Linking Tourism & Conservation Pasvik, October 14, 2014 Peter Prokosch 1
The Green Belt is an Important Part of the Global Protected Area Network 2
The CBD Aichi 2020 target 11 By 2020, at least 17 per cent of terrestrial and inland water, and 10 per cent of coastal and marine areas, especially areas of particular importance for biodiversity and ecosystem services, are conserved through effectively and equitably managed, ecologically representative and well connected systems of protected areas and other effective area-based conservation measures, and integrated into the wider landscapes and seascapes. 3
The world has already agreed 17 % of terrestrial and inland water, and 10 % of coastal and marine areas ( ) conserved and effectively managed CBD Aichi 2020 Target 11 well designed and managed tourism can make a significant contribution the need to support sustainable tourism activities ( ) that promote environmental awareness, conserve and protect the environment Rio+20, The Future We Want 4
Tourism can make it happen Svalbard example: Cooperation tourism operators and conservation NGOs made Norway setting the Goal to make Svalbard the best managed wilderness area in the world Basecamp Masai Mara (Kenya) Developed a nature conservancy example with Masai landowners Costa-Rica example: Linking tourism and conservation is the main goal of the government 5
The East Atlantic Flyway Example 6
The Wadden Sea Change in History: From agriculture use to national park 7
The Circumpolar Protected Area Network The Arctic should be the first region able to implement the CBD Aichi target 11 8
From Anti-Road Campaign to Svalbard the best managed Wilderness Area in the World and. Linking Tourism & Conservation 9
Svalbard : a leading LT&C-Example how Tourism is supporting Protected Areas
Several challenges need to be addressed Only 1% marine protected areas reached, far away from 2020 target of 10% Many existing national parks are just paper parks USD 30 billion/annum needed for managing effectively a global network of national parks (0.5% of the World s Tourism turnover) Tourism and conservation industry is fragmented, locally oriented and has conflicting interests 11
Objectives of Linking Tourism & Conservation Objective: Develop methods, tools and incentives for upgrading and replicating the world s best examples of tourism supporting national parks Establish an international support organization to Promote best practices, best examples and different forms of tourism supporting national parks Cooperate with, and help coordinate, relevant organisations and stakeholders 12
Strategic Options Focus on Marine National Parks Africa and Europe National Park Management (education, high qualified guides/ rangers) Conservation-education of tourists and tour operators 13
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Royal-, King- and Emporer Penguin 15
How can the trilateral Pasvik Protected Area Cooperation / Green Belt become an LT&C Example 16
The Linking-Principle 17
Vision LT&C envisions a world, where travellers are inspired by experiencing nature and the beauty of natural landscapes. This is supported through a global network of well-managed protected areas that represent the world s diversity of habitats and ecosystems. Tourism business and individual tourists play a major role in supporting, implementing and sustaining this high quality network of national parks and protected nature areas. www.ltandc.org 18