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This STI Pacific Sustainable Tourism Alliance (PSTA) is an innovative regional partnership that engages local leaders from the business community, NGOs and local governments to ensure tourism is a positive force for change in the Pacific.

This article analyzes resident perceptions of tourism and community participation in Langkawi Island, Malaysia, and holds implications for government authorities looking to expand the involvement of local residents in tourism development.

This UNEP FI report is a call to action for insurers around the world to join the global effort to protect the priceless and irreplaceable assets that make up our World Heritage for present and future generations.

This UNESCO action plan mobilizes networks of sites and a wide range of partners and stakeholders in SIDS and other countries worldwide, including inter-regional, interinstitutional and inter-agency collaboration with a focus on five priority areas to improve SIDS resilience and maintain cultural heritage.

This book presents a discussion by leading contributors on the impacts of tourism on local culture and the environment, and moves forward the debates in sustainable tourism, covering new locations, concepts and perspectives, and new case studies providing a global outlook for a universal issue.

This UNESCO training manual for the protection of the underwater cultural heritage in Latin America and the Caribbean was created for heritage professionals, national authorities and universities and uses capacity building and public awareness workshops with Member States on the protection and management of underwater archeological sites in the region.

This UNESCO manual was designed to help specialists and decision-makers understand the rules concerning activities directed at underwater cultural heritage, and to facilitate their practical day-to-day application.

This UNESCO paper describes the evolution of the SIDS agenda, highlights SIDS in the World Heritage Convention context, and includes seven thematic papers on shared concerns and challenges across SIDS, such as disaster risk management and building resilience to climate change, land management and sustainable tourism.

This UNESCO World Heritage manual is intended as a tool for capacity-building for the effective management of heritage, and for World Heritage properties in particular. It is designed to equip people involved in heritage conservation and management, and empower policy makers through improved institutional structures.

This United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization report contains case studies to highlight the intersection of World Heritage sites and SIDS.