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This collaborative IUCN, WCPA, TAPAS Group, and GSTC webinar provides an overview of certification tools and standards for managing protected areas.

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.

The GSTC criteria for hotels and tour operators provides business owners with standards and indicators to effectively conduct sustainable planning while maximizing social and economic benefits for the local community, enhancing cultural heritage, and reducing negative impacts to the environment, as a basis for certification for sustainability.

This collaborative IUCN, WCPA, TAPAS Group, and GSTC webinar describe the guidelines for tourism concessions and partnerships in protected areas including examples of good practice.