A Question of Balance: Green is the New Black

This Tourism Industry Association of Nova Scotia tool provides a simple online self-assessment for tourism operators to measure their own practices and work toward improvements, and includes ideas and best practices to enhance competitiveness.

The Sustainable Blue Economy Finance Principles

The Sustainable Blue Economy Finance Principles are the foundational keystone to invest in the ocean economy. Launched in 2018, they are the world’s first global guiding framework for banks, insurers and investors to finance a sustainable blue economy. They promote the implementation of SDG 14 (Life Below Water), and set out ocean-specific standards, allowing the […]

INHERIT Project

INHERIT is a 4 year project that aims to conserve and valorise natural heritage in MED coastal and maritime tourist destinations, alleviating the adverse effects of overcapacity tourism in these areas through the promotion of sustainable tourism. The project will test and deploy a new approach in promoting  sustainable tourism that includes measures to protect its […]

TOURISMED

TOURISMED is a project aimed at testing and transferring a fishing tourism business model in the coastal territories of Italy, Cyprus, Greece, Albania, France and Spain as a way to promote a sustainable approach to tourism, while fostering the preservation of the marine ecosystem and the traditional fishing culture of the MED region.

Fiji: Enhancing COVID-19 Preparedness for Tourism Recovery

The Enhancing COVID-19 Preparedness for Tourism Recovery project will strengthen the capacity and readiness of Fiji to safely reopen to tourists and rebuild the country’s economy following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. The project will support Nadi International Airport to reopen with COVID-19 measures and Fiji Airways to deliver a testing facility for tourists and […]

MED Sustainable Tourism Community (BleuTourMed)

Created in November 2016 within the framework of the Interreg MED Programme under the name of BleuTourMed, the MED Sustainable Tourism Community has been renewed for a three-year period until June 2022 to make tourism a real driver for inclusive and sustainable growth. Since 2019, five new territorial cooperation projects (LABELSCAPE SuSTowns, WINTER MED, INCIRCLE and […]

Blue Carbon Lab

The Intrepid Foundation is supporting the Blue Carbon Lab to help restore natural coastal wetland areas around Port Philip Bay near Melbourne. The Blue Carbon Lab uses cutting-edge blue carbon research to mitigate climate change to support the restoration and protection of three crucial blue carbon ecosystems across Victoria.