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These Queensland Government guidelines provide background information and tools and key considerations that must be addressed as a first step in achieving best practice for ecotourism in Queensland’s national parks. Featuring case studies from Queensland, New South Wales, Western Australia, Victoria, Costa Rica, and Namibia.

This CRC report presents a design and assessment model to assist tourism operators to manage low-impact nature-based sustainable tourism facilities in remote areas. Derived by studies conducted in Australia and informed by indigenous groups, the report provides design guidelines for facility infrastructure, and a framework for environmentally sustainable technology for energy, water and waste management systems.

This Norwegian Government plan presents an updated strategy for blue opportunities to build upon the government's ocean strategy while engaging the private sector for a sustainable ocean economy.

This World Bank report analyzes the potential for Cabo Verde to develop and market local experiences through online marketplaces.

This CREST film presents the importance and practical steps to approach green travel for tourism businesses in the Caribbean.

This UNWTO report gives an overview of tourism in SIDS and provides policy orientations, guidelines and other tools to the various tourism stakeholders in SIDS on how to address tourism challenges.

This report surveyed 30 tourism operators globally using the IUCN NbS Global Standard to assess how NbS are enabling destinations to take proactive climate action. The paper outlined 5 Principles for Effective Nature-based Solutions in the Tourism Sector with practical guidelines, action steps, and case studies highlighting action taken by industry leaders. With over 17 affiliate partners joining to amplify the important message behind the white paper, the research has been well-received by an industry that to date has little practical guidance for increasing investment in NbS at scale. Blue tourism operators in coastal destinations and the NbS they are using were heavily featured in this report.

This post presents the Travel Foundation united industry stakeholders in a ‘Destination Council’, empowering them to create a shared vision and actions for sustainable tourism following a tourism impact assessment of two Cabo Verde islands.

This National Parks Service guide provides detailed procedures to implement current laws, regulations, Executive Orders, Department of the Interior policies and guidance, NPS Management Policies 2006, and other NPS policy and guidance related to commercial services.

This UNWTO compendium for public, private, and civil tourism stakeholders, provides specific case studies demonstrating ecotourism in practice and illustrates how tourism operators are aiming to meet the principles of sustainable tourism in Asia and the Pacific