sustainable development
"Integrated tourism, to be successful, must promote sustainable development by establishing a durable productive base that allows local inhabitants and service providers to enjoy rising standards of living". This was said by Mr. David Barkin in one of his papers in 1996 when the concept of Ecotourism was shaping up and word used for sustainable tourism development was "...
Access, communication and energy are key issues in sustainable development of mountain areas. Experience has shown that they are very powerful agents of change, not only, but especially in mountains. Access, communication and energy in mountain regions also involve vital linkages between these regions and adjacent lowlands, centres of population, and industrialised and urbanised areas.
A General Overview of Mountain Laws and Policies with Insights from the Mountain Forum's Electronic Conference on Mountain Policy and Law. 2000
Laws and policies concerning the conservation and sustainable development of mountain peoples and ecosystems are relatively small in number. Yet mountain areas are some of the most important regions in the world and are environmentally,...
Mountains are an important source of water, energy and biological diversity. Furthermore, they are a source of such key resources as minerals, forest products and agricultural products and of recreation. As a major ecosystem representing the complex and interrelated ecology of our planet, mountain environments are essential to the survival of the global ecosystem. Mountain ecosystems are...
The principles and implementation of Agenda 21 were reaffirmed at the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) held in Johannesburg, South Africa, in September 2002. The specific actions to be taken for the preservation and sustainable development of mountain regions are laid out in paragraph 42 of section IV of this document.
For many years, economic development has meant a process where business-at-any-cost was preached by a small elite, where civic discord replaced civil discussion, where families made more money but had less to spend, where residents learned to lock their doors, where communities changed from the unique to commonplace and a thousand towns came to look alike. But now, scores of communities are...
In one of the more developed mountain regions of the world, the Colorado Rockies can offer some vision for sustainable energy development. The challenge to provide energy resources can be addressed on two levels-design & construction and renewable sources.
Reducing demand by utilizing energy efficiency measures that are effective and cost-efficient is the...
The importance of sustainable development of mountain areas and priorities of tourism and environment conservation for Georgia, dedicated workshop participants to address special message to international donors and aid agencies to insure long term sustainability of the conservation programs.
The Mediterranean has long been plagued by unsustainable development associated with conventional tourism. Valuable coastal and marine ecosystems have been destroyed to accommodate marinas, seaside hotels and recreational activities at sites which are important habitats for Mediterranean fauna and flora. An alternative to this model of tourist development has begun to emerge in the form of...
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