International
Tropical
Marine
Ecosystems
Management
Symposium

Sustainable tourism examines the effects of the millions of cruise passengers visiting MPAs each year, and how ineffective institutional and political structures complicate conservation efforts. It looks at tools and methods for minimising the environmental footprint of tourism in marine protected areas. The session highlights an analysis aimed at enhancing the benefits of community-based tourism initiatives, discussing the challenges of poverty alleviation and twinning conservation and developmental priorities.

• Recommendations
• Cases Studies
  • Building Sustainable Resorts: Implementation of the CI-IBLF Siting, Design and Construction Guidelines in Quintana Roo
  • Centro Ecológico Akumal Local NGO Conservation Efforts in Mexican Caribbean
  • Challenges for Community-Based Sustainable Ecotourism: A Case Study of Community-based Ecotourism Development in Panggang Village, Seribu Islands, Indonesia
  • Community Benefits at Fiji's Namena Marine Protected Area
  • Conservation and Tourism Development in the Costa Maya, México
  • Coral Reef Ecosystem Management for Sustainable Tourism in Mu Koh Chang, Thailand
  • Cruise Shipping management in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
  • Impacto del Turismo en las Áreas de Importancia Ecológica y los Instrumentos de Política Ambiental Para Conservarlos: El Caso de Quintana Roo, México
  • Minimising Tourism Impact on the Great Barrier Reef, A Partnership Approach
  • Marine Protected Areas and Cascading Impacts of Instant Mass Tourism on the Mayan Coast of Quintana Roo, Mexico
  • Promoting Coral Reef Monitoring & Public Awareness Through a Network of Dive Operators for Protection of Coral Reefs in Southeast Asia: A case "Green Fins" Programme in Thailand
  • The Implementation of the CBD Biodiversity and Tourism Development Guidelines in Kuna Yala
  • The Implementation of the CBD Biodiversity and Tourism Development Guidelines in Kuna Yala
  • Tools and methods for minimizing the environmental footprint of tourism within the Sandy Bay West End Marine Park

• Reports
  • Planning for Sustainable Tourism Development in Tropical Ecosystems
  • Cruise Tourism and Marine Protected Areas
  • Tools and Methods for Minimizing the Environmental Footprint of Tourism in Marine Protected Areas
  • Enhancing the Success of Community Based Tourism Initiatives

• Workshop presentations
  • Cruise Shipping within the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
  • Tourism Development and Conservation in the Costa Maya
  • Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park Trilateral Presentation
  • Promoting CR Monitoring & Public Awareness Through a Network of Dive Operators for Protection of Coral Reefs in SouthEast Asia: ‘Green Fins’ Programme in Thailand
  • Minimising Tourism Impact on the Great Barrier Reef - A Partnership Approach
  • Minimising the Ecological Footprint of the Tourist Industry on Roatan’s Coral Reefs
  • Marine Protected Areas and Cascading Tourism Impacts on the Mayan Coast, Quintana Roo, Mexico
  • Creating a Model for Development
  • The MesoAmerican Reef Tourism Initiative (MARTI) - Applying the CI/IBLF Hotel Siting, Design and Construction Guidelines and Engaging Hoteliers and Marine Service Providers to Implement Environmentally Sound Practices
  • CBD Guidelines on Sustainable Tourism Development