New Report: Libya Workshop on Sustainable Tourism

25 june 2007

The Proceedings of the first Workshop on Sustainable Tourism held in Al Bayda (Libya) from 28-29 November 2006 are now available.

The workshop was organized by the IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation, the Environment General Authority of Libya, IUCN Business and Biodiversity programme, the Regional Activity Centre for Specially Protected Areas (RAC / SPA) and the WWF Mediterranean Programme Office.

Full report: Workshop on Sustainable Tourism Libya Proceedings (pdf: 14.5 Mb)

Proceedings can also be downloaded in separate sections::

Section 1: Introduction, Workshop Conclusions and Annexes (pdf: 336 Kb)

Section 2: Linking tourism development and nature conservation: the Libyan Arab Jamahiriyan experience and international perspectives (pdf: 4.3 Mb)

Section 3: Making tourism more sustainable: processes and tools (pdf: 2.6 Mb)

Section 4: Natural and cultural heritage: what opportunities from tourism? (pdf: 4.2 Mb)

Section 5: The role of the private sector (pdf : 596 Kb)

For more information:

Marina Gomei, IUCN-Med Marine Protected Areas Programme, marina.gomei@iucn.org