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ITC Forum – Tourism and Communities (2007)
Community-based Tourism is one of the focus areas of ITC’s (International Trade Centre) Export-Led Poverty Reduction Programme (EPRP). Other focus areas are agriculture and textile products. The EPRP was created in 2002 as a practical response by the ITC to the United Nations Millenium Goals to reduce by half the number of people living in poverty by the year 2015.

Community-based Tourism aims to make tourism more profitable for local communities. Projects were set up in the following countries: Brazil ,Colombia, Djibouti, El Salvador, Mauritania, Mozambique, Senegal and Vietnam. The Brazilian project was on the Coconut Coast, were a lot of large-scale resorts have been set up.

Sustainable Tourism in the Pantanal (WWF Brazil - 2006)
Tourism study on the current status and potential of tourism in the Brazilian Pantanal and analysis of feasibility for an investment fund. Proposal of Development Road Map.
Report on English available on request.

Brazil Sustainable Tourism Program (Instituto de Hospitalidade 2002 -2006)
This nationwide Program (PCTS-Programa de Certificação em Turismo Sustentável in Portuguese) was coordinated by the Instituto de Hospitalidade (IH) in partnership with the Brazilian Council for Sustainable Tourism (CBTS) and received supportfrom the Brazilian Export Agency (APEX-Brazil), the InterAmerican Development Bank (IADB), Brazil’s Ministry of Tourism and Brazil’s Small Company Support Service (SEBRAE). IH is a member of the Global Sustainable Tourism Partnership

Working with key tourism stakeholders, the Program developed a Sustainable Tourism Standard for Accommodations, Good Practice Manuals and Training Courses for business owners and consultants, support for international promotion. More than 800 companies registered for the program.

EcoBrasil professionals were members of the executive team from 2002 to 2006. The program continued as Bem Receber, incorporating professional qualification in 2007.

Click here for a Dec 2008 Status Report on Brazil and Tourism Certification

Listing of Projects and Sponsors 1995 - 2004
2001 – 2004  - Best Practices in Ecotourism Program
- FUNBIO Fundo Nacional para a Biodiversidade
- GEF Global Environmental Fund
- BASA Banco da Amazônia
- Embratur
- Finep
- Ministério do Meio Ambiente
 
2000 - 2001
Maracá Agro-Extractive Settlement, Amapá
- Fundação KONRAD ADENAUER
- REBRAF Rede Brasileira Agroflorestal
 
Floresta dos Guarás Ecotourism Zone Planning
- Geplan Maranhão
- Maranhão Tourism
 
Floresta dos Guarás – Quilombo do Frechal
- IBAMA Direc
- Geplan Maranhão
- Maranhão Tourism
 
Tapajós-Arapiuns – Extractive Reserve
- IBAMA
- CNPT Centro Nacional para o Desenvolvimento Sustentado Populações Tradicionais
 
1999
Floresta Nacional do Tapajós (Pará) – Ecotourism Master Plan
- IBAMA Pró-Manejo
- GTZ Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit-GmbH
 
Lençóis Maranhenses- National Park – Public Use
- IBAMA Direc
- Geplan Maranhão
- Maranhão Tourism

Brasil-France Ecotourism Cooperation Program
- France Environment Ministry
- Estado do Amapá-Guiana Francesa
- Estado do Amapá / Detur-Seicon
- SECA Societe d'Eco-Amanegement

1995 - 1998
Reserva Natural da Cia. Vale do Rio Doce
CVRD Companhia Vale do Rio Doce / Cepemar / Reserva Florestal de Linhares
 
Ecotourism in Extractive Reserves
Ibama - Cnpt Centro Nac. Para o Desenvolvimento Sustentado Pop. Tradicionais / Gtc Amazônia / Sebrae / Grupo Nativa
 
World Ecotour '97
 MMA Ministério do Meio Ambiente
 
Ecotourism Manual for Indigenous People
(Programa-Piloto Ecoturismo em Terras Indígenas)
MMA Ministério do Meio Ambiente & Funai
OEA – Organization of American States// Sudam - Prodeam
 
Ecotourism Development Plan for Chapada dos Guimarães
MMA Ministério Meio Ambiente
Governo do Estado do Mato Grosso / Prefeitura de Chapada dos Guimarães
 
Ecotourism Guidelines for the Amazon
MMA Ministério do Meio Ambiente / Secretaria Coordenação da Amazônia / Sudam - Prodeam

Ecotourism in Indigenous Areas Pilot Program
MMA Ministério do Meio Ambiente & Funai
OEA – Organization of American States// Sudam - Prodeam
 
Bi-Nacional Workshops  Brasil-Venezuela
MMA Ministério do Meio Ambiente
MRE Ministério das Relações Exteriores
OEA Org. dos Estados Americanos
 
Community Based Ecotourism
WWF -Brazil