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COVID-19 recovery for IUCN Green List protected and conserved areas:

Global guidance and site-based support in Peru, and Viet Nam

Project description

The project ‘Sustainable Tourism and Protected Areas in a Post-COVID World’ aims to develop a more crisis resilient and sustainable tourism landscape and in the spirit of “building back better”, improve the ecological and social aspects of tourism in and around protected and conserved areas.  

Implemented by IUCN with support of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) through their COVID-19 Response Measures for Tourism programme. In this project, we collaborate with local and Indigenous Peoples in developing community-based sustainable tourism plans and activities that puts people and nature at the forefront. It also supports Protected Area managers in implementing the global IUCN Green List standard criteria for fair and effective tourism and visitation management. 

The measures are closely tailored to the needs of the local people and for this project IUCN has partnered with Planeterra Foundation who will provide training and support to community members in and around Protected Areas and World Heritage sites in Peru and Viet Nam. 

Key Facts

Donors:

  • German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)

Implementing partners:

  • Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
  • Planeterra
  • PCA management authorities, staff and local communities in Peru & Vietnam

Duration:

  • 2 years (2021-2023) 

Countries involved:

  • Peru, Vietnam

Outcomes and objectives

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Solutions in Focus: Sustainable Tourism in Protected and Conserved Areas

PANORAMA Solutions

 

What should sustainable tourism in Protected and Conserved Areas look like in a Post-COVID world? Discover existing good practices and solutions from Africa, Asia and Latin America. This publication takes the reader on a trip to amazing destinations, where local actors have implemented truly inspiring solutions that can demonstrate the development of resilient forms of tourism.

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Sustainable Tourism in Protected and Conserved Areas: COVID-19 Impacts and Recovery

White paper, December 2022

 

This white paper provides a brief synthesis of various components of the Sustainable Tourism and Protected Areas in a Post-COVID World project focused on sustainable tourism in PCAs including community benefits, tourism management, and post-COVID-19 recovery. It provides high-level practical recommendations towards achieving a sustainable nature-based tourism recovery process into the future.

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Virtual Tourism in Protected and Conserved Ares

OPPORTUNITIES, CHALLENGES AND RECOMMENDATIONS

 

Virtual tourism grew rapidly during the COVID-19 lockdown restrictions as an alternative to in-person travel and has been on the rise ever since as an innovative marketing and engagement strategy in the tourism sector. Following this trend, many protected and conserved areas (PCAs) have developed a variety of virtual solutions to promote their destinations and educate about conservation needs.

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Tourism and Disease Risk Management in Protected and Conserved Areas

Policy Brief

 

As an overarching strategy, policy-makers from tourism, health and conservation sectors at all levels are urged to embrace the One Health approach, involving communication, coordination, collaboration and capacity building, to address risks that originate at the animal–human–ecosystem interface in and around PCAs. It also calls for the creation and support of suitable conditions for the development of more sustainable forms of tourism in PCAs. In the framework of this approach, a series of recommendations in order of priority are highlighted in this brief for different levels of policy-making and implementation.

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One Health principles for sustainable tourism in protected and conserved areas

Accompanying principles to the guidelines for prevention, detection, response and recovery from disease risks in and around protected and conserved areas

 

The wide-reaching effects of the COVID-19 pandemic caused serious health and economic consequences across communities and ecosystems. One key message made clear is that sustainability must be a leading priority across all sectors to ensure a healthy and safe future. This report presents six core principles with practical strategies for the tourism industry stakeholders in PCAs on how to reduce risks and increase resilience toward a more sustainable tourism model in line with a One Health approach. They are intentionally broad, allowing for use and adaptation in any PCA context.

READ HERE
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