Dan, All
I completely second Dan's preoccupation, i also need now is a practical
tool, for example a questionnaire or interview guide, that would give me
a not too costly, but good answer for a first level of
certification/accreditation, without having to pay for impact studies...
at this first stage..
If it does not exist we will have to create it
I have compiled the references I found, so far (but there are still more
to come),
in a web page :
http://funredes.org/yacine/kalalu/KAD/certif
Please, if some reference is missing, wrong or not accurate, just email
me.
And if you are willing to collaborate for CREATING our own tool, lets do
it...
Regards
Yacine
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Yacine Khelladi <yacine@aacr.net> http://www.funredes.org/yacine
Kiskeya Alternative Destination Project Coordinator.
http://funredes.org/yacine/kalalu/KAD
Yacine Khelladi
LIPSON-D wrote:
>
> Hello all,
>
> I looked quickly at Micha's web site and found a good bibliography,
> but I need quick answers and tools. I hope this is not to
> anti-intellectual, asking for simple answers to complex questions.
> Also, I don't have access to a library, so I need them online.
>
> Ideal for me would be: One or several brief documents detailing basic
> criteria for evaluating and/or certifying impacts and sustainability
> of ecotourism projects. I saw last year a survey on the website of, if
> I remember correctly, Conservation International, more or less
> designed for this purpose. Is there any consensus or any
> widely-accepted form of certification (there's something about
> Australian certification on Michas website)?
>
> I'd like your opinions about this, as well as another point mentioned
> below: How, and by whom, should this evaluation be done?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dan Lipson
> Director
> Fundacion Wong
> Guayaquil, Ecuador
>
> www.grupowong.com/fw
> fundacion@grupowong.com
> dlipson@telconet.net
>
> __________________________ Separador de respuesta ______________________________
> Asunto: Re: rating / evaluating tourism sustainability businesses
> Autor: "Caribbean NGO Network Workgroup (Pvt.)" <CANGONET@YorkU.CA> en
> INTERNET
> Fecha: 28/5/99 7:40 PM
>
> Hi there,
>
> references are on:
>
> http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/Paradise/5066
>
> cheers
> micha
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Yacine Khelladi <yacine@AACR.NET>
> To: <CANGONET@YORKU.CA>
> Sent: Friday, May 28, 1999 2:05 AM
> Subject: rating / evaluating tourism sustainability businesses
>
> > Hello all,
> >
> > 1- I need information on how to evaluate / rate, self called
> > ecotouristic businesses,
> > how to identify what is socially, environmentally, culturally
> > sustainable...
> >
> > please do send me references on publications, web site, books or
> > documents, or any information specialist contact or networks,
> > experiences and lessons learned in similar processes,
> >
> > 2- also maybe you have an idea on who should participate in such
> > activity, my idea is to set a network including public org. (sec of
> > tourism, ecotourism department) universities (that do have some
> > ecotourism classes) and environmental NGOs, any comment?
> >
> > Thanks all,
> >
> > Regards
> > Yacine
> >
> > --
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