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Sir Sanford Fleming College,
Ontario Canada, Ecotourism Alumni 2003 newsletter
 http://www.flemingc.on.ca/ecotourism/2003newsletter.pdf
The US Fire Administration
is offering a free GIS tutorial on CD.
http://firechief.com/ar/firefighting_free_nfirsgis_tutorial/
New WTO web services
WTO has recently launched LEXTOUR and INFODOCTOUR, two information
services offering online access to tourism legislation and
documentation centres worldwide. The LEXTOUR Database provides direct
access via links to external websites, databases and information
servers that offer references to and/or the full text of
national-level legislation and regulatory procedures governing the
principal areas of tourism activity, such as administrative structures
and spheres of competence, accommodation, professions, and investment
incentives. LEXTOUR also facilitates access to international databases
on tourism-related fields including environment, labour law,
transport, etc. The second database, INFODOCTOUR, is an online world
directory of products and services available from libraries,
documentation centres, producers and distributors of databases
directly or indirectly related to the tourism sector. INFODOCTOUR
should contribute to improve and reinforce the development of
information linkages between the WTO Documentation Centre and its
institutional partners.
http://www.world-tourism.org/doc/E/menu.htm
Pre-publication version of the 3rd Ramsar Manual.
Fullfilling the
need for a brief, printed introduction to the Ramsar Convention and its
processes, a new updated third edition has now been prepared
which will be published on CD-ROM in early 2004 as an adjunct to the
new 4-volume 2nd edition of the Ramsar Handbooks series. The
pre-publication final English draft of this new Ramsar Manual is now
available on the Ramsar Web site in HTML and PDF versions, and
comments are invited as to improvements or additions that readers
might like to see made to it.
http://www.ramsar.org/lib_manual2003.pdf
Plantations are not Forests.
"Planting trees can be very good, but it can also be very bad. It
all depends on what you're planting them for, the scale and site of
the plantations and the impacts or benefits they bring to local
populations. Large-scale plantations (consisting of either fast-growth
trees such as eucalyptus and pines or of other species such as oil
palm) generate most negative impacts, both in social and environmental
terms." Published by the World Rainforest Movement (WRM), it
addresses the issues of plantations and the struggles developed at the
local and global levels against them. Non Governmental Organizations
and Indigenous Peoples Organisations can ask for a free copy of the
book. To do so, please WRM International Secretariat or visit:
http://www.wrm.org.uy
Other
Publications
WTO E-Library
WTO has launched an e-library, a fully indexed and cross-searchable
database of over 250 full-text reports published by the WTO. The
e-library is free to its 142 Member States, while tiered subscriptions
are available for others. New publications and documents will be
published via the e-library as soon as they are released, in many
cases before they become available to the general public. The
e-library also includes the 'Tourism Factbook', a search facility
enabling access to the most up-to-date statistical information on a
country-by-country or geographical basis.
http://www.wtoelibrary.org
Sustainable Development of Ecotourism - A Compilation of Good
Practices in SMEs
This new publication is the 3rd of a series of good practice
compilations, and it has been prepared in the follow up to the
International Year of Ecotourism 2002. This compilation contains 65
case studies received from 47 countries about exemplary practices in
small ecotourism businesses. As the translations have been recently
completed, this publication is now available in English, Spanish and
French:
http://www.world-tourism.org/cgi-bin/infoshop.storefront/EN/product/1214-1ch
Sustainable Tourism: The Tour Operator's Contribution
The Tour Operators´ Initiative (TOI), a diverse group of over 20 tour
operating companies, ranging from small specialised operators to some
of the biggest names in the business, including First Choice and TUI
AG, has released a new publication - Sustainable Tourism: The Tour
Operator's Contribution - that showcases efforts to promote
environmentally friendly and social responsible tourism in the tour
operator's sector. Over 30 case studies, grouped in the key business
areas of supply chain management; internal management; product
management and development; customer relations; and co-operation with
destinations provide an overview of the diverse approaches and tools
that tour operators can adopt. The supply chain management examples
include the use of 'green' checklists to assess hoteliers, the
introduction of environmental clauses into contracts, the provision of
technical assistance, and the introduction of a suppliers´ food
hygiene campaign.
http://www.uneptie.org/pc/tourism/library/TOI_cases.htm
Nature-based Tourism, Environment and Land Management,
Ecotourism Book Series
R Buckley, C Pickering, Griffith University, Queensland, Australia and
D B Weaver, George Mason University, Manassas, USA.
Looks at the economic, social and environmental consequences of
nature-based tourism. It discusses the importance of links and
partnerships, as well as the conflicts, between commercial tourism
interests and land management agencies.
Details
The American Bird Conservancy Guide to the 500 Most Important
Bird Areas in the United States :
Key Sites for Birds and Birding in All 50 States by the American Bird
Conservancy. A concise archive of wide-ranging information for
conservationists, birders, and natural science students as well as a
valuable guide for ecotourists.
Details
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