News Headline
International Day for biological biodiversity: celebrate by protecting biodiversity, not promoting tourism.
Source
Friends of the Earth International
Publication Date
2017-05-22
22 May 2017 is International day for biodiversity and this year’s theme is tourism. The UN Convention on biodiversity (CBD) is using this opportunity to promote the value of tourism in significantly reducing threats to, and maintaining or increasing key wildlife populations and biodiversity through tourism revenue. It does mention the need to reduce the negative impacts of tourism but, whereas it sings the supposed values of tourism, it merely whispers the negative impacts.