Coastal Resilience Interactive Tutorials
This Nature Conservancy compendium offers different tools to support coastal resilience planning including interactive tutorials and success stories through case studies.
What is marine plastic pollution costing us? The Impacts of Marine Plastic on the Blue Economy
This Skimmer on Marine Ecosystems and Management article provides an overview on the impacts of marine plastic on the blue economy, evaluating the economic cost of marine plastic and its impact on different sectors.
Whale Shark Guide Training in Mexico
This Travel Foundation training, developed with local and international organizations, offers courses for guides with areas including the biology and ecology of whale sharks, research, conservation, guest briefings, codes of conduct and guidelines for whale shark encounters in Mexico. A manual for the training with presentations, reference notes and activity cards was provided, and at […]
Fact Sheet #6: Energy Efficiency & Renewable Alternatives
This CREST Fact Sheet considers the intersection of efficiency and renewable alternatives with tourism to give a brief overview of the current situation, issues, and potential solutions in the Caribbean and Latin America, particularly Aruba and Grenada.
How to Declare
This Tourism Declares article describes that for a business or organization to commit themselves to the pledge, they need to develop a climate action pledge, share the commitment and progress publicly, cut carbon emissions, work together, and advocate for change.
Tourism and Environmental Health in a Changing Climate
This ISTI report presents an overview of the indicators framework for sustainable tourism to help destinations measure tourism’s demand for resources and climate change-related impacts, as well as monitor efforts towards transitioning to a greener economy. This research helps to measure the Invisible Burden in Tunisia, with a framework to be applied at the local […]
Guidance for using the IUCN Global Standard for NBS
This IUCN guide offers a user-friendly framework for the verification, design and scaling up of Nature-based Solutions through the utilization of the IUCN Global Standards for Nature-based Solutions.
Unethical Use of Wildlife in Tourism: What’s the problem, who is responsible, and what can be done?
This article in the Journal of Sustainable Tourism presents a study of the impacts of wildlife tourism attractions and offers suggested solutions to empower tourists with assessment information to help them make more responsible decisions when choosing wildlife tourism experiences.
8 Ways Cruise Ships Can Cause Marine Pollution
This Marine Insight article describes the different types of pollution caused by ships including: ballast water pollution, air pollution, noise pollution, greywater pollution, blackwater/sewage pollution, chemical pollution, oil/bilge oil pollution, and solid waste pollution.
5 Tipping Points for a Healthy and Productive Ocean by 2030
This UNGC report produced in consultation with over 300 stakeholders, identified five tipping points for a healthy and productive ocean that represent a set of tangible objectives to address ocean sustainability challenges.