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1 Linking Tourism and Conservation - a Finance-Initiative for Protected Areas UNEP/GRID Arendal: Peter Prokosch page: 1 Tourism booms Tourism industry booms Significant growth in in regions of high biodiversity and developing countries UNEP/GRID Arendal: Peter Prokosch page: 2 1

2 Figures on Tourism and Protected Areas Tourism turnover worldwide: 6 Trillion US$ (Forecast: soon 10 Trillion $) Annual management costs for a complete global network of protected areas (CBD): 30 Billion US$ 0,5% of tourism turnover UNEP/GRID Arendal: Peter Prokosch page: 3 Overall Goal Initiating a process, which increasingly and sustainably channels money (ideally 0,5% of the worldwide tourism turnover) from the tourism sector into the management of the worldwide protected area network UNEP/GRID Arendal: Peter Prokosch page: 4 2

3 An International UNEP- Project in Cooperation with WWF? A UNEP-DTIE DTIE-Task Task Force on Sustainable Tourism-Project facilitated by UNEP/GRID Arendal UNEP/GRID Arendal: Peter Prokosch page: 5 Linking Activity Fields of UNEP and WWF UNEP: CBD Protected Area Targets UNEP-Tour Operators Initiative (TOI) UNEP-DTIE-Taskforce Taskforce on Sustainable Tourism WCMC-Protected Area and Tourism Monitoring WWF: Global 200 Ecoregions Protected Areas Finance mechanisms (Trust Funds) Tourism projects (LT&C in the Arctic, Pan Parks, etc.) UNEP/GRID Arendal: Peter Prokosch page: 6 3

4 Linking Tourism and Conservation in the Arctic UNEP/GRID Arendal: Peter Prokosch page: 7 UNEP/GRID Arendal: Peter Prokosch page: 8 4

5 Nepal UNEP/GRID Arendal: Peter Prokosch page: 9 Kamchatka UNEP/GRID Arendal: Peter Prokosch page: 10 5

6 UNEP/GRID Arendal: Peter Prokosch page: 11 PWC-Study Investmentfonds UNEP/GRID Arendal: Peter Prokosch page: 12 6

7 WWF Travel Programmes UNEP/GRID Arendal: Peter Prokosch page: 13 Cooperation WWF & TOI UNEP/GRID Arendal: Peter Prokosch page: 14 7

8 UNEP/GRID-Arendal, as an intergovernmental facilitation organisation, supports and promotes UNEP and UNenvironmental conventions/multilateral agreements by means of communication, particular visualisation UNEP/GRID Arendal: Peter Prokosch page: 15 UNEP/GRID-Arendal Arendal- Polar Programme used to partner with WWF Arctic Programme Looking out for similar also in Antarctica UNEP/GRID Arendal: Peter Prokosch page: 16 8

9 Synergy in the Caucasus? Kaukasus - Trust Fund UNEP/GRID Arendal: Peter Prokosch page: 17 Sustainable Conservation Finance Mechansisms Trust Funds: ARPA, Kongo-Basin Basin, Madagascar, Caucasus UNEP/GRID Arendal: Peter Prokosch page: 18 9

10 Synergy in Madagascar with UNEP-Shelf Shelf- Programme? UNEP/GRID Arendal: Peter Prokosch page: 19 UNEP/GRID Arendal: Peter Prokosch page: 20 10

11 Kick-off Workshop May 12-13, 13, 2007 in Arendal, Norway UNEP/GRID Arendal: Peter Prokosch page: 21 Goals of the Workshop : Assess the feasibility and implementability of the initiative; Identify and evaluate existing and potential mechanisms; Identify appropriate examples of protected areas or regions for funding; Groundwork for report on worldwide overview of mechanisms, examples and best practices; Explore and identify organisational structures and sponsors for developing the project further. UNEP/GRID Arendal: Peter Prokosch page: 22 11

12 Categories of Potential Workshop Participants Those currently involved in mechanisms to collect tourism dollars s to benefit conservation: Entrance fees to protected areas (e.g. Nepal); Voluntary taxes of air or other transport (e.g. Lufthansa, World Train Union); Investment fund for sustainable tourism (s. study of PWC); Pan Parks; Special donor trip organisers (e.g. WWF US); Big thinkers Tour operators: Members of UNEP Tour Operator Initiative (TOI; e.g. TUI) Engaged participants from the WWF-Linking Tourism and Conservation in the Arctic initiative (e.g. Oceanwide); Basecamp; Conservation Finance Initiative UNEP/GRID Arendal: Peter Prokosch page: 23 Categories of Potential Workshop Participants Implementation and monitoring organisations on the protected area side: WWF; Conservation International; UNEP-WCMC Key participants and organisers of the international Ecotourism Conference: GRIP (Lone Lamark); The Ecotourism Society; UNEP-DTIE (Stefanos Foutou) Relevant Conventions: CBD UNFCCC UNEP/GRID Arendal: Peter Prokosch page: 24 12

13 Results to be reported to the Global Ecotourism Conference in Oslo, Norway: May 14-16, 16, 2007 organised by The International Ecotourism Society, Ecotourism Norway and UNEP UNEP/GRID Arendal: Peter Prokosch page: 25 13

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