Tourism and Biodiversity Loss: Implications for Business Sustainability

Sustainability and business-to-business marketing: A framework and implications

Sustainability and Biodiversity

Jeannine Cavender-Bares, University of Minnesota, St Paul, MN, USA James Heffernan, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA, and Duke University, Durham, NC, USA Elizabeth King, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA, and University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA Stephen Polasky, University of Minnesota, St Paul, MN, USA Patricia Balvanera, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Morel...

Sustainability of Tourism and Ecotourism

Sustainable tourism is an aspect of sustainable development which was largely ignored until the mid 1990’s. The industry is one of the world’s largest growing, and generates considerable income and employment for populations. To ensure the Australian tourism industry moves towards sustainability and has a long term future it is vital environmental factors are seriously considered along with eco...

TOurISM, MedITaTION, SuSTaINabIlITy

The economic value of meditation based services is clearly demonstrated by a growing number of companies using such services. In the USA one quarter of the companies offer in-house meditation training to their employees. On the other hand, the number of those who think that the western consumption paradigm in its present form is unsustainable is also increasing. In addition to its business valu...

Biodiversity and Regional Sustainability Analysis

Evaluating sustainability at a regional level requires some assessment of the degree to which conservation and production criteria are integrated so as to provide high present and future net benefits to society. This assessment cannot be achieved simply by using indices based on comparisons for the individual criteria of observed indicator values with standards; not only may objective standards...