to Dutch tour operators, who are interested in working with<br />
conservation partners (described in this publication, chapter 4).<br />
<strong>IUCN</strong> NL works with several stakeholders to fuel the discussion on<br />
sustainable tourism in the Dutch outbound tourism industry, through the<br />
secretariat of the Initiative for Sustainable Outbound Tourism (20 members<br />
from educational institutions, NGO’s, government bodies and the private<br />
sector).<br />
For tourism schools <strong>IUCN</strong> NL has developed teaching materials, and for<br />
travellers there is an on-line database with information on flora, fauna and<br />
protected areas in different holiday destinations.<br />
• More information: www.iucn.nl<br />
<strong>IUCN</strong>, the World Conservation Union<br />
The mission of <strong>IUCN</strong>, The World Conservation Union, is to promote<br />
nature conservation in a just world. The World Conservation Union,<br />
founded in 1948, is the largest global nature conservation network. It is<br />
unique in bringing together states, government agencies and a diverse range<br />
of non-governmental organizations. <strong>IUCN</strong> is supported by six international<br />
commissions made up of some 10.000 technical and scientific experts. They<br />
form the largest volunteer network in the world, responsible for, amongst<br />
others publications like the <strong>IUCN</strong> Red List of Threatened Species. <strong>IUCN</strong><br />
contributes to the setting of global environmental standards and guides the<br />
actions of governments and civil society in sustaining the biological diversity<br />
and natural resource base on which human livelihoods depend.<br />
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Within <strong>IUCN</strong>, tourism is a special area of interest in the World Commission<br />
on Protected Areas (WCPA). The tourism task force of the WCPA is dealing<br />
with the subject through a ‘Tourism and Protected Areas Programme’. The<br />
task force published a large number of publications that are relevant to<br />
conservation stakeholders, such as the publication ‘Sustainable Tourism in<br />
Protected Areas, Guidelines for Planning and Management’, <strong>IUCN</strong>, 2002.<br />
There are a number of other <strong>IUCN</strong> offices active on the subject of tourism,<br />
e.g. <strong>IUCN</strong> Vietnam, <strong>IUCN</strong> Regional Office South America and <strong>IUCN</strong> for<br />
the Commonwealth of Independent States.<br />
• More information: www.iucn.org/themes/wcpa/theme/tourism/tourism.html