Traditional rural livelihoods are disappearing due to natural resource decline, climate pressure and, also modernization. This study explores livelihood diversification from primary economic activities into tourism employment in rural communities....

The Nature Conservancy’s Blue Bonds for Conservation model helps governments unlock funding for conservation—and could benefit millions of people in coastal regions. Demonstrated by successful projects in Barbados, Belize and...

Intrepid Travel, the platinum sponsor of the inaugural Indigenous Tourism Forum of the Americas, has introduced the company’s first Reconciliation Action Plan, formalizing its commitment to using its business to...

A tool for ecosystem valuation based on small payments made by marine tourists for each animal sighting and transferred directly to coastal communities. Project piloting in Morotai, Indonesia to help...

The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic hit the tourism industry particularly hard, affecting livelihoods and exacerbating some pressures on the natural capital resource base. Supporting the tourism sector recovery is an opportunity...

This article and webinar present findings on how the blue economy can promote gender equality and improve the lives of women in the blue economy workforce.

This report was drafted by a working group of United Nations entities, the World Bank, and other stakeholders to suggest a common understanding of the blue economy; to highlight the...

The Coastal Capital series provides decision-makers in the Caribbean with information and tools that link the health of coastal ecosystems. WRI and its partners have conducted economic valuation studies of...

This working paper looks at the benefits that coastal ecosystems provide to the Dominican Republic. The studies highlight the contribution of coastal ecosystems to the economy and the need for...

This report is part of the Developing and Promoting Sustainable Nature-based Tourism in the Coral Triangle project. An initiative, supported by funding from the Australian Government, looks to assist countries...