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Ecotourism as a sustainable way to protect nature APPENDIX Appendix (1): Various ecolabels in the world Adopted from: X.Font, Tourism management 23 (2002) 197 - 205 88
Ecotourism as a sustainable way to protect nature Appendix 2: Proposed guidelines for successful Ecotourism Certification • Indicators for sustainability must be arrived at by research of appropriate parameters based on current best practice • Indicators for sustainability must be reviewed and approved via a stakeholder process • Indicators for sustainability must be arrived at for each segment of the industry, e.g. hotels, tour operators, transportation systems, etc. • Indicators for sustainability must will vary according to region and must be arrived at via local stakeholder participation and research • Certification programs require independent verification procedures that are not directly associated with the entity being paid to certify. University involvement is ideal for this process. • Certification programs, particularly for the small ecotourism business sector, are unlikely to pay for themselves through fees, and will need national, regional and international subsidization. • Certification programs can be given to the operating entity, but should specify the products or locations that fulfil relevant criteria as certified. • Certification should be ground tested before full-fledged implementation to ensure all systems are properly in line, due to the difficult of verifying appropriate performance standards without advance testing. UNEP & TIES (2002) modified from Epler Wood and Halpenny, Ecolabels in Tourism (2001) 89
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