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The 2020 State of the Cruise Industry report takes an in-depth look at the impact of cruising and the trends
we are witnessing across the industry, including environmental sustainability, responsible tourism and unique passenger offerings.

This Marine Insight article describes the different types of pollution caused by ships including: ballast water pollution, air pollution, noise pollution, greywater pollution, blackwater/sewage pollution, chemical pollution, oil/bilge oil pollution, and solid waste pollution.

This WRI article highlights 8 ways to build back with a stronger blue economy post-COVID including bluer blue tourism, reducing shipping emissions, avoid squandering a post-COVID-19 fish bounty, supporting mariners, stay the course on ocean parks, farming the sea to feed billions, digitizing the ocean, and not preying on the moment.

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.

This Seychelles Research Journal article explores the focus on Blue Economy goals in the Indian Ocean, examines the role that law can play in supporting them, and highlights key areas for future research.

This CRC report presents a design and assessment model to assist tourism operators to manage low-impact nature-based sustainable tourism facilities in remote areas. Derived by studies conducted in Australia and informed by indigenous groups, the report provides design guidelines for facility infrastructure, and a framework for environmentally sustainable technology for energy, water and waste management systems.

This IUCN publication is designed to guide the sustainable use of biological resources in the day-to-day operations of hotels and to complement the many tools already available to help reduce environmental impacts in hotel operations.

This IUCN guide helps owners and managers of small and large hotels in the Caribbean to conserve nature through day-to-day hotel operations. This guide is meant to complement the many tools that are already available to help reduce environmental impacts in hotels, by using appropriate siting, design and construction practices, and by improving management of energy and water consumption, and disposal of wastewater and solid wastes.

This CREST film presents the importance and practical steps to approach green travel for tourism businesses in the Caribbean.

This UNWTO white paper explores the need for a sustainable Circular Economy and provides a framework to guide a more sustainable, resilient and future-proof tourism development in line with the UNWTO One Planet vision.