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Good news for biodiversity enthusiasts: Olive Ridley turtles arrive at Odisha’s Gahirmatha beach

The mass nesting, a phenomenon known as arribada (a Spanish term), began Tuesday night. An estimated 92,053 female turtles were spotted digging pits with flippers to lay eggs.

A Holiday With Teeth: How You Can Help Sharks While On Vacation

When you go to the Grand Isle Resort and Spa in the Bahamas, you don’t normally see “shark tagging” as an excursion option of at a four-star luxury resort.

In Mexico, ecotourism helps traditional agriculture survive

The people of the Mexican state of Oaxaca earn their living making pulque, a traditional drink made with Agave.

Why Costa Rica Is the Happiest Place on Earth

Do you know why Costa Rica is considered one of the happiest places in the world and the most beautiful to visit? Here are 7 excellent reasons:

We're in the era of overtourism but there is a more sustainable way forward

If you live in a tourist destination, you might dread the holiday invasion. Likewise, disgruntled tourists complain about crowded and polluted beaches, national parks or attractions.

Best snorkeling spots in the Caribbean

Unlike scuba diving, which requires more gear and more courage, snorkeling is a breeze for underwater sightseers. All it takes is a mask and a tube, a pair of fins, an inflatable life vest and a sense of adventure.

Experience India’s incredibly diversity in 10 of its biggest national parks

India is a distinct landmass, a glorious subcontinent with vast expanses and fantastic biodiversity you won’t see anywhere. With 104 National Parks and 544 Wildlife Sanctuaries, including Tiger Reserves, Desert and Bird Sanctuaries, Marine Parks and even a Floating National park - India has them ...

Biodiversity draws the ecotourism crowd

Nature - if you support it, ecotourists will come. Managed wisely, both can win. The balancing act of protecting and fostering biodiversity with hordes of tourists in pristine nature parks is a global challenge.

World Cities Day 2018 (http://www.un.org/en/events/citiesday/)

31 October 2018, New York, United States of America

Paradise lost: Tourist spots in danger of being loved to death

The Philippines' most famous resort island Boracay re-opens Friday after a six-month clean-up intended to fix the damage done by unrestrained mass tourism.

World Tourism Day 2018

27 September 2018, Madrid, Spain

Request for Information - Sustainable Tourism

Reference: SCBD/MCO/AF/NP/OH/87585 (2018-070)
To: CBD National Focal Points

World Cities Day 2017

31 October 2017, New York, United States of America

Tourism is central to economies around the world.

World Tourism Day 2017: “Sustainable tourism – a tool for development”

27 September 2017

The Secretariat of Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) today released a new publication titled "Guidelines for tourism partnerships and concessions for protected areas: generating sustainable revenues for conservation and development."

New guidance on tourism concessions for protected areas released

14 September 2017 – The Secretariat of Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) today released a new publication titled Guidelines for tourism partnerships and concessions for protected areas: generating sustainable revenues for conservation and development

Biodiversity, the variety of life on Earth, provides us with a wealth of natural resources that are extremely important for the tourism sector.

With continued growth and deepening diversification, tourism has become one of the fastest growing economic sectors in the world. And because tourism is closely linked to development, it has become a key driver for socio-economic progress.

Statement of the CBD executive secretary, Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, on the occasion of the World Tourism Day, 27 September 2015

Enforcing the notion that a healthy natural environment is one of the world’s most important tourism attractions, and that visiting nature serves to heighten awareness of its intrinsic value for us all, a new manual launched today by the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity presents guidelines on sustainable tourism and management.

New manual presents guidelines on sustainable tourism and management in sensitive biodiversity areas

Montreal, 3 July 2015 – Enforcing the notion that a healthy natural environment is one of the world’s most important tourism attractions, and that visiting nature serves to heighten awareness of its intrinsic value for us all, a new manual launched by the Secretariat of the Convention on Biologi ...

