Beyond Greening - Tourism Watch

ContentAbbreviations 6Part 1: Tourism in the Context of the Green Economy,Sustainable Development and Poverty Eradication 14From Rio to Rio+20: Tourism on the International Agenda 14The Green Economy – No Limits to Growth?Tourism as a "Key Sector" in Sustainable Development 18Far from a Green Economy: Environmental Neglect by Transnational Corporations 21Forests, Communities and the "Green India Mission":Promises and Failures of Ecotourism 26The Potential of Community-based Tourism for Local Development:Networking for Sustainable Alternatives in Brazil 33Tourism and Food Sovereignty: Risks and Opportunities of Tourism in Rural Settings 37Water Equity in Tourism: Vital to a Green Economy 42Tourism and Climate Change:How the Myth of Poverty Alleviation through Tourism Prevents Progress 46The "Saharisation" of the Mediterranean: For a Shared Agenda on Climate Justice 52Part 2: The Challenge of Good Governance:Institutional Frameworks for Tourism and Sustainable Development 57Regulator or Facilitator? Redefining the Role of Governments 57The Role of Tourism Corporations:The Neoliberal Attack on Local and Global Democracy 62Sustainable Consumption and Production in Tourism – Quo Vadis?Private Sector Initiatives and Corporate Social Responsibility 66Tourism as a Field of Development Cooperation:The Conceptualisation of Poverty in Pro-Poor Tourism Discourse 75