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The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the World Tourism Organization (WTO) define sustainable tourism as a “„Tourism that takes full account of its current and future economic, social and environmental impacts, addressing the needs of visitors, the industry, the environment and host communities”. It requires informed participation of relevant stakeholders and strong political lead...

s of each presentation were prepared by the authors themselves. They solely reflect their point of view. The sections “discussion/issues raised”, which follow each abstract, have been drafted by the secretariat according to key issues raised and book marked as such during the final discussion, further edited by the author of the papers and submitted for final review to all participants. Activit...

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization UNEP United Nations Environment Programme This report reflects the results of the UNESCO/UNEP project on “Youth, sustainable consumption and life styles”, which was launched in March 2000. The project was framed around a survey on the consumption patterns of young people in 24 countries and six country case studies. The results of...

The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of UNEP or WHO concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. Dotted lines on maps represent approximate border lines for which there may not...

Since its creation in the aftermath of the 1972 United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, UNEP has played a crucial role in the development and implementation of environmental law. UNEP’s mandate in this field emanates from UN General Assembly resolution 2997 (XXVII) and subsequent General Assembly resolutions and decisions of the UNEP Governing Council. During the 1970s, UNEP’s manda...

1. The Third Joint FAO/WHO/UNEP International Conference on Mycotoxins was held in Tunis, Tunisia, from 3 to 6 March 1999. The Conference was convened by the DirectorsGeneral of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), and was kindly hosted by the Government of the Republic of ...