UNEP/CBD/COP/12/24/ADD1/CORR1

Biodiversity and Tourism Development (Corrigendum)

UNEP/CBD/COP/12/INF/23

Biodiversity and Tourism Development - Additional Information on Tools to Apply the CBD Guidelines

UNEP/CBD/COP/12/24/ADD1

Biodiversity and Tourism Development

World Cities Summit 2014: Liveable and Sustainable Cities: Common Challenges, Shared Solutions

1 - 4 June 2014, Singapore, Singapore

Message of the Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Braulio Ferreira De Souza Dias, on the Occasion of World Migratory Bird Day, 10-11 May 2014: "Destination Flyways: Migratory Birds and Tourism"

Message of the Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Braulio Ferreira De Souza Dias, on the Occasion of World Migratory Bird Day, 10-11 May 2014: "Destination Flyways: Migratory Birds and Tourism"

Message of the CBD Executive Secretary, Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, on the occasion of the World Tourism Day, 27 September 2013 - “Tourism and Water: Protecting our Common Future”

Message of the CBD Executive Secretary, Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, on the occasion of the World Tourism Day, 27 September 2013 - “Tourism and Water: Protecting our Common Future”

UNEP/CBD/WS-TOURIDG/3/1/ADD1

Anotaciones al programa provisional

UNEP/CBD/WS-TOURIDG/3/1

Provisional Agenda

UNEP/CBD/WS-TOURIDG/1/2

Report of the Arctic Workshop in the Indigenous Communities, Tourism and Biodiversity Workshop Series: New Information and Web-Based Technologies

UNEP/CBD/WS-TOURIDG/2/2

Report of the Pacific Islands Workshop on Indigenous Communities, Tourism and Biodiversity Workshop Series: New Information and Web-Based Technologies

UNEP/CBD/WG8J/6/INF/4

Information Received from Non-governmental Organizations in Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council

UNEP/CBD/WS-TOURIDG/3/2

Report of the Latin American and Caribbean Forest Workshop in the Indigenous Communities, Tourism and Biodiversity Workshop Series: New Information and Web-Based Technologies

UNEP/CBD/WG8J/6/INF/6

Report of the Arctic Workshop in the Indigenous Communities, Tourism and Biodiversity Workshop Series: New Information and Web-Based Technologies

UNEP/CBD/WG8J/6/INF/7

Report of the Pacific Islands Workshop on Indigenous Communities, Tourism and Biodiversity Workshop Series: New Information and Web Based Technologies

UNEP/CBD/ WSTOURIDG/1/1

Provisional Agenda

UNEP/CBD/ WSTOURIDG/1/1/ADD1

Annotated Provisional Agenda

UNEP/CBD/ WSTOURIDG/1/2

Report of the Arctic Workshop in the Indigenous Communities, Tourism and Biodiversity Workshop Series: New Information and Web-Based Technologies

UNEP/CBD/WS-TOURIDG/2/1

Provisional Agenda

UNEP/CBD/WS-TOURIDG/2/1/ADD1

Annotations to the Provisional Agenda

UNEP/CBD/WS-TOURIDG/2/2

Report of the Pacific Islands Workshop on Indigenous Communities, Tourism and Biodiversity Workshop Series: New Information and Web-Based Technologies

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Provisional agenda

Opening Remarks by Mr. Braulio F. de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, to the Ad Hoc Expert Group Meeting on Validating the Africa Review Reports on Biodiversity, Forests, Mountains, Biotechnology and Tourism, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 22-23 November 2012

Opening Remarks by Mr. Braulio F. de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, to the Ad Hoc Expert Group Meeting on Validating the Africa Review Reports on Biodiversity, Forests, Mountains, Biotechnology and Tourism, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 22-23 November 2012

Tourism concessions and partnerships in parks

CBD and SEMEIA are launching a publication on tourism concessions and partnerships in parks. The side-event and publication aim to mobilize stakeholders (park agencies and relevant networks) at the global level and to develop their capacity to work with the tourism sector, from training to tech ...

Highlighting tourism's contribution to biodiversity conservation and sustainable development.

In the context of the 11th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, UNWTO in collaboration with the CBD will host a side event on Tourism and Biodiversity, in which the most significant contributions of sustainable tourism to the CBD Strategic Plan for Biodiversity wi ...

Sustainable Tourism as a means to Protect Biodiversity and Support to its Sustainable Use - CBD Guidelines on Biodiversity and Tourism Development (Working Title)

(Preliminarily): Rio+20 brought "Sustainable Tourism" as Win-win option to the attention of the internaitonal community. CBD provides for CBD Guidelines ón Biodiversity and Tourismus Development since 2004. COP11 will deal with the theme under decision X/20 (cooperation). The objective of this S ...