| World-wide web sites: Ecotourism and sustainable tourism organizations The International Ecotourism Society: www.ecotourism.org World Tourism Organization: www.world-tourism.org http://www.world-tourism.org/sustainable/IYE/quebec/anglais/declaration.html http://www.world-tourism.org/sustainable/IYE-Main-Menu.htm World Travel and Tourism Council: www.wttc.org Environment and Conservation Organizations The World Conservation Union: www.iucn.org The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization: www.unesco.org Conservation International: www.conservation.org, www.ecotour.org The Nature Conservancy: www.nature.org World Wild Life Fund: www.wwf.org ו - www.panda.org United Nations Environmental Program: www.uneptie.org/pc/tourism/ecotourism/home.htm www.uneptie.org/pc/tourism/library/mapping_tourism.htm www.unep.fr/pc/tourism/library www.uneptie.org/pc/tourism/sust-tourism/home.htm Ecotourism Certification Green Globe: www.greenglobe21.com Site certification in Lithuania, France, Denmark, Greenland, Sweden: www.green-key.org Certification of Parks and green areas in England: www.greenflagaward.org.uk Beach Certification – 'Blue Flag': www.blueflag.org Parks' Network in Europe's Protected Areas: www.panparks.org Fair Trade in South Africa Tourism: www.fairtourismsa.org.za Treaties and Declarations Québec declaration on Ecotourism: http://www.world-tourism.org/sustainable/IYE/quebec/anglais/declaration.html International Year of Ecotourism: http://www.world-tourism.org/sustainable/IYE-Main-Menu.htm Convention on biological biodiversity: http://www.biodiv.org/default.shtml Ramsar Convention on Wetland: http://www.wetlands.org/RSDB/default.htm UNEP's division on Environmental Conventions: http://www.unep.org/ News Papers & Magazines Global journal of practical ecotourism: www.planeta.com E-Bulletin of the World Tourism Organization: http://www.world-tourism.org/frameset/frame_sustainable.html National Geographic Magazine: www.nationalgeographic.com Tourist Traveler: http://www.touristtravel.com/eco10.htm Education & Research Institutes Charles Darwin Research Station: www.darwinfoundation.org The Global development Research Center: www.gdrc.org/uem/eco-tour/eco-tour.html Cooperative Research Center: www.crctourism.com.au Big Volcano Ecotourism Resource Center: http://www.bigvolcano.com.au/ercentre/ercpage.htm International Center for Ecotourism Research: http://www.griffith.edu.au/centre/icer/ Research Centers:
Israeli Web Sites Governmental sites Ministry of Tourism: www.tourism.gov.il Tourism Associations: http://www.tourism.gov.il/Tourism/Tourist+Information/ Ministry of the Environment: www.sviva.gov.il Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development: www.moag.gov.il Ministry of Education: www.education.gov.il Israeli Environmental Organizations The nature & Parks Protections Authority: www.parks.org.il The Society for Protecting Nature in Israel: www.spni.org.il The Jewish National Fund: www.kkl.org.il Israel Antiquities Authority: www.antiquities.org.il Society for Preservation of Israel Heritage Sites: www.shimur.org.il The Heschel Center for Environmental Learning and Leadership: www.heschelcenter.org Publication Michal Wimmer–Luria, 2002, “Confronting environmental problems in the Ramon area, The ‘Machteshim Country’, The Negev desert, Israel, by creating partnerships in Ecotourism” (2000-2002), MSc in Environmental Sciences, Environmental Management program, Wageningen University, The Netherlands. Link to the Thesis |
