Ecotourism and Certification: Setting Standards in Practice - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1559639504 ISBN 13: 9781559639507

Publisher: Island Press, 2002

Synopsis

The idea of "ecotourism" has taken off in recent years, but a crucial detail is often neglected: how do we know that an enterprise truly meets the goals and standards of ecotourism? Certification - the rating of lodges, resorts, tour operators, and other sectors of the tourism industry by independent auditors who verify environmental and social impacts - has emerged as the most promising answer. Ecotourism and Certification offers a valuable overview of ecotourism certification and lays out the basic challenges and strategies for establishing certification programs. The book begins by offering baseline information on the tourism industry, situating ecotourism within the larger tourism industry, and tracing the history of certification. The second chapter explores the concepts underlying certification, followed by a chapter that examines certification as a tool in other industries such as forestry and coffee production. The remainder of the book highlights case studies of certification schemes around the world, written by experts who have been closely involved with the projects described. Ecotourism is a promising approach to protecting threatened environments and communities around the world and certification is a key to making it effective. This is the first book to take a global look at the emergence and application of certification, and it is an important contribution for ecotourism and development professionals worldwide.

About this title

About the Author:

Martha Honey is program director of the Ecotourism and Sustainable Development Project at the Institute for Policy Studies based in Washington, D.C., and author of Ecotourism and Sustainable Development (Island Press, 1999).

About this edition

• Publisher: Island Press
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1559639504
• ISBN 13: 9781559639507
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 272
• Editor: Honey Martha