Poster: Demonstrating the Adoption and Linkages of Best Available Practices and Technology (BAP/T) in Ecotourism, Environmental Management System and Reef and Marine Recreation Management in Kenya, Mozambique and Tanzania
John Garcia, Hugh Gibbon and Ludovic Bernaudat, coastal tourism project abstract: "The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) Collaborative Actions for Sustainable Tourism (COAST) Project is a five-year project on its third year of implementation. It is a Global Environment Facility (GEF) funded project with the United Nation Environment Programme (UNEP) as the implementing agency; UNIDO as executing agency in partnership with the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO). Its main objective is to demonstrate and support adoption of best practice approaches for sustainable tourism that reduces the degradation of marine and coastal environments of trans-boundary significance. It has been working in nine countries in the sub-Saharan Africa to facilitate the uptake of Best Available Practices and Technologies (BAP/T) in the field of Ecotourism, Environmental Management System (EMS) and Reef and Marine Recreation Management (R&MRM). In the experience of East and South African countries mainly Kenya, Mozambique and Tanzania; the Ecotourism activities link directly into the local communities, informal business sector and civil society organizations, the EMS focus is with the private sector and the R&MRM activities have more inclination toward the local government. The project is establishing cross cutting linkages within each thematic area through science based tools such: formulation of biodiversity indicators and activities for ecotourism projects, which promotes or directly pays for biodiversity conservation; spatial mapping of the demonstration site especially reef ecosystems to prioritize conservation and management and; participatory resource assessments including basic environmental monitoring systems done by local stakeholders. The project seeks to produce BAP/T adoption models that can be replicated in national and regional scale. This is being done through preparation of thematic project briefs that emphasizes the importance of baseline data, institutional partnerships, capacity building and monitoring exercises."
Poster: Demonstrating the Adoption and Linkages of Best Available Practices and Technology (BAP/T) in Ecotourism, Environmental Management System and Reef and Marine Recreation Management in Kenya, Mozambique and Tanzania.pdf
