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This comprehensive set of principles aims to help maximize the tourism sector’s benefits while minimizing its potentially negative impact on the environment, cultural heritage and societies across the globe.

The GSTC Destination criteria presents a comprehensive list of certification standards, indicators, criteria, and best practices for tourism stakeholder to use as basic guidelines for sustainable destination development and management. The GSTC criteria is organized into four main categories: management, socioeconomic, culture, and the environment.

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 UNWTO and One Planet Network repository aims to inspire further action from governments and the private sector in addressing issues related to the COVID-19 pandemic by highlighting tools and initiatives from stakeholders which are leading by example, as well as providing reflections of thought and opinion leaders on the challenges and opportunities for the responsible and sustainable recovery of tourism.

This CBD document shows the origins of the Convention on Biological Diversity with 3 main objectives of: the conservation of biological diversity, the sustainable use of the components of biological diversity, and the fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising out of the utilization of genetic resources.

The MSC and ASC standard is a seaweed-specific assessment the support widespread adoption of good practices in sustainable seaweed production and provides a benchmark for improvement.

The MSC Chain of Custody Standard ensures that products from MSC certified sustainable fisheries are traceable and separated from non-certified products.

The MSC Fisheries Standard is a comprehensive assessment used to determine the degree of management and sustainability of a fishery and provide a roadmap to improve on specific metrics.