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This e-book is an up-to-date collection of nature-based tourism (NBT) tools and resources to support NBT practitioners. It is hosted by the Global Wildlife Program’s Nature-Based Tourism Community of Practice at the World Bank. You can search by keywords or use the filters below to narrow your search.

Nature-based tourism (NBT) plays an important role in sustainable development. It can support poverty alleviation, economic growth, and biodiversity conservation and contribute to key global agreements and frameworks, including the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. NBT’s singular potential to create jobs and growth, while protecting wildlife and ecosystems, makes it an enticing prospect for developing countries seeking to align those interests. The Nature-Based Tourism (NBT) Community of Practice (CoP) commissioned a comprehensive review of the tools and knowledge resources that could be used by practitioners in the field of NBT, to prepare and implement projects that promote sustainable NBT practices and policies.

The World Economic Forum COVID Action Platform focuses on three priorities: galvanizing the global business community for collective action, protecting people’s livelihoods and facilitate business continuity, and mobilizing cooperation and business support for the COVID-19 response.

For over 30 years, WTTC has conducted research on the economic impact of Travel & Tourism in 185 countries and issues such as overcrowding, taxation, policy-making, and many others to raise awareness of the importance of the Travel & Tourism sector as one of the world’s largest economic sectors.

Resource Watch features hundreds of data sets all in one place on the state of the planet’s resources and citizens. Users can visualize challenges facing people and the planet, from climate change to poverty, water risk to state instability, air pollution to human migration, and more.

The Green Solutions Platform is a ‘green market place’ that provides destinations and tourism sector companies with solutions to actual sustainability challenges. Green Solutions are identified and presented at our vents, and they are especially recommended to destinations with whom we cooperate, when appropriate.

The High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy recognizes our collective well-being depends on a healthy ocean. It always has. It always will. The pressures on the ocean are intense and growing – but we know recovery is possible. Crucially, a healthy ocean holds the solutions to many of the world’s challenges. Putting sustainability at the heart of ocean management is essential for protection, production and prosperity that benefits people, nature and the economy. The leaders of 14 countries have put forward a new ocean action agenda underpinned by sustainably managing 100% of national waters.

The SDG Knowledge Hub provides information and resources about the 17 Sustainable Development Goals including case studies, news updates, and information about the 2030 agenda.

In addition to project financing, the Sustainable Islands Platform aims to further innovations by providing access to cutting edge knowledge for firms, business support organizations and governments across island nations. To that effect, the SIsP has compiled the following tools, publications and webinars available for download.

The IUCN Library Portal provides a paltform for both IUCN Resolutions and Recommendations, which form the body of IUCN’s general policy, as well as the IUCN Headquarters’ Library catalogue, which includes the digital library of IUCN publications.