Coastal Zone and Tourism Management Twinning
Participants & Projects Involved
- Ruth “Wanjiku” Kiambo (Western Indian Ocean-LaB), Jocelyn Rakotomalala (Western Indian Ocean-LaB), Sunny Ukweh (Guinea Current LME), Stephen Utre (Coastal Tourism)
Host Institution
- The Regional Organization for the Conservation of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden Environment (PERSGA) in partnership with the GEF Project DLIST- Benguela ‘Distance Learning and Information Sharing Tool’ (http://www.dlist-benguela.org) and UNEP-ROWA (http://www.unep.org/rowa).
Other Funding Partners
- UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
Introduction, Purpose: Why an Exchange
PERSGA aims to develop a regional framework for the protection of the environment and the sustainable development of coastal and marine resources in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden Region. In order to achieve this aim, PERSGA is working continuously to strengthen the Region’s capacity in adoption and implantation of integrated coastal zone management plans (ICZM). Tourism in the coastal areas has become a major sector of international economy. As the scale of tourism grows, the recourse use threatens to become unsustainable. Hence, rapidly growing tourism can create pressures on management and can lead to a situation where formerly sustainable tourism becomes unsustainable. Tourisms is often a major beneficiary of effective management of natural resources and processes of ICZM.
Learning Objectives
The purpose of the training is to improve the capacity of environmentalists, NGO’s and individuals, tourism stakeholders in how to plan coastal tourism so it is sustainable, and is a financing option a long term coastal management process. More specifically, the course will discuss:
- Tourism and sustainability;
- Tourism as a means of creating development, employment and economic value in coastal and marine environments;
- Financing options, including user fees, concessions, fees and licenses, to meet the cost of protecting environmental services;
- In-Kind support of management;
- Global programs and financing options
Outputs/Outcomes
- Mission Reports: Sunny, Jocelyn
- Workshop Report