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These Queensland Government guidelines provide background information and tools and key considerations that must be addressed as a first step in achieving best practice for ecotourism in Queensland’s national parks. Featuring case studies from Queensland, New South Wales, Western Australia, Victoria, Costa Rica, and Namibia.

This Norwegian Government plan presents an updated strategy for blue opportunities to build upon the government's ocean strategy while engaging the private sector for a sustainable ocean economy.

This World Bank report analyzes the potential for Cabo Verde to develop and market local experiences through online marketplaces.

This book analyzes over 170 global case studies and shows what ecotourism can achieve and what constraints it faces, and provides a convenient and comprehensive reference for ecotourism enterprises, development agencies and university teaching.

This UNWTO report gives an overview of tourism in SIDS and provides policy orientations, guidelines and other tools to the various tourism stakeholders in SIDS on how to address tourism challenges.

This report surveyed 30 tourism operators globally using the IUCN NbS Global Standard to assess how NbS are enabling destinations to take proactive climate action. The paper outlined 5 Principles for Effective Nature-based Solutions in the Tourism Sector with practical guidelines, action steps, and case studies highlighting action taken by industry leaders. With over 17 affiliate partners joining to amplify the important message behind the white paper, the research has been well-received by an industry that to date has little practical guidance for increasing investment in NbS at scale. Blue tourism operators in coastal destinations and the NbS they are using were heavily featured in this report.

This report presents an overview of climate-informed marine spatial planning (MSP), a participatory process that considers current and future climate risks and opportunities during design, planning, and implementation. Climate considerations in MSP harness the economic opportunities of the decarbonization pathway, while responding to the growing challenges of climate change through adaptive and integrated ocean management.

This post presents the Travel Foundation united industry stakeholders in a ‘Destination Council’, empowering them to create a shared vision and actions for sustainable tourism following a tourism impact assessment of two Cabo Verde islands.

This Institute for Outdoor Recreation and Tourism article presents a five-step process and other general principles for nature-based tourism project development.

This UNWTO compendium for public, private, and civil tourism stakeholders, provides specific case studies demonstrating ecotourism in practice and illustrates how tourism operators are aiming to meet the principles of sustainable tourism in Asia and the Pacific