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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 å -
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
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