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Tourism for SDGs

United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)
The Tourism for SDGs (T4SDG) is a co-creation platform developed by the UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) to make tourism matter on the journey to 2030.
November 2018

Blue Biotrade: Harnessing marine trade to support ecological sustainability and economic equity

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
This report looks at the emerging concept of “Blue BioTrade”— a new tool to promote sustainability and equity focused on marine-based products and services. It describes how the application of the Blue BioTrade concept can promote sustainable and equitable economic sectors and value chains that rely on marine and coastal resources, and includes a proposal for implementing a Blue BioTrade approach.
December 2018

Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Use in Latin America: Evidence from environmental performance reviews

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
This report summarises key findings and lessons learned in the area of biodiversity conservation and sustainable use from the OECD Environmental Performance Reviews conducted for five Latin American countries between 2013 and 2017: Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru.
January 2015

Understanding and Valuing Marine Ecosystem Services in the Northern Mozambique Channel

World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Global Canopy
This case study compiles and synthesises data on marine ecosystem services to help identify the key ecosystem values of the Northern Mozambique Channel (NMC) region, one of the world’s outstanding terrestrial and marine biodiversity areas and a biological reservoir for the entire coastal area of East Africa.
December 2019

Addressing Marine Plastics: A systemic approach – Recommendations for action

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
This report identifies gaps to address marine plastics at each value chain stage and recommends actions to achieve a circular economy for plastics at the global level.
May 2019

Exploring Dual Discount Rates for Ecosystem Services: Evidence from a marine protected area network

Environment for Development Initiative (EfD)
The paper presents a joint estimation of willingness to pay for conservation activities aimed to preserve the flow of ecosystem services provided by a marine protected area network and respondents´ personal discount rate using a contingent valuation survey.
November 2020

Realizing the Blue Economy Potential in Albania

The World Bank
The objective of this study is to fill the knowledge gaps to help advance Albania's vision of the Blue Economy, in the context of the country's aim of joining the EU.
1 November 2019
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Call for Papers: 9th International Conference on Sustainable Tourism 2020

On 8-10 July 2020, the Wessex Institute is hosting the 9th International Conference on Sustainable Tourism in Madrid, Spain.
January 2021

Enhancing Nationally Determined Contributions: Opportunities for ocean-based climate action

World Resources Institute (WRI)
This paper outlines the best ways countries can use ocean-based action to curb greenhouse gas emissions and better adapt to the impacts of climate change. The paper focuses on four ocean-based subsectors that have the greatest potential to curb emissions and deliver significant other benefits: marine conservation (coastal and marine ecosystem restoration and protection), oceanic and coastal fisheries, marine transport, and ocean-based renewable energy.
June 2013

World in Transition: Governing the Marine Heritage

German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU)
The focus of this paper World in Transition: Governing the Marine Heritage is on the rules governing the conservation and sustainable use of the oceans, and above all on how we can ensure that these rules are implemented.

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