LINKS

Ethical tourism

• ACT (Action for Conservation through Tourism) A charity that helps local communities, NGOs, governments and tour operators to develop and market sustainable tourism projects.
  Sue Hurdle: ACT, CREATE Centre, Smeaton Road, Bristol, BS1 6XN. Tel: 0117 927 3049. Fax: 0117 930 0076. act@gn.apc.org

• CERT (Centre for Environmentally Responsible Tourism) Runs an award-scheme for ‘tour operators working towards high environmental standards

• Partners in Responsible Tourism US-based tourism campaign organization.

• RTN (Responsible Tourism Network) Australian networking organization linked to Community Aid Abroad Tours.

TEN (Third World European Network)
These organisations form a loose network working for change in the tourism industry.

• respect (Austrian Centre for Tourism and Development) Austrian.
  Christian Baumgartner: Diefenbachgasse 36/4, A-1150, Wien, Austria. Tel: (+43) 1 895 6245. Fax: (+43) 1 812 9789. office@respect.at

• Stichting Retour (Retour Foundation) Dutch. Also a tourism consultancy whose income is reinvested into campaigns/projects supporting communities affected by tourism.
  PO Box 1570, 6501 BN Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Tel/fax: (+31) 24 360 6224. retour@do.nl

• Studienkreis fur Tourismus und Entwicklung German. Organizes the ToDo! Awards.
  Kapellenweg 3, D-82541 Ammerland, Germany. Tel: (+49) 8177 1783. Fax: (+49) 8177 1349. studienkreistourismus@compuserve.com

• Tourism Watch German.
  Nikolaus-Otto-Str 13, D-70771 Leinfelden-Echterdingen, Germany. Tel: (+49) 711 7989 281/2 Fax: (+49) 711 7989 283. tourism-watch@due.org

• Conservation International US environmental organisation promoting conservation through community development. The website has an Eco-Travel Centre listing their own and other community-based ecotours. Jamie Sweeting) 2501 M St NW, Suite 200, Washington DC 20037, USA j.sweeting@conservation.org

• Earthwise Journeys US website that lists ‘responsible’ tour operators and ‘alternatives to mass tourism’.

• ECoNETT (European Community Network on Environmental Travel & Tourism) The ecotourism website of the World Tourism and Travel Council.

• Ecosource A good US starting point for ecotourism links.

• Ecotourism Resource Centre Australian eco-tourism website with some useful links.

• Ecotourism Society US-based organization promoting ecotourism, which it defines as ‘responsible travel to natural areas that conserves the environment and improves the well-being of local people’. Good website.

• Green-Travel A good internet starting-point for  ecotourism links: also an on-line mail-list for discussion of ecotourism

• Planeta Platica Fine website on ecotourism in Latin American maintained by US travel writer Ron Mader.

• STRING (Sustainable Tourism Research Interest Group) Canadian website on sustainable tourism, with ecotourism links.

Ethical / Environment
A selective list of ethical and environmental organizations that sometimes deal with tourism issues.

• Conservation Foundation UK-based environmental organization. Their website includes a weekly roundup of environmental news, plus links, etc.

• Earth Pledge Foundation US organization that promotes sustainable development.

• Environmental News Service Internet environmental news roundup and search engine, now part of Lycos. Updated daily.

• Ethical Consumer Investigates the environmental / ethical status of companies and consumer products. 

• Friends of the Earth (UK)

• Greenpeace (UK)

• IIED (International Institute for Environment and Development) Online database of materials on the environment and development.

Indigenous peoples

• Abya Yala (Fund for Indigenous Self-Development in South and Meso America) Networking organisation for Latin American indigenous peoples. Spanish/English. Part of NativeWeb (see below). 678 13th St, no.100, Oakland, CA 94612, USA. tel 510-763 6553. abyayala@earthlink.net

• Coalition for Amazonian Peoples and Their Environment Website for 80 indigenous organizations and NGOs representing Amazonian Indian communities, including links to member organisations' own websites.

• Cultural Survival US-based campaign for the rights of indigenous people.

• Rethinking Tourism Project (RTProject) A project of the non-profit Tides Centre, the RTProject is an indigenous peoples' campaign for a fairer tourism industry which networks among indigenous groups in tourism. Deborah McLaren, PO Box 581938, Minneapolis MN 55458-1938, USA. / RTProject@aol.com

• Survival Campaigning for the rights of tribal peoples.

UK development organisations and resources
A selective list of UK-based NGOs with a link to tourism, fair trade, development, etc.

• Action Aid Poverty relief agency that works on community-tourism with RICANCIE in Ecuador.

• CharityNet Charities Aid Foundation website. Contains a good database of UK charities and development groups.

• GreenNet UK web server for many campaigns on environment, human rights and development.
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• IFAT (International Federation for Alternative Trade) The world’s largest network of fair trade organizations.

• Jubilee 2000 Campaign to cancel Third World debt. Visit their website and sign their petition.

• New Internationalist Magazine on development, global issues, etc. The website contains articles from back issues and useful contact information for development organisations and campaign groups.

• Oxfam

• TWIN / Twin Trading British development charity. Twin Trading is the fair-trading arm.
  1 Curtin Road, London, EC2A 3LT Tel: 020 7375 1221. Fax: 020 7375 1337. info@twin.org.uk

• VSO (Voluntary Services Overseas)

• World Development Movement Campaigns for changes that benefit the world’s poor, such as an end to Third World debt.

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