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This SNV and University of Hawaii toolkit, recommended for anyone involved in the funding, planning or managing of a community-based tourism project, is designed to provide readers with the know-how to set up and run a monitoring programme for a community-based tourism project via step-by-step guidelines, supported by a wide range of case studies, in order to enable readers to embark on their own monitoring project.

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 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 research paper proposes models and guidelines for defining and evaluating coastal cultural heritage to be included in marine spatial planning and integrated coastal zone management as a resource, learning from the experiences in management of other coastal resources.

This WRI report makes the economic and security case for the development of resilient coastlines, and examines trade-offs between coastal protection and infrastructure development. The paper illustrates that practical solutions exist which can be implemented to allow economic and infrastructure development, without compromising the integrity and benefits of coastal ecosystems or disadvantaging the people who rely upon them.

This article describes a community-based framework for combining different types of knowledge to address climate change. It builds on earlier work to develop and pilot a framework for addressing disaster risk reduction in Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and looks at community participation in disaster risk reduction activities with a focus on Papua New Guinea.

This World Bank report presents the main achievements and lessons learned during the 15 years of implementation of the Transfrontier Conservation Areas (TFCA) Program in Mozambique and how they led to the 2015 launch of the new MozBio Program. The main themes of this project include economic growth and rural development, landscape approach, innovative partnerships, legal frameworks, and engaging communities.

This UNWTO resource offers three series guides and good practices to outline steps that the tourism sector should take to build back better, becoming more accessible and more competitive after the COVID-19 pandemic.

This CABI book uses case studies and regional overviews to understand the impact of ecotourism on communities and ecosystems in the United States and Latin America through the perspective of scholars, practitioners, tour operators, and policy makers.

This set of guidelines was developed by the UNWTO Ethics, Culture and Social Responsibility Department, in collaboration with Indigenous leaders, with OECD input. The recommendations suggest specific solutions for the empowerment of Indigenous Peoples through tourism such as transitioning from “assisting” towards “enabling” indigenous entrepreneurship, fostering digital literacy for tourism businesses, and acknowledging the relevance of indigenous people and culture by the tourism sector.