This UNEP report evaluates the extent of environmental, economic, and social vulnerabilities to apply appropriate responses in order to prevent negative impacts and conserve the environmental quality and cultural integrity of the Polar Regions. The identification of management techniques exemplified in good practices is necessary to select conservation and sustainable development objectives that will protect the polar environment and its people.

This CBD report offers background on relevant and guiding UN frameworks, short summaries, updates and analysis on the most relevant global, regional and national initiatives and programmes, as well as information on the Sustainable Tourism Programme of the UN’s 10-Year Framework of Programmes on sustainable consumption And production patterns in the tourism industry.

This CBD, UNEP, and UNWTO report provides stakeholders with the tools to make the tourism sector more biodiversity friendly and more socially just. It addresses the links between tourism development, biological diversity conservation, and development / poverty reduction.