Nilgiris Biosphere Reserve - Equitable Tourism Options

fragile riparian and mountain ecosystems, bearing in mind the need for
such guidelines to apply to activities both within and outside protected
areas, and taking into account existing guidelines".
The Conference of the Parties further convened the Workshop on
Biological Diversity and To urism in Santo Domingo from 4 to 7 June 2001 at
the kind invitation of the Government of the Dominican Republic and with
financial support provided by the Governments of Germany and Belgium.
The purpose of the Workshop was to develop the draft international
guidelines contemplated in decision V/25, paragraph 2.
The key conclusions from the analysis of the CBD Guidelines on
Biodiversity and Tourism are:
• Principles and guidelines on sustainable tourism acknowledge the
importance of biodiversity, but guidance so far available is very general
and detailed technical guidance is needed on how to implement and
manage tourism in relation to biodiversity;
• Guidelines that are formulated specifically on tourism and biodiversity
focus mainly on protected areas and the requirements of protected area
managers;
• All the principles and guidelines analysed contain extensive common and
complementary elements - no cases were found where one principle or
guideline was in conflict with another;
• There are no internationally-accepted guidelines currently available that
provide a fully integrated approach to the general management of
sustainable tourism and biodiversity, and which address the technical
issues of implementation of internationally-agreed prinCiples in these
areas.
The management process steps for the management of sustainable
tourism and biodiversity listed in the workshop:
1. Institutions
2. Baseline information and review
3. Vision and goals
4. Objectives
5. Review of legislation and control measures
6. Impact assessment
